Create a soft and snuggly hug for those far away!
Here’s the crazy simple how-to:
Grab a long-sleeved just-outgrown onesie or shirt (& some scraps to use for “hands”).
Then attempt the nearly impossible task of tracing your baby’s hand and cut it out.
Cut the onesie/shirt in half. Using your traced baby hand as a template, cut out 4 “mittens” from your scraps. (I used a piece of old pink t-shirt)
Stitch your hands together (leave the wrist open for stuffing), turn right-side-out & lightly stuff – don’t make them too puffy or the next step won’t work.
Using a coordinating thread, hand stitch some fingers onto your hands.
Pop your hands into the sleeves & sew them together.
Looking good!
Turn your almost-hug inside out, stitch the bottom closed & stuff it (arms too!) through the neck hole.
Machine or hand-stitch the neck closed.
Stitch the inside of the finger tips together.
And your baby hug is finished! The best part – as you used a just-outgrown (or still-fits) shirt, the hug is the actual size of your kiddo’s real squeezes! Total Awesomesauce!
You can have hangin’-around-hugs.
Piggie-back-hugs.
And the ever popular sideways-baby-hugs!
*I’m thinkin’ this would also work for big hugs too – just use an old long-sleeved shirt & hand tracing of your own & you’ll have a snuggly hug to snuggle up with at night!
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