Ban the road-trip-sleepy-kid-head-bobble, that is! Is that painful to watch or what? Your booster seat aged kid finally takes a schnoozer during the family road trip only to bobble themselves into a case of whiplash. Well, I decided to take action against this conundrum once and for all.
Right before our big vacation car trip I was trying to come up with some kind of neck roll that was more substantial than the little C-shaped numbers you get on airplanes. I raided my outgrown kid clothing box and found a worn out pair of 4T sweats and they were just the ticket!
The resultant neck pillow is not pretty, but I must say it’s darn comfy! (By the way, this kid is totally faking it for photography. Um, yeah, he’s snoring, can you tell?) I’m usually pretty adamant that objects I recycle must look better than they did when they were about to be thrown out. But in this instance, I decided that not everything has to be pretty. I know. Shhh. Sometimes done is better than pretty especially when function is paramount. (Don’t tell Tim Gunn, I’ll never make it onto Project Runway!)
So, without further ado, I give you the not-so-pretty tutorial for repurposing your own kids pants into a handy dandy Road Trip Neck Pillow! Ta-Dah!
Click on the image to be sure you see all of the finely detailed chicken scratching. I spent a lot of time on this you know. 🙂 Hmm, be sure to turn your work right side out before stuffing, if I didn’t make that clear. You probably already knew that though, smarties.
By the way, this worked like a charm. My 8 year old didn’t even roll his eyes or balk at using it. When I pitched it to him, I just said, “Look at this comfy neck pillow I made for you to use in the car!” His response was, “PUFFY PANTS!!!!!” Which, strangely, made them more appealing. Go figure.
We have a road trip coming up and I am going to make one of these for my 4 and 3 year old boys. Thanks for sharing the idea!
Brilliant.
This is a great idea! What a fun tutorial! I love the fake sleeper too!
stop coming up with super original, cute and functional, always recyclable projects already! shesh, you’re making the rest of us look bad.
What a great idea! Too bad I already passed along all of my kiddo’s outgrown sweatpants to his younger cousin . . . bet a pair could be found at Goodwill before we take a roadtrip this fall, tho.
Great expression on your son’s face!
Wonderful idea. And I totally dig your sketch!!!
Hi Guys,
Thanks for your comments, I’m glad you like them! Even my husband tried them out when it was my turn to drive. 🙂
Betz
I don’t have kids, but I love these, so I’ll have to find some at the local thrift. Thanks for sharing, and that great sketch!
What an awesome idea! We have this issue all the time, no road time required. My daughter would use this on the 7 minute ride home from the sitters. 🙂 Brilliant!
Those are great!!
Missy
my 8 year old would have liked this for his little nap after some of our recent rides and with another coming up to Maine next weekend this might just do the trick!!
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OMG what a great idea!!
Ooh! Ooh! I’m going to make some for ME! (I think that I’ll cute them up with some embroidery, though, if that’s ok with you.)
Hola Betz. No recuerdo si ya te mande este link. Es de un artista que hace cosas muy lindas y algo de su trabajo me recuerda al tuyo, quizás puede ser el uso del color. te dejo el link : http://www.sarajofrieden.com/
Desde que conocí tu blog me he vuelto adicta a el…mis felicitaciones por tus conmovedores trabajos.
Cariños desde Argentina.
Hi Mass Moda,
Gracias! Beautiful work!
Betz
So brilliant! I have been looking at these in stores, but I have a hard time spending $20 on one. This solution is just the ticket.
I just bought a christmas craft magazine with your cupcakes in them! I love them each time I see them! 🙂
Kate,
Hey! What mag? Is it BH&G???I haven’t seen it yet, I want my copy! How does it look?
Thanks for the heads up!
Betz
That’s the most clever craft!
what a great idea – I’ll have to tell my niece – and maybe even make some for my grown son, who’s asleep before we’re out of the driveway!
It’s a very very GREAT idea!!! tks
Marina
My mom tried to make something like this for my twin girls. However, she used the hind legs off of a giant stuffed dog. It’s pretty darn funny.
merci beaucoup betz white pour les jolies choses que vous faites et que vous nous apprenez à faire!!!
votre monde participe du rêve….
many thanks…
i will try many things!
What a wonderful idea for road trips. Going to make some of these ,thank you so much for the tutorial.
This is awesome! This will be perfect fro plane rides!
Hi! Nice-looking blog. Green never looked so good, and you offer interesting topics. I like the bag idea. It caught my eye because I like to make stuff bags and had been considering whether to get back into sewing. I wanted to make larger bags and perhaps sell them at flea markets. Anyway, I enjoyed my visit…Thanks for the ideas.
That is sooo cute!. Great idea too.