• About Us
    • Contact Us
  • Frugal Living
    • Budgeting
    • Cheap Tricks
  • Be Cheap
    • Find Coupons
    • Deals
    • Freebies
  • DIY
    • DIY Projects
    • Handmade Gift Ideas
    • Repurposing
    • Recipes
    • Organization
  • Living Green
    • Greener Cleaners
    • Saving Energy
    • Gardening
    • Nature Crafts
  • Seasonal Savings
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
    • Winter
    • Valentine’s Day
    • Easter
    • Mother’s Day
    • Father’s Day
    • Summer
    • Back-to-School
    • Birthdays
  • Smart Shopping
    • Recommended Products
    • Book Reviews
    • Shopping Tips
    • Shop the Hottest Online Deals

Northern Cheapskate

Frugal. By Nature.

You are here: Home / DIY / DIY Projects / Handmade Gift Idea: Simple Dinosaur Mittens

Handmade Gift Idea: Simple Dinosaur Mittens

By Justin Weinger 7 Comments

Handmade Gift Idea :Simple Dinosaur Mittens

Looking for a handmade gift idea? You can make some customized cute little mittens at home, just like these simple dinosaur mittens very easily and cheaply.

Making a pattern for simple dinosaur mittensTo start off with, you will need to make a pattern. Don’t feel like you need to go out and buy a pattern. If you have a pair of mittens available that already fit the child or if the child is available, use their hand or the mitten to make a pattern.

I made this pattern originally when I made my son some Fleece Minnesota Vikings Mittens and used his mitten to make the pattern. Since this pattern was almost 2 years ago, I decided to cut outside the pattern by a 1/2″ on all sides to make them a bit bigger since he is bigger. You could do the same thing if you have an older pair of mittens the child has grown out of.

You will need to cut out 4 pieces of fabric with the pattern. Have your fleece (fleece works really well to make warm mittens.) folded over and pin the pattern to it. Cut out the pattern twice on the folded fabric.

Now, you could easily just sew the matching halves together, but if you are making dinosaur mittens you will need to add in your spikes down the mittens. Just cut down the center of the top of both mitten. Place the spikes down the center as shown on the left and sandwich the spikes in between the 2 top pieces. Pin in to place and double stitch down the center with a 1/4″ seam.

Handmade Gift Idea: Simple Dinosaur Mittens

Handmade Gift Idea: Simple Dinosaur MittensNext, if you are adding eyes or any other kind of ornamentation, stitch them in to place before you stitch the halves together. It will be much easier to sew these things in to place while the mittens are still unassembled.

Then you are ready to pin together the top and bottom with right sides to the inside and stitch around the mittens only leaving the end in which they will put their hand through open.

Handmade Gift Idea: Simple Dinosaur MittensFinally, fold the opening end over about 3/4-1″ and stitch down leaving a 1″ space  from where you started and ended so that you can run your elastic through. I like to put a pin in the end of my elastic so that I can use that to push it around the mitten. I used cording elastic for these mitten, so I just tied the elastic ends together, but other types of elastic you may need to sew the ends together. Then sew your opening closed and turn you mittens right side out.

If you are making these for a child who loves dinosaurs, you might also like to make them a few of these other dinosaur creations:

  • DIY Dinosaur Felt Stuffie
  • DIY Clay Dinosaur Bones and Dino Dig
  • Fossil Cookies

Handmade Gift Idea: Simple Dinosaur Mittens

Filed Under: DIY Projects, Handmade Gift Ideas

Comments

  1. Elizabeth Towns says

    December 3, 2014 at 8:12 pm

    How adorable! I would make several pairs of these for all of my nieces and nephews when they come over my house to play outside!

    Reply
  2. Erika says

    December 3, 2014 at 11:23 pm

    These are very cute and a very personal gift. Thanks for sharing :)

    Reply
  3. Uplifting Families says

    December 3, 2014 at 11:37 pm

    These are super cute and a great way to use some scrap fleece. I wish I was crafty. :)

    Reply
  4. Rebel Sweetheart says

    December 4, 2014 at 7:33 am

    How cute! I wish I had the knack for sewing and crafts…

    Reply
  5. Rebecca Swenor says

    December 4, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    This is a really cute idea for a gift indeed. I will have to make these for my lil nephews. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  6. Lisa Rios says

    December 4, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    What a great gift idea! Really fun and interesting. The pictures are great & self explanatory as well. I am going to try this with my kids. Thanks for sharing this.

    Reply
  7. Stephanie Pass says

    December 5, 2014 at 2:07 am

    These are just so cute!!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Article Categories

  • Ask Northern Cheapskate
  • Back-to-School
  • Be Cheap
  • Birthdays
  • blog
  • Book Reviews
  • Budgeting
  • Cheap Tricks
  • Christmas
  • Coupons
  • Coupons 101
  • Credit
  • Deals
  • DIY
  • DIY Projects
  • Easter
  • Father's Day
  • Free Music
  • Free Reading
  • Freebies
  • Freebies for Kids
  • Frugal Living
  • Gardening
  • Giveaways
  • Greener Cleaners
  • Halloween
  • Handmade Gift Ideas
  • How I Shop Series
  • Living Green
  • Magazine Deals
  • Making Money
  • Mother's Day
  • Nature Crafts
  • Organization
  • Personal Finance
  • Photo Deals
  • Rebates
  • Recipes
  • Repurposing
  • Saving Energy
  • Seasonal Savings
  • Shopping Tips
  • Smart Shopping
  • Sponsored
  • Summer
  • Thanksgiving
  • Thrift Store Finds
  • Uncategorized
  • Valentine's Day
  • Winners
  • Winter

Copyright © 2023 · Going Green Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in