Last year while walking to and from school I tried at least 7,000 things to keep a blanket on my youngest daughter. I didn’t really want to put snow pants on her if she was just going to stay in the stroller, but the blankets kept falling off and getting caught in the stroller wheels and one day I just got fed up with it all. This is what I made:

The Stroller Blanket

(Ta Da!)

Thankfully I had some warm fleece, some soft brown material in my stash and a large piece of pink plaid. As a side note: the stroller this was made for was not bright blue, or I would have picked something that matched better!

It’s the perfect place for keeping tiny hands warm,

and even the perfect place to dance!

I found a tutorial online, though I just looked and can’t for the life of me find it now of course! I used that as a sample for how to design the flaps, hauled the stroller into my house, and ran up and down the hallway measuring as I went.

The front flaps are held together with some pink Velcro I picked up the last time I was in JoAnn’s in the US. The inside has large button holes for the straps to come through. It is lined with the soft brown material and has a layer of purple fleece between the two layers to make it extra warm. I added the pink plaid to the front to make it prettier (and a bit more girl-like!). I was supposed to eventually use bias tape to cover all of the exposed seams – but life took over and it hasn’t happened yet!

It is held onto the stroller by a 1″ elastic that fits over the back of the seat. There is an adjustable elastic threaded through the top on both sides – so it can be made cozier in seconds! It also helps it to be more adjustable to fit both kids. I got to use the cutest heart button at the top (Thanks Mom!).

Now… how do I get out of this thing?