It’s a fact of life that baby clothes, cute as they are, can get stained pretty easily. And once they’re stained beyond saving, they’re no good for donation or hand-me-downs. I took some unsalvageable clothes and made them into cute crinkly baby toys by covering the stained areas with dollar store ribbon. And know what? This is my six month-old son’s favorite toy! For this project, I busted into my old baby clothes stash and my stash of baby wipes envelopes (yes, sadly I have a stash of them… I just KNOW I can do something with them! Or maybe I need to join a support group for trash hoarders.) [Get the details on how to make this toy over in my post at AmazingMoms]
I’m going to bring you more clothing remake projects this week, so if you have any good ones, feel free to leave a link in the comments here!
Project Materials:
- Old stained clothes, on hand
- Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up
- Baby wipes envelope or crinkly cellophane, on hand
- Sewing stuff, on hand
Total: FREE and up
14 Comments
Sarah
The inside bag from a cereal box works really great for crinkle as well!
denese
i NEVER thought of saving baby wipe packages, yet i am CONSTANTLY wondering what to recycle into the noisemaker for crafts like this. i crochet little animals and have been searching for the perfect crinkle material to stuff into them. thank you so much for this obviously great idea!
erin
Cute! I think I need to make one of these to use up some fabric and ribbon scraps. I hear you about the trash hoarding. I try to limit myself to one (or maybe two) boxes so I don’t end up on Hoarders. Ha!
Angela
I just turned an old miniskirt into a purse this weekend. I realize it’s not baby clothes, but similar idea. Check it out…
http://theartistshouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/turning-old-skirt-into-reversible-bag.html
Amy
I don’t even have kids and I think this is awesome! Definitely a good incentive to get my sewing machine working again!
christine
Does anyone have any idea how these wash? does the cellophane filling just dry out? can you put it in the dryer? baby toys=baby spitup in my experience! Very cute idea!
Young Wife
What a great idea! How funny that it’s his favorite toy.
heather
@Christine, you can wash, but I would hang dry. And you’re right, this toy gets very drooly!
Sandy
We have bags of stained baby clothes, some only slightly stained. Is there anyone who can use them for anything? We will send them.
Julie
AWESOME!!!!! I am SO going to do this one. I’m so excited about doing recyled crafts. This is so much fun!
Tiffany
You can also use pop tart wrappers to make toys crinkle, or any other mylar material.
It holds up in the wash and I don’t know about drying but I was told it does.
Plus it gives you an excuse to buy pop tarts.