No Sew Robot knots blanket for kids

 

I was looking for a blanket solution for my s

on who goes to preschool and still takes an afternoon nap (thank God!!). You know what I’m saying right! He sleeps well in school and my husband and I look forward to his naps over the weekend. Anyway, I wanted to make him a personalized blanky for school so that he feels happy about it and that it doesn’t get mixed up with the other kids’ stuff. Also I wanted him to use something appropriate for the weather. I brought home his thick fleece blanket couple months back but then he was using a thin cotton one which I thought was not enough. After all it does get little cold with the AC even in the hot months. So this is what I came up with:

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Things you need:

  • Cotton fabric
  • Measuring tape (optional)
  • Scissors
  • Felt in different colors of your choice

I started by folding the fabric in half, right side facing up.

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Then I roughly cut about 2 inches all along the edges except for the edge that I had folded. I got a little lazy here but you can separate the two sides of the fabric and snip on all four sides instead of just three like I did.

Then, I just tied regular knots attaching both sides securely.

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The blanket is almost done but Suvir wanted a “Robot blanky” so i decided to cut out some fun shapes using felt and just glue it on with fabric glue I bought at the local craft store.

we learn some shapes while cutting the squares, circles and rectangles for the robot’s face and body parts.

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This became like a fun Sunday afternoon activity for both of us. Well, he did get distracted every now and then.

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I used the fabric colors to write his name.

Time to attach the little legs.

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And the blanket is ready!!

You can make any fun shapes that you like and just glue them on with fabric glue. I was feeling too crafty at that moment so I ended up sewing the robot to the sheet. The two layers make the blanket warmer which is good. I have washed it a couple of times and the knots stayed intact.