DIY Eye Mask

Some people accept miracle babies that volition autumn asleep anywhere in addition to everywhere.

I produce non accept ane of those babies.

In my experience most babies accept real specific weather condition that they demand to autumn asleep.

What affects your baby? Fullness? Sound? Light?

My babe daughter is a peachy sleeper, but she volition not autumn asleep if at that topographic point is anything, fifty-fifty remotely interesting to await at. She would rather remain awake, crying in addition to looking around than become to sleep. Thinking well-nigh trying to teach her to slumber on a 10 hr flying without whatever means of turning out the lights began to brand me experience anxious.

I can’t fifty-fifty feed her to slumber because equally shortly equally she moves she opens her eyes. Every. Single. Time. And she volition non become dorsum to sleep.

Enter my miracle: the babe oculus mask. 

I wanted to brand myself an oculus mask for the airplane, in addition to I thought, why non brand Ellie one? Could this finally live a means to “shut off the lights” when nosotros are out in addition to about?

You tin outset making the Mom & Baby Eye Masks past times downloading this template below:

Eye Mask Template

 Materials:

Two fabrics  – ane for the exterior in addition to ane for the inside

(I used terry cloth in addition to a night cotton)

Elastic hairband

Matching thread

Sewing machine

Needle

A. Using the oculus mask templates, cut-out the oculus mask blueprint on both types of fabric. I used terry cloth, because I idea it would live overnice on the face. It was comfortable, but inwards the time to come I may chose a silk or fleece textile instead. I also used the regal cotton fiber because it was night and the calorie-free wouldn’t come upwards through. You could operate lighter coloured fabrics in addition to lay quilting batting or felt inwards the centre layer to block calorie-free instead.Then cutting the pilus elastic, making certain that it is long plenty to become around the head, but non also liberate or the mask won’t remain on. Its best to truly mensurate it on your caput in addition to your baby’s head.

B. Pin the elastic pieces to the within of the move past times fabric, on the correct side (i.e. pivot it to the textile that volition live the forepart of the oculus mask). Line upwards the elastic alongside the outer border of the cotton, in addition to brand certain your pins are approx, 1 ” away from the border (to live far away from the sewing machine. Make certain the extra elastic is within the centre of the mask for sewing.

C. Repeat previous steps alongside the other mask.

D. Place the dorsum fabrics on top, alongside the adept side (the correct side) down. Terry cloth is the same on both sides in addition to then it doesn’t affair :) Line it upwards in addition to pivot it inwards place.

E. Use your sewing auto to stitch around the outer edge, leaving a 1/2″ seam allowance. Leave a 2 inch opening in addition to then that yous tin clitoris the textile right-side out afterwards.

F. Pull the sewed textile inside-out, in addition to hand-stitch the mask closed. Done in addition to done!

The mask worked fifty-fifty amend than I could’ve imagined!

She brutal asleep in addition to STAYED asleep piece wearing it on the airplane.

When she stirred, she however idea it was dark, in addition to then she went dorsum to sleep. It was a miracle.

 I made this alongside the intention of using it on the floor only, but it could live used anytime your fry is sleeping alongside yous in addition to beingness closely supervised (i.e. it could live unsafe to move out them solitary alongside ane on).

{xoxo}