Easy Toddler Infinity Scarf - a tutorial

I love scarves. I have a bunch of them - all different styles and types. Some infinity, some traditional. Some crocheted, some fabric. Some heavy weight for cold winter days, some light and airy for an added touch in the summer. Although I love hats too, I dislike hat hair so I often find myself grabbing a scarf to help stay warm when it's cold out. To me, scarves are the best. 

I recently whipped up a cute little infinity scarf for Sofia (read about that here). Very stylish. I didn't want the boys to be left out. I think it's adorable when toddlers wear clothes that are typically thought of as adult pieces. Like toddlers in suspenders. I mean. Adorable, right? Plus the boys do NOT like wearing hats, so it's harder to keep them warm when we are out in the cold. A scarf would work nicely if they will keep them on. 

I found a great deal on this super cute mustache printed flannel at the store and thought it would be great for this project. Very manly. 

Cute, right? 

Here's how I did it: 

You need a large rectangle of fabric. I cut a 12" piece the width of the fabric which was 42". You could adjust the length for younger or older kids/adults but the width is fine at 12" across the board. So I ended up with a 12" by 42" piece of fabric. 

Fold in half long ways with right sides together and sew to form one long tube. Skip the first and last 2" of fabric to allow for turning later. 

Should look like this at this point. 

Flip the scarf right side out. Just stick your hand in, grab one end and pull it through the tube. At this point you should iron the seams flat. But I'm not that fancy.

Now you need to sew the ends together. Starting with the two pieces in the middle with the right sides together, pin along the edge. Be careful to match up your seam.

Start of edge seam. 

sewing the edge seam

This is what it should look like when finished. 

Two more steps to go! After sewing the edges together, push the seam in. If you want to be fancy, you'd have the additional step of pressing this seam flat too, but like I said, I'm not that fancy. You should have a small gap that needs to be closed. Fold the raw edge in being careful to flatten out the seams if you didn't iron them already, and line up the two folded edges. You can either sew this gap closed by hand, which would also be fancy, or you can cheat like me and just use your machine.

Gap pinned. Seams lined up. 

If you are using a machine, sew as close to the edge as possible. This tiny seam should be on the inside of your scarf anyway so I didn't think it was a big deal. 5 seconds of sewing versus 10 minutes if I did it  by hand.

Last step done!

Turn the long seam to the inside, fluff it up and you are ready to go! 

Ta-Da!!

This size scarf fits both my 18 month old twins and my 4 1/2 year old daughter nicely.

Sofia thought this scarf was hilarious. 

Best part? The boys loved them. I had Thomas act as my model and Jacob pointed at his scarf repeatedly and kept looking at me like, where's mine?!? Good thing I made one for Jacob too! Big ol' smile and they kept the scarves on. Win!!