Make a Snuggie!!

Ok, I was giggling the whole time I made this.  And then I started taking the occasional picture, because it was just too fun not to share.

I’ve been thinking how snuggies are just blankets with sleeves, and since I know how to cut a big rectangle and then a circle, I could make one.  And I had just picked up some Fancy Nancy fleece.  The stars had aligned.

To make the snuggie, I measured my child’s height (just ignore her super old princess dress that I made from nightgown fabric once upon a time when I didn’t know what I was doing), and then added a least another foot because she does grow fast.  Then I measured her arm length and added about 5 inches to that length too.  I also made it wide enough to wrap around real loose with extra room for growing.

Next, I marked where the sleeves would go on the actual snuggie by having my daughter lay down on the blanket for an idea on where her shoulders were.  I needed them spaced apart by about 14”, so I marked with a single pin where the centers of the sleeves would be.

Next I hemmed the sleeve, but I only did this with one of the snuggies.  Fleece isn’t going to fray, so I didn’t bother on the second.

Sew the sleeve right sides together into a long tube.  Turn it right side out.

The tricky part for me was figuring out how big to cut my circle where the sleeve was going in to.  I first measured the diameter of the sleeve (from fold to seam), and then subtracted 1” for the seam allowance to get my finished circle diameter.  I ended up with a hole smaller than the sleeve when it was laying down,

But when the blanket and sleeve were pinned right sides together, it fit pretty nicely.  I had to adjust only slightly as I was sewing.

This was seriously so fast… and I got 2 little kid snuggies out of the fabric I had on hand.  Woot woot!

Now the kids can warmly play their V-Smile and bite their fingernails.  Hmmm.  I’m actually thinking these would be GREAT in the car so they can still play and eat snacks and whatever and still stay warm.