We had a couple of adorable hooded towels for our son when he was an infant, but by the time he was a year old, the thing was barely covering everything---not keeping him warm at all. I started looking around, and found
nothing in stores for bigger kids. Ok, I did find a very expensive hooded beach towel online, but I didn't want to spend that much, and preferred a bath towel, anyway. SO, I found a cheap set of towels on clearance at Bed Bath & Beyond, and went to work.
I basically just sewed a hand towel onto the side of a bath towel, and then made a hood out of the hand towel.
I just came across an awesome tutorial for this---exactly the same process I followed, except that she added some cute details---over at
Skip to My Lou. So, rather than re-invent the wheel, I thought I'd just post a link!
Here's my finished product:
