Warm Winter Gear

Winter is upon us here in KC.  It has been in the single digits with wind chill this last week.  Thankfully, we have not had the snow/ice like last year (yet!)

My 5yo needed some warm weather gear for standing out at the bus stop.  The schools here are wimpy- no playing outside for temps under 32 degrees!

But my daughter is the adventurous one.  She will play outside for hours if it has to do with snow.  My 2yo will only stay out for minutes!

Last week my daughter was playing outside with the dog.  He was pulling her down the hill in her sled, with the rope in his mouth!  Too funny!  Our dog Shasta is an Aussie.  My daughter named him after the dog in the movie Snow Buddies (for those of you who have kids.)

So I found some fleece on sale at JoAnn's and made the following:

Fleece hat and scarf

Fleece hat.

I used this tutorial for the hat from the wonderful site From an Igloo.

Easy fleece scarf.

I used this tutorial.

Just take three layers of fleece approx 6 inches by 48-60 inches.  Sew down the middle, then cut strips one inch apart.  Too cute.  I made four of these scarfs, for DD and friends.

I also am going to make these as gifts for adults.

Cheap and easy alert:  I bought a 2-pack of fleece blankets at Walmart for $6.  They are both 48x60 inches.  Much cheeper than buying the fabric, and the blanfets are in coordinating colors.  I plan on making matching headband/earwarmers with this.  There alre lots of cute tutorials out for this.

Cute dino hat for DS.  I also used the From an Igloo tutorial.  I have to make another one though, as it is now lost.  Somehow this happens to all our winter gear!

I also plan on making matching mittens.

Two great tutorials:

From an Igloo

and

A Lemony Squeezy Home

Stay Warm!

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