Baby car seat - wrap blanket and pennant chain

Pretty and practical self-sewn DIY decoration for the newborn car seat with cuddly Maxi-Cosi wrap blanket and playful pennant chain

During the preparations before the birth of my son, our ordered car seat (ours is from Kinderkraft) arrived at some point together with the baby carriage. Practical, sober... well, and a bit boring. For me, the "naked" seat was neither comfortable nor inviting. I wanted something really cuddly for my baby - and at the same time perhaps something pretty for me to look at ;-).

I had a lot of time on maternity leave and had just started sewing - in addition to cushion covers, my first sewing projects were baby outfits (baby pants, baby hats, changing jackets, baby sleeping bags, cushions for the bassinet, hooded towels). All baby sewing projects are therefore ideal for beginners.

You can find detailed instructions for the wrap blanket for the baby car seat here. I used these and found them very helpful and clearly explained. I used soft old green muslin fabric with dots and fleece fabric in a matching color for the lining.

The pennant chain is a very good way to use fabric scraps from other projects - even small pieces that are left over can be used here. In addition to the fabric for the wrap blanket, I chose other muslin fabrics in matching patterns and colors and sewed them to a black bias tape. You can find the step-by-step sewing instructions for this fabric bunting on my blog. As you may know if you've been following me for a while, I love garlands of all kinds and I'm particularly fond of pennant chains. They are not only decorative for the baby's car seat, but also a wonderful gift for a birth, a decoration for a good mood in the nursery, in the living room or above the bed (for example above the Monlitcabane house bed), for the garden (a simple and quick version of the pennant chain) as a party decoration or above the changing table. There are no limits to your imagination. In any case, pennant chains never fail to have a positive effect in my eyes. They create atmosphere and a little splash of color with simple means.

If you also want to decorate your baby's car seat and make it cuddly, you need...

... for the Maxi-Cosi wrap blanket:

• Muslin fabric with dots

• fleece fabric

• sewing thread in a matching color

• pattern e.g. from Bastelrado

... for the pennant chain

• different colored and patterned muslin fabrics

• bias tape

• sewing thread in matching colors

Of course, you will also need a sewing machine, scissors for cutting and sewing clips :-) - basic equipment that you probably already have anyway and which is definitely worth having for all sewing projects.

ready-made DIY wrap-around blanket for the baby car seat

The pattern is very suitable for a swaddle blanket for the early days. Our baby is a winter baby, so I chose a warm, cozy fleece fabric. After a few months, however, the footmuff became too short for the increasingly long legs and the fabric became too warm as the spring temperatures got warmer and warmer. So I quickly made a summer version of the whole thing for slightly bigger babies: with cotton fabric and muslin fabric as a lining. You can also see the matching pennant chain made from the resulting fabric scraps in the photo.

Summery version of the wrap-around blanket for the car seat

For the size-adjusted swaddle blanket, simply choose slightly longer measurements for the footmuff and hood so that your child fits in comfortably (see photo). Our second swaddle blanket lasted for the entire first year of his life (until we bought a new car seat) and did an excellent job, making car rides more comfortable. From month to month, my son also found the bunting more and more exciting as entertainment on the go.

If you liked this post, please share it and leave me a comment. Have fun sewing your baby car seat kit!

A hug and see you soon!

Would you like to take a look at more sewing projects for children?

• Practical DIY cover for a child's car seat

• Self-sewn cover for wet wipes

• Self-sewn storage bag for toys

• Self-sewn muslin cloths

• Robber scarves for babies and children

• DIY scarves for cuddly toys

• Ikea hack: self-sewn cover for SKUBB organizer

• DIY patches for children's pants

• DIY grasping toy with wooden beads

• Self-sewn decorative fabric pennant garland

• simple fabric pennant garland

Soon also on my blog - I look forward to seeing you again soon :-) !

• practical DIY hooded towel for children

• self-made bath poncho for children

• lovingly personalized baby carrier

• Canopy for the house bed

• self-made diaper bag

• Decoration for the changing table

• Seat cushion for the baby carriage

• DIY nursing pillow cover

• Self-sewn music box "Moon"

• Self-sewn baby outfits

• DIY baby sleeping bag

• Birth gifts

See you soon!