Kids Christmas Pillowcase

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I am delighted to share with you our new family holiday tradition: our Kids Christmas Pillowcase. The idea is new to me, having just heard about such a concept recently. It’s a fun new tradition that kids get to pull out a festive pillowcase that is normally stored in the attic with other holiday decor. They slip it on their pillow for the month of December, then pack it away after Christmas so it will be just as fun to pull it out next year!  I ran out to the store to buy fabric, and as I stood there perusing the Christmas fabric, I had to make a decision. Is this for ME, or is this for MY KIDS?!? If it were for me, I’d get chevron, polka dots, and pom pom trim in the holiday colors. But since it was for my kids, I went the Santa and reindeer route.

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I have 4 kids: 2 boys (10 and 12) and 2 girls (7 and 3). I couldn’t decide if I should make them all the same, or each a different pattern, but then would they be sad if they didn’t get one that the other got? My youngest was in the store, and made the decision for me, which was a blessing and a curse.  She was adament about THIS Santa and reindeer fabric. I’ll admit it wasn’t my favorite, but I reminded myself it wasn’t for me.

When I got home, I asked my seamstress mother the right size to cut the fabric for a standard pillow, and she said 22×30. So I took her word for it. I probably should have ironed this, but I didn’t.

I flipped the fabric so that the patterned sides faced each other, and cut 4 big rectangles. (By the way, I bought 2.5 yards of each fabric). Now, I did NOT take after my mother in the seamstress category. I cut, and sorta sewed straight lines, that’s it. This is why I thought I could totally whip this up myself–simple!

Once I cut, I pinned 3 sides and sewed up the sides with not so straight lines. Then, on the open side, I flipped it over an inch or so, and hemmed the top. I’m not going to show you how un-even the lines are. I don’t aim for perfection with such things.

All done in under 30 minutes! Look how happy she is…;)

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My kids were SO delighted, I couldn’t believe their excitement over a pillowcase! It’s not too late, you can get the fabric, cut, and sew it all in one afternoon. Make it for the 12 days of Christmas this year!

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Hope this can be a fun new tradition in your family as well! Have you heard of this? Do you do this at your home?  Do you have a sewing machine with little to no sewing skills like me? You can do this, too!

{Originally posted at Positively Splendid’s Swell Noel series.}

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