Dragon Socks
Getting
socks for your birthday is not something that most kids think is a great
present. It’s probably just as bad as
getting underwear for your birthday as a kid. So as a parent, what do you do
when that is what your kids really needs and they don’t need more toys.
It was a
real problem for my husband and me. So I did what I normally do, I started
researching how to make the item that is need.
When I did this I found a blog called Me Sew Crazy where she had made dinosaur
socks for her kids. My reaction was,” She’s
a genius!” that solved my problem. My kid
likes dinosaurs but he loves dragons. I changed
the spines to spikes and made the socks out of old pajamas and felt.
Step #1
I traced a
pair of socks of his older brothers that I knew fit my youngest son onto a
piece of paper. Then I added ½ for seam
allowance. Then I drew a spike on paper
to use as a pattern for the dragon spikes which I then cut out.
Step#2
I took old
pajamas that my kids had outgrown and seem ripped the necks and wrist band off
the clothes.
Step#3
I pinned the
paper pattern I had created to the old pajamas.
Step#4
I cut out
the fabric that I had pinned for the socks.
Step #5
I pinned the spike to felt and cut out enough
spikes for four spikes for each sock.
Step #6
Then I put
the spikes in between the two pieces of fabric for the socks.
Step #7
I pinned the
socks together.
Step #8
I sewed the
main part of the socks together.
Step #9
I flipped the
socks right side out.
Step #10
I flipped the
neck or wrist parts wrong side out to match up with the sock. I made sure to make the “elastic” for the
socks I was making smaller than the other part of the socks so it would grab
the leg and stay up.
Step#11
I then stitched
the “elastic” to the body of the sock and flipped it out.
My youngest
son loved getting these socks for his birthday.
14 pairs of old pajamas-Already had these 0.00
Thread-left over from another project 0.00
Felt- left over from a family members project 0.00
Total Cost
0.00
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