Baby Doll Diapers and Accessories TUTORIAL {Guest Blogger: Christina from 2 Little Hooligans}

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How to make doll diapers and wipes tutorial. These make great handmade gifts for little girls!

How to Make Doll Diapers and Wipes

Hello! I’m Christina from 2 little hooligans and I’m so excited to be joining all of my fellow craftaholics out there today! I want to thank Linda for inviting me today, it is such an honor for little ole’ me to be here with all of you today.
So here’s a little bit about me…
I’m a stay at home with three little ones, 3 and under. I live in northern NH in our 1870’s farm house that we have been living in, while renovating for the past 6 years. We have two massive gardens where we raise all of our veggies and fruit for our family and friends. We enjoy the country living and the simple pleasures it brings us. Over on my blog I share my life and my love for the outdoors, sewing, crafting and the simple things in life. I started fat quarter friday a few months ago where each Friday I post tutorials using those cute little pieces of fabric that everyone loves to hoard and swoon over, but never seem to use. I hope you all get a chance to stop by and join me one of these days for fat quarter friday!
Now enough about me, Let’s get started, shall we?!

How to Make Doll Diapers & Wipes Tutorial

(Part 1: diapers, wipes and wipes case)

DIY Doll Diaper TUTORIAL

Materials Needed:
*Scrap pieces of fleece, felt or any other non-fraying material
*Cotton fabric scraps or a fat quarter if you want them to all match
*Minky fabric or flannel scraps
*1/2″ sew on velcro

Make your template shaped like above. To find the right size for your doll, lay the doll down and wrap it with a piece of paper as if you were going to diaper it with the piece of paper. Just fold and work with the piece of paper to get it to the right size. These diapers are made to fit my little girls favorite lovely…bear. But I also made sure they would fit her favorite dolls. So just play with the size a bit. My template is 8 1/2″ long and about 5 1/2″ on the width and about 1 1/2″ longer on the the tab side. And as you can see, I folded my paper both ways before cutting so that they were even on all sides and just trimmed the tabs off on the front of the diaper. Now you have your perfectly shaped template.
Trace the template onto the wrong side of the cotton fabric. If you want to add a little heart or label onto your diaper, add it now. Now take your piece of minky fabric and cotton fabric and place right sides together. Pin in place. Now sew directly onto your template outline. Make sure you leave a 1 1/2″ space for turning right side out on the back of your diaper.
Trim off excess fabric and pull right sides out through the opening. Push all corners out and carefully push out the sides of the diaper so they lie flat. Iron.
Top stitch all around diaper.
The finished inside of diaper. Gather some 1/2″ sew on velcro and cut about a 1″ length.
Sew the hook part of the velcro onto the “diaper tabs.”
And attach the loop part of the velcro to the front of the diaper like so.
And that’s it. A new diaper for your little ones doll.
With a sweet little heart.



Doll Accessories TUTORIAL

How to Make Doll Wipes + Wipe Case

And because I couldn’t just stop there, I had to make up some wipes. I just cut my scrap pieces of fleece into 5 1/2″ by 4 1/2″ pieces. And that’s it. super easy right?
And since this momma couldn’t stop there I made a little case for the wipes.
Cut three pieces of fleece to the following sizes:
*3″ x 5″ (flap on top)
* little hearts if you want to embellish the flap
* cut two pieces at 6″ x 6 1/2″

Take one of the larger pieces of fleece and cut a small oval shape out of it. This is hole that the wipes will be pulled through.

Take the smaller piece of fleece and add some hearts to the flap if you want. Then cover up the oval opening with your flap and sew in place. Just make sure you leave enough room on the bottom of the flap to attach to velcro.

This is where my velcro ended up.

Now take the other piece of fleece and place it right sides facing with the top of the “wipes container.”

Sew completely around the “container.” Now pull right side out through the oval opening.

And there you have it! How easy was that?! And how adorably cute?!

Oh I already know this is going to make a little missy girl some happy, while keeping this momma very busy. I have a feeling I will be spending hours a day helping her put the wipes back into the container…over and over again!

**Please feel free to use this tutorial for your personal sewing projects. Please be kind and give credit where credit is due.**

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on how to make doll diapers and wipes! They are easy to make and make fabulous handmade gifts for little girls!

 

Linda

Linda

Hi! I'm Linda, the craft addict behind Craftaholics Anonymous®, a craft blog. Crafting is cheaper than therapy, right? When I'm not DIYing something, I can be found taxiing around our 4 crazy kids or working out. Or shoe shopping... because you can never have too many shoes! Happy crafting! ♥
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  1. 51
    Debbie S

    We made these this weekend – my sister and my best friend. We made them for our granddaughters and we had so much fun! Thank you so much for the idea! The longest part was getting the pattern just right – once we had that down it was smooth sailing. We put the Velcro across the front just so they were a little more versatile depending on what baby they wanted to use them on. I wish I had taken pictures to post but I didn’t think about that until just now. We made lots of diapers and the wipes with the holders! We can’t wait to give them at Christmas! We even made a couple camo for my grandson since he plays with the babies too with them!
    Just wanted to say thank you because we had so much fun working on these! Now we are looking for a project for next year!!!

    Reply
    1. 51.1
      Linda

      Thank you for the sweet note! Sounds like you had such a fun crafting session! Glad you enjoyed the pattern :)

      Reply
  2. 52
    Amanda T

    any way you could add a pattern to your page? then when we measure we can either make it smaller or bigger?

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    1. 52.1
      Tina

      Is it possible that I could get a copy of that pattern. Wanting to make them for my grand daugher

      Reply
  3. 53
    tammy lewis

    this is the cutest thing ever . i cant wait to make them for my grand daughters! thank you so much!

    Reply
  4. 54
    Lauretta Carra

    Thank-you for sharing this sweet pattern! It will be one of the birthday presents for my granddaughter!

    Reply
  5. 55
    Kim

    Hello
    If I send a post addressed and stamped envelope would you share your cute pattern? My SIL is buying the baby doll for my niece for Christmas. So we dont have any baby dolls to test with.
    Thank you.

    Reply
    1. 55.1
      Linda

      Hi Kim, This post was written by Christina, a guest blogger from 2 Little Hooligans. You’ll need to ask her! Sorry! If it was my pattern, I’d totally send it to you :)

      Reply
  6. 56
    Susan Enright

    I too would like an actual size pattern of the diaper if possible!

    Reply
  8. 58
    Emma

    Can you usw fleece instead of cotton? Would that work well?

    Reply
  9. 59
    Shirley

    I made the wipes for my niece to go along with the doll clothes and accessories I sent for her baby doll. It turned out so cute and she loves them. Thank you for the cute idea!

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    1. 59.1
      Linda

      Love hearing this! Thank you for the kind note :)

      Reply
  10. 60
    Amanda

    These diapers are so cute and seem very simple to make! I’m gonna try this today!

    Reply