Advent ’21 Day 2: DIY Snowflake Drawing Jammies

I’ll admit it, I wasn’t even finished making the kids DIY Jack-O-Lantern jammies when I started dreaming up ideas for winter designs. I just cannot help myself!

After a bunch of mulling, I decided to have the them make snowflakes. I figured the design would be simple enough for Cole to draw, and unlike holiday jammies, they would be fitting for the whole winter season.

The process was very similar to our last DIY Jammies project. I selected these beautiful blue pajama sets from Primary, had the kids draw snowflakes, snapped photos of their best drawings with my phone, loaded it into my Silhouette software and cut them out of white and sparkly white heat transfer vinyl. I then cut out each individual snowflake so that I could arrange (and rearrange) them directly on the tops before ironing.

Word to the wise, if you wish to attempt this project, it is best suited for kiddos who are more independent artists or who follow directions well. It was a bit of a gong-show trying to get Cole to draw his snowflakes. He would get halfway through, then completely go off on a tangent drawing scribbles. “Look! Dat’s the ocean! Dat’s Jack Skellington. And dose are his arms!” Finally, I drew two dots on the paper and asked Cole to connect them with a line. Then I drew more dots and asked him to connect those. Eventually he had created the six arms of the snowflake. I also asked him to draw circles. I attached his circle drawings to the ends of the snowflake arms in my Silhouette software— that was far easier than trying to get him to draw it all!

Still, all of those design challenges were 100% worth it once I revealed the finished jammies to Isla and Cole and saw their faces light up! They could not wait to wear them and proudly pointed out their favorite snowflakes to one another. I have no doubt we are going to get a lot of great use out of these darling keepsake jammies this winter!

And along the lines of DIY snowflake crafts, have you seen the gorgeous necklaces we had made using Isla’s snowflake drawings last year?