DIY: Baby Smock or Bapron!

Sometimes the stuff we try from Pinterest can be a huge fail. Like a recipe I tried for Forgotten Chicken (yuck!) Other times its awesome, and inspiring, just as the website title suggests:-) This time is one of the later. I took a tutorial from Amy at Positively Splendid for making a baby smock (just a heavy duty baby bib) from a hand towel and bias tape and made it my own.

While taking a hand towel and making it a bib for your child is a great way to re-purpose materials you find around the home or at yard sales, I wanted something even more durable and actually waterproof. If you use a hand towel there is still a chance that the baby mess can leak through onto their clothes.

So I took Amy's pattern and made the same smock from PUL material. It Polyurethane Laminated Fabric and it is usually used by moms to make baby diaper covers. You can buy it at any fabric store or here on Amazon in a pack of three fabrics. You would need two of the three fabrics from the pack to make the smock for your baby, one package of prepared bias tape, and a large snap for the back (Velcro could also work).

It can be difficult to find baby smocks that do not go over the head of the child (the mess just ends up in their hair, yuck again!) or ones that are made of soft baby approved fabric.

Just use the simple pattern provided by Amy at Positively Splendid and you can make one just like you see Jack modeling below. I made this for his first birthday for him to eat cake in, plus he is the messiest baby ever! He must make mush of whatever he is given well before it ever makes it to his mouth.

It took about an hour and most of the work was pinning the bias tape in place before sewing. And did I mention: its reversible!

How to Steps for Making Your Own Baby Smock or Bapron:

1. Cut two pieces of fabric using the pattern from Positively Splendid.

2. Pin or baste the two pieces wrong sides together.

3. Pin the bias tape all the way around, and width will do.

4. Sew it up following your tape.

5. Fold down the top flaps, and sew a large X at the point where the back bias tape meets the front bias tape, Amy has marked these spots on her pattern.

6. Sew or Hammer a Snap where the two back flaps meet in the back.

7. Put it on your baby, give him a banana, and let him make a mess. You know you want to!


What a cutie!



















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