Make Your Own Baby Legs
AKA Recycle Your Old Socks and Your Husband's Old Socks!
Ever wonder what to do with those unmatched socks or socks with toe holes that always end up in the trash? Have you ever seen these cute little contraptions?
Here's an easy way to get yourself those cute little convenient baby leg covers without the high price AND do a little house cleaning in the process!
Start by going through your socks or your husband's depending on the size of your baby's thighs. Mine has big thighs so Daddy's work well and fortunately my washing machine eats socks and we had some spares.
Here are 5 unmatched socks. I picked 4 I would make into two different styles.
First I wanted to make a long pair so I put them on him whole to get an idea of where I needed to cut.
Then I cut them off and tried to get the bottoms straight and even - not perfect.
Here he is modeling his new pair. I like how they are long and look like a boot cut or bell bottom type pant at the bottoms!
This next pair are designer you can see. ;)
I cut these right where the elasticy part ends so they'd be tight fitting all the way down.
Modeling again. These are a bit tighter at the top but still fit.
Then I found a pair of my socks that I thought were kind of boyish and just totally sacrificed them. They didn't have holes or anything, I just thought they'd look cuter on him and I won't miss them.
I cut these right above the heel because of the two tone heel and it came out really straight.
And my sweet little model again. He likes these, he can pull them off and eat them!
There are a lot of advantages to using these baby legs as covers for your little person's legs. You get the warmth of pants without having to take pants off to change diapers!
They are a little more difficult to keep on the crawlers, which I have, but I just keep after him and pull them back up.
For the walkers, they are perfect. You can leave them barefooted to help their walking and still have warm coverings on the legs.
They are good even in the sun. Just use a lighter pair and it blocks the sun from their skin.
I think they are adorable and every sock that would have normally just been thrown out will now become a leg warmer for my baby!
Hope you try this yourself. Let me know if you do and how it goes!
