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Mickey and Minnie Hooded Towel

April 16, 2013 by Amber 30 Comments

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You Disney lovers (you know who you are) are going to LOVE me today. And your little Disney lovers are going to LOVE you when you make them this. I’m thinking this is perfect for your trips to Disney. Take this with you and spot it poolside! It’s a Minnie Mouse (and Mickey Mouse-take your pick) hooded towel.

Minnie Mouse Hooded Towel Tutorial by CrazyLittleProjects.com

Mickey Mouse Towel Tutorial by CrazyLittleProjects.com

 

Mickey and Minnie Hooded Towel Tutorial:

Supplies Needed:

1 Red Towel

1 Black hand towel

Red polkadot fabric or ribbon for Minnie Towel

 

Instructions:

In this post I am teaching you to make the head part of this towel. If you would like to see how I finish off my hooded towels and attach the hoods, see my basic hooded towel post.

To start off, cut your hand towel in half horizontally. Fold the selvage edge under about 3-4 inches and stitch it in place. (Sorry, forgot to take pictures of this, but here it is on another towel):

Fold

Now, flip that over and you will work on the underside, the side without the seam.

With the extra piece of hand towel cut out your ears. You will need 4 ear pieces. Just cut a large circle but make it slightly oval shaped so that you can sew it in place easier (see image below).

Grab 2 ear pieces and sew them together leaving an opening in the bottom.

Eear2

Turn them right side out:

Ear

On your hand towel decide where you want the ears and cut small slits. Pull the ear through so that it looks like this on the underside:

Earthrough

Do that with both ears and snip off any excess on the bottom.

For Minnie-to make the bow either use red polkadot ribbon and tie it, or, use red polkadot fabric. Cut the fabric to be about 14 inches by 5 inches (it’s up to you how big or small you want the bow). Fold it so that right sides are together and stitch around it leaving a small opening to turn it.

Bow1

Turn it right side out, press it and then sew the opening closed.

The pinch your bow like this:

Bow

And stitch it in the middle to hold it.

Hand stitch the bow to the towel where you want it.

Now, fold your hood part in half so that the ears are on the inside and zig zag up the back along the raw edges.

Then, fold it like this:

Backofhood

And sew a straight line across the top about 1-2 inches from the top and snip that off. (This rounds out the hood so it’s not so pointy.)

Tip

And you’re done! Just sew the hood to your towel and you’ve got yourself a little Mickey or Minnie Hooded Towel!

And hey, if you haven’t been around for the others, here’s a few more of my hooded towels. I do a new one each month.

Hooded Animal Towels

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Filed Under: For Baby, For Boys, For Girls, For Kids, Fun & Crafts, Hooded Towels, Sewing Patterns

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Comments

  1. Eva Scott says

    April 16, 2013 at 7:06 pm

    My little girl would FLIP! Seems easy enough? I’m a novice to moderate sewer but this looks doable. Thanks for the great tutorial!

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  2. SK says

    April 17, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    This is such an adorable project! I pinned it to my Minnie & Mickey board, so I can remember to make it next time I need a birthday present for a little one :)

    Reply
  3. Rebecca G says

    April 18, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    Need to make these ASAP my kids love Mickey and Minnie!!

    Reply
  4. Angela says

    April 18, 2013 at 8:41 pm

    I don’t understand when you say to cut the hand towel “horizontally”, is that the “short” or “long” way? Thanks

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    • Amber says

      April 19, 2013 at 11:44 pm

      That would mean cutting it so that it is a short and fat rectangle rather than long and skinny.

      Reply
  5. Kaylynn Young says

    April 25, 2013 at 12:27 am

    STOP IT! This is ADORABLE ! My little one will literally freak when she sees this. LOVE IT!

    It was so nice to meet you at SNAP! I’m totally stalking you in every way possible (apparently I was missing a few of your social media options!)! Can’t wait to get to know you better!
    Kaylynn
    AmongTheYoung.com

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    • Amber says

      April 25, 2013 at 1:22 pm

      Ha ha! I had fun with this one! Nice to meet you too. :) SNAP was crazy but fun huh?

      Reply
  6. Katy says

    May 19, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    How do the ears stay up? Do you not add any interfacing?

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    • Amber says

      May 19, 2013 at 7:46 pm

      They’re a little floppy. You could put something in them to make them more sturdy if you want.

      Reply
  7. Susan says

    May 27, 2013 at 8:45 am

    How do you attach the ears? I understand cutting the slit and pulling them through, but won’t they just pull or fall out?

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    • Amber says

      May 27, 2013 at 8:30 pm

      You sew them in place. :)

      Reply
      • Susan says

        May 28, 2013 at 6:29 am

        That’s what I thought ( and did), but I must have missed the step that said to do that. I just flattened everything and zig- zagged — hope it holds!

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  8. Jean says

    September 8, 2013 at 7:47 pm

    Hi Amber – Absolutely LOVE your blog and all of your creativity!!! You are so very talented! I’m a bit envious! LOL! I just have to get in there and get my hands dirty, I guess. I’m so afraid of failure and making a mess of things . . .
    I was wondering if you have an Etsy shop or anything? My point is I was wondering if you sell these towels? My granddaughter would LOVE it but there is no way I could make it. I don’t even own a sewing machine. But I LOVE it! She is SO into Minnie Mouse and she has everything, but of course this is so unique! Just thought I take a chance . . . never hurts to ask. Have a nice Sunday evening! And, again, thanks for all of the terrific insentives on here! You are a true motivator! Hugs ~ jean

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    • Amber says

      September 9, 2013 at 11:08 pm

      I don’t! Sorry! I used to do something like that and got so burned out that I had to quit and now I just blog.

      Reply
  9. Lauren says

    June 25, 2014 at 12:21 pm

    Hi Amber,

    Thanks for this post! My daughter adores Minnie Mouse and this made the perfect birthday gift. She’s now asking for another towel for pool time. Looking forward to making more of your hooded towels.

    Reply
  10. Marily Morey says

    July 1, 2014 at 11:25 am

    Ever think of making a lego type hooded towel?

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    • Amber says

      August 3, 2014 at 10:04 pm

      That would be really cool…. I’ll keep it in mind

      Reply
  11. Michelle says

    July 22, 2014 at 6:30 am

    Love this! Bought my towels today to make this for my 2 yr old. It will be going to Disney World with us really soon. Can’t wait to have it finished.

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  12. Marilyn Morey says

    July 30, 2014 at 7:49 am

    wish I had pattern for Hello kitty and Lego

    Reply
  13. Savanna miller says

    October 13, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    This may be a very dumb question, but what is the purpose of the first step? Am I missing something or would you not cut your hand towel long ways so as to have a pre finished “professional” front edge to the hood and use the finished ends for attaching the hood to the towel body, and sew the unfinished edge up along the back and cut the tip at the end? I guess what I’m asking is, the very first 3/4″ hem you refer to, what is it suppose to be for?

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    • Amber says

      October 14, 2014 at 3:32 pm

      You can do it long ways but it will be a very large hood. This makes is a much smaller, baby/toddler/preschooler size hood.

      Reply
  14. Dawn says

    January 14, 2015 at 8:39 pm

    This is so cute and super easy to make.
    I made it tonight in about 30-45 minutes.

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  15. starlyn mcpherson says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:00 pm

    Hi
    It look very easy but I am wondering where the seam go if it on the back and the hem to the front.{4″]
    Please explain.
    starlyn

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    • Amber says

      February 1, 2015 at 9:05 pm

      Sorry-can’t understand what you are asking? Can you clarify?

      Reply
  16. Sheri says

    August 7, 2015 at 9:42 am

    Hi. Love your towels! I’m just curious on how the shape of the bow holds when it gets washed? Any ideas?

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    • Amber says

      August 7, 2015 at 6:08 pm

      Not sure on that one. I gave that towel away. Anyone know?

      Reply
  17. Jodi says

    April 20, 2018 at 11:41 pm

    Perfect birthday gift for my Minnie mouse loving grand daughter! Thanks for the easy to follow tutorial. I am sure I will be sewing more very soon. 😉

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  18. Lynette says

    May 2, 2018 at 10:00 pm

    My brother’s family just added twin girls to their family. Now they have three girls. Thinking of making 3 coordinating Minnie towels, but different colors. I will probably applique the bows to the ears or head depending on what fits for easier washing/wear. So it will be similar to your faces. Their stuff gets washed A LOT, so I think this will work best for them! :)

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  19. Brenda says

    May 2, 2019 at 7:58 pm

    How do you make the ears stand up?

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    • Amber says

      June 12, 2019 at 8:59 pm

      Use a stiff fusing if you want them really stand up and put it inside them

      Reply

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