Children's Hospital Gown

This gown is so simple to make, and the possibilities are unlimited: camouflage, princess, bling, sports, trains, Elmo, Christmas, Easter, etc. A child in the hospital is an awful thing, so anything you can do to make them feel better is worth doing.

Step 1

Begin by cutting out the fabric pieces. Use the shape of a basic V-neck, with extra hem length. The picture shown is for a toddler-sized gown and can be enlarged as needed. You should cut out one front piece, two back pieces that mirror each other, and one front pocket.

Comments

[rollingthru]

I changed the pocket on the one I made. I just edged the opening in biase-tape and put the pocket a little below the opening. I sewed 4 pieces of soft vel-cro on the gown over the opening, on each side of it and under the pocket. I then put matching vel-cro mates on cartoon appliques. My camera grew legs so I can not take a picture right now. Thank you for the idea now I am going to try to make some that look like Halloween dress-ups to donate to our local peds unit we use.

[mo5]

I'll make one of these so I can " Go into the hospital with style"

[paganwonder]

As a hospital RN I say- "Anything to help our little patients get thru a tough time". This is a wonderful idea!

[Weissensteinburg]

aww...great job! Did the hospital have a problem with him wearing it?

[kelllbelll]

Thanks so much..... Hospital staffs LOVE these! The kiddos get LOTS of great attention so they love it too.