Bath Towel that grows with your baby

Supplies: Large bath towel
Hand Towel
Matching Thread
Ribbon
Softies (rubber craft buttons)

Directions:
Sew hand towel lengthwise to the bath towel. Sew ribbon on the sides of the hand towel that will come together to form hood. Fold hand towel and turn hood sideways and sew edges of towel shut leaving the side open for the front of the hood. Turn corner of tip of hood inside out and fold flat so that you can sew a straight line across it to alleviate the point on the top of the hood.

A snugly towel that you can wrap around your baby and child almost like a sleeping bag. It's a perfect idea.

I love these towels, however I had been given 2 different designs each served their own age group, but didn't work well for the over all growth of a baby to a toddler/child.  One version is a bath towel with a washcloth as the hood with the sides and bottom sewn shut. Fine for a small baby, but not as they grow. The other a washcloth on a towel sides left open. This was ok, but not snugly and still hood was smallish as child grows. So I came up with my own idea that works well from infant up to child.  I attached a hand towel with ribbon for the hood and then sewed on a soft button (get in scrap booking section of craft store) on the bottom to enclose the bottom for the baby and when the growth of the child outgrows that size simply unstitch the button and then it is a regular hooded towel for an older child.  I have made these a few times for gifts. My kids love theirs and it is nice for shower time everyone has their own towel.

Made this one for a baby shower for a little guy who's dad is a huge baseball player. Baseball ribbon around hod and red ribbon down front to mimic the stitching on the ball. The buttons will eventually be cut off as this little guy grows, but until then the buttons hold the towel into the smaller position for drying baby after his bath.