DIY Doll Diaper Bag Gift

I challenged myself to put a little handmade into every gift I gave this year. I am 3 gifts into the year and feeling great that January is behind me. I approached this goal thinking I wanted the gifts to be handmade but still substantial. Yes it takes an hour to sew/craft 1 thing, but you can’t just give 1 thing (unless it’s epic in which case it probably took you longer than an hour anyway).

I decided to combine several sewing projects to create a handmade diaper bag for dolls (well the bottles weren’t handmade but whatevs). The gift includes a bag (duh), burp cloth with bottles, diapers, and wipes.

A quick thank you to Ramona for modeling for me. Yes she came up with her own poses.

First the bag tutorial is the child’s messenger bag from One Yard Wonders. I used green denim for the outside and pink polka dot lining. The cut for the strap was supposed to be 30″, but I cut 28″. You can see where it falls on Ramona. (She is about 38″ tall.) Just a few tips when tackling this bag:

The bag is actually deeper than it looks here.

• Line up the pocket on interior piece with the flap on the exterior piece. Once everything is finished, your pocket will be on back of the interior.
• Make your 4″ opening to turn the bag ride side out in the front. When you top stitch you won’t have to deal with the opening and the flap.

I also recommend you skipping out on the velcro for the bag. It’s just easier for toddlers to deal with getting things in and out of the bag without the velcro. Also you get to skip that step making it easier on you.

I found this cute tutorial for the diapers and wipes. I think 2 diapers is plenty for a doll – 1 dirty and 1 clean. I used felt for the wipes case, but fleece for the wipes. I cut 5 wipes, and Ramona uses every wipe every time.

We are working on scanning in my template for the diapers so you can download it and skip out on that bummer of a task. I’ll update it here and post on facebook and twitter once we make it happen. The diapers are incredibly easy to make, but creating a template is never fun.

The burp cloth is just a 9×13 scrap of Liberty fabric and fleece. Pin the right sides together leaving a 2″ opening. Sew. Clip corners. Turn fabric right side out. Press. Top stitch. Easy.

Add baby bottles, I got mine at Target. Ramona has these ones from amazon (they make noise too). Now you can feed, burp, and change your doll.

How sweet is this picture? It melts my heart.

Well friends that is how you do make a little girls dream come true and keep your handmade gift goal. The diaper bag was actually for my niece, but Ramona has too. (Of course she does she’s an only child.)