Ice Pop Holders
May 18, 2010
I’m assuming that most children are like mine. When you give them an ice pop, they immediately look for something to wrap around it while holding the cold stick. Our girls constantly got out dish towels or napkins, etc to hold their icy snacks. As summer approaches, I had visions of more laundry due to using extra kitchen towels and of lots of wasted napkins and paper towels, especially when I loaded up on fruit chillers at the store for $0.11 a box! After a bit of trial and error, I developed these icy pop holders. Lining them makes it so much easier to slip the ice pop into the holder because it doesn’t catch on the fibers like it does for felt. The double layer protects the hands better and the layer of felt also helps absorb the sticky drips. They work great and look much cuter than a clunky kitchen towel.
These holders work well with frozen Gogurts too!
This is a quick and easy project.
You can make 3 ice pop holders with this tutorial.
Gather your supplies:
- One piece of craft felt measuring 9×12 inches
- Coordinating scrap fabric
- Scissors
- Thread and sewing machine
- Pinking shears
1. Take the piece of felt and cut it lengthwise into 3 equal pieces measuring 3×12 inches each (as indicated by my dotted lines on the photo).
2. Cut 3 strips of scrap fabric the same size.
3. Place the fabric on top of the felt with the right side of the fabric facing up.
4. Stitch the fabric to the felt using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.Go all the way around the rectangle.
5. Fold the holder in half so it measures 3 x 6 inches and stitch along the side seams. I stitched right on top of the lines I made with the lining. Do not stitch along the fold or across the top, just along the two sides.
6. Trim the top and sides with the pinking shears to prevent raveling.
7. Slip the ice pop into the holder and enjoy!
I toss these in the washer and lay them flat to dry.
Please let me know if you have any questions about my instructions!
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May 19th, 2010 at 7:18 am
Ok this one made me smack my head and say “Doh!” You’re right, why waste all the paper towels?? Great idea!
May 19th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
What a great idea!!! This is a great basic sewing craft that my girls could do themselves. We may try it this weekend.
May 21st, 2010 at 9:51 am
Fabulous idea!! My girls and I will be whipping up some of these for sure!! Thanks for linking @Creative Itch’s “Sew Cute Tuesday”!
May 21st, 2010 at 7:16 pm
I followed your link from Hope Studios.
Thanks so much for the idea! I made some tonight with just felt, and I hand sewed the sides. My daughter tried one out after dinner and she thought it was the coolest thing ever
May 22nd, 2010 at 7:58 am
Gogurts are our favorite, these are the perfect solution to all of my kitchen towels ending up in the laundry! My son will love these! Theresa
May 22nd, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Great idea and super easy! I don’t even sew but I could probably do this one!
May 25th, 2010 at 1:39 am
I will definitely make some of these– Thanks for the inspiration!
May 25th, 2010 at 1:40 am
Absolutely love this idea! I can’t wait to make some!
May 27th, 2010 at 11:35 am
I need to make some of these for my kids! They love Otter Pops but hate cold hands. Great idea!!
June 16th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
That is awesome!! You hit the nail on the head!! EVERYtime I give my kids one of those…i end up with 5 dirty dishcloths!!! I am for sure gonna make some of these!! Thanks for sharing the instructions!!
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June 18th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
Great idea!!
Thanks so much for linking up to Pajama Party at Life In My Pjs!!
~Ela
June 24th, 2010 at 8:04 am
Thank you for contributing this to http://www.FineCraftGuild.com‘s DIY Tutorial Linky Party.
Great idea.
If you have a new & equally wonderful tutorial you wish to share with us this week, come on over. We just opened a new linky party for this week’s talented artisans out there! ;-0)