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New Mexican Trash Bag Snow Suit Tutorial



Here in the glorious city of Albuquerque, NM we get one massive snow storm every seven years. For this reason, few of us stock snow gear for our kids. You just never know what size they will be when the snow comes. Also, our snow comes in February and March, long after the retail stores have restocked their winter items with swim suits and easter dresses. Here is an easy, although not attractive or particularly safe way to keep the kids dry as they play in the freakish white stuff that fell from the sky while they slept and will be gone in an hour. Hurry!!! You might miss it!

What you will need:
Trash Bags (I like black leaf bags)
Iron
Iron safe surface (towel on a table, Ironing Board, etc.)
Scissors
Paper-either paper bag from store, drawing paper, copy paper


Lay out your paper on your ironing surface and get your iron hot. I start at the highest setting and lower it if the bag starts to melt too bad.  Place bag in between two pieces of paper. Be careful not to iron bag on any area that isn't covered by the paper on the top and bottom or you will make a mess and ruin whatever non-paper item it touches. Caution! This is hot!!!! (and maybe poisonous to breathe). 



To make pants, I just iron down the middle, after sandwiching the bag between the two pieces of paper.  This will create a seam.

Next, cut the middle of the seam to the desired inseam. I leave the foot end of the bag intact because then it is a snow boot/snow pant in one. This makes it easier than having to dig up sandwich bags. Then the drawstring on the bag serves as a belt (genius and so wrong-I know!)

 You can make virtually anything! I make a top too by having the kids lay on the bag at a diagonal and then cutting around them and then ironing the seams.
They look funny (like the penguin from Batman) , the smell a lot like linen fresh Febreeze and people may judge but you bundle your kid up good underneath and they get affordable, dry, winter fun for the hour the snow sticks around (and they can make weight class on Monday!) Hurry, the sun is coming out!
enjoy!!!



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