Tuesday Tutorial: Dinosaur Hoodie
January 11th, 2011 | 
Author: This is one of my favorite projects ever, just b/c my kids are obsessed with their hoodies and wear them all the time!!
When I went to the Oh Sweet Sadie Academy way back when, one of the instructors, Dani, taught us how to do these really cool monster hoodies…
I made one for my son, but liked the idea of running the spikes all the way down the back, and layering up the eyes. I loved how it turned out!!
So my other kids had to have one of course, even my girly princess daughter!
(My kids take after their accident prone mama, hence the bandaids on their faces…)
So here’s the tutorial for ya!
Supplies:
- hoodie, cotton or fleece (I’ve used both)
- long strip of fleece
- ric-rac (optional)
- buttons
- thread
- sewing machine
- scissors
Step 1:
Double up your fleece, you can do this by folding it in half or laying one piece on top of another.
Cut in a zig zag shape, making sure to leave about an inch from the edge for your seam.
You can use whatever shape you would like to go down the hood and back. (I rounded them out for my daughters’ hoodie).
Step 2: Split open your hoodie by cutting it in half right at the seam, if you continue down the back, just try and follow a straight line.
You can make this as precise as you would like, I just eye-balled everything.
Step 3: Sew your two pieces of fleece together along the zig zag edge using a 1/4 inch seam. Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of this part…
Step 4: Now were going to sew the fleece to the hoodie. Turn the hoodie inside out. Starting at the hood, place the fleece between the two pieces (right sides together) with the points or bumps pointing down inside the jacket, and pin in place.
Sew along the entire edge using a 1/2 inch seam.
Turn right side in.
Step 5: Ok, we’re switching to my daughter’s hoodie for this next part. (Optional) If you would like to add ricrac along the edge of the hood, take the ricrac and cut a strip a little larger than the entire edge of the hoodie. Fold the ricrac so the raw edges are tucked under, and start sewing it to one end.
I didn’t pin this, just carefully sew one little bump (is that what you would call it?) of ricrac at a time. Continue along the entire edge, and finish by tucking in the raw edges on the other side.
Step 6: Add your buttons. You can get creative. Add as many as you would like, layer them up, choose crazy colors, go WILD!! Just handsew each button onto either side, Clip all threads and you’re finished!!
How fun was that!!
Side view…
My little monsters:)
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These are adorable Staci! I’m pretty sure Asher needs one! Are you going to sell them in your shop? We all know I can’t sew!
These are adorable!! My 5 year old (turning 5 on Saturday) is obsessed with dinosaurs! I am going to make him one of these to wear for his party!! Thanks!
That is so cute and I love your little models.
I’ve thought about selling them, they’re so much fun to make!!
Thank you so much for linking up on my LET’S SEW project linky!! Love the hoodie! My kids are crazy about dinosaurs!:)
I think my son would love this! This is so great!
This is such a cool idea! I think I’ll try it!
Super cute!! I’ve been wanting to do something similar for a while! I’d love for you to link this up to my new linky party!
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Hello!
Found you on a blog hop and am your newest follower – Would love for you to check out my blog and follow back if you like it.
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my son just said “no fair that we don’t have that!” I made him ask nicely and will be making one for this spring! thanks for the inspiration and confidence to cut into a hoodie!!!
That’s so cute!!
sometimes I wish I could sew.
This is awesome!!!! My kids would LOVE THIS!!!! Great tutorial. I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com today. Grab my “featured” button.
These are amazing! I’ll definitely have to make them for my little guys! Thank you so much for the great tutorial!
I’m totally bookmarking this for later! My son will love it!
These are awesome! Not only do I need to make one for my daughter, but I’ll be linking here from my little blog.
This is really cute! Bookmarking to make later, thanks for the grea idea!
wow i have a little monster who would look adorable in these. I’m going to feature this on my blog so come over and grab yourself a featured button.
I am a new follower. This is such a cute idea. My son has a monster hat I bought from childrens place and this idea reminds me of it. please follow me back.
Hooray for dino hoodies!
These are fantastic and super fun. Thanks for sharing!
These are great! I love how you used ric-rac for the girly hoodie. My kids would love these.
I’d love for you to link up with my party: http://fastdaze.blogspot.com/2011/01/linky-fridaze-1.html
Can’t wait to do this one for the little man!!
I’m featuring this on my blog today.
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Oh, that is such a cute idea!
This is such a great idea! Love the ric rac on the girlie one! Too cute!
xoxo,
Amy
Very adorable! What a fun project!
I love, love, LOVE these! Really, what kid wouldn’t want to have a hoodie like this?
If you get a chance tomorrow, I’d love for you to link up to my Not “Baaad” blog hop! Pretty please?
These are so cute… I LOVE them. I think next year my kids are going to be a dino-pack for halloween. My sister (college) and her friends went as a dino pack, and they made costumes similar.. They also made a Terradactyl with dino-wings under the arms of the hoody. Anyway, super cute!!
VERY cute! I bet they just love wearing them! I will have to make some of these for a little one around here! Thank you for the inspiration!
Thanks for linking up to Making It With Allie! I can’t wait to see what you have for next week!
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My youngest would go nuts for this! He is so into dinosaurs. I would love for you to link up to my Sew Crafty Party & Giveaway!
http://wildflowersandwhimsy.blogspot.com/2011/01/sew-crafty-saturday-adventure-date.html
I LOVE this! Thanks for sharing the tutorial!
Love these! I’m going to make these for my kids’ dress up closet!
Great minds think alike! I made a lined dinosaur cape with spines down to the tail a while ago, but hadn’t gotten a chance to post it yet. Guess I’m not the only one who thought ric-rac would be ideal for the “teeth” part! Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday:)
Cute little dinosaurs!
Thanks for linking to my party! Just thought I would let you know this is great and you are a Superstar! Featured this!
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This is so cute! I can’t wait to make one for my son! Thanks for the tut!
I love this! I will feature it on the 30th!
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Hey, I just made these – and they turned out great! You can check out my blog post about it if you want here:
http://craftyladylindsay.blogspot.com/2011/10/dragon-hoodies.html
Thanks!
Lindsay
Brilliant. Just love it.
You are awesome! I was about to hand sew on the spines one by one. It never occured to me to cut the thing open. Brilliant! I did sew the spines and stuff them a little before I sewed them on, but your plan still worked great. Now I just have to wait for my dragono model to wake up so I can check the eyeball placement. Thank you so much for these directions.