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Monday, 19 July 2010

Shopping Cart Handle

Wow! I am now a mommy of THREE! I decided to try grocery shopping with three kids by myself. It really went way better than expected! My only problem was this: I was wearing Avery in the snugli so it was like I was pregnant again, and my other two have a lot of energy and sometimes didn't stay by the cart. There was no way I could lift them into the cart while wearing #3 (and my apparent lack of muscles also contributed). Solution? Cart handles! Check out this idea for all you moms who have more than one kid. Sorry the pics don't match up with the instructions. :( I don't know how to fix it.

Cut a 20x4 inch piece of fabric. Fold in half, right sides together and sew down the long side using a 1/2 inch seam.
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Iron open the seam, turn right side out and iron flat.

Fold both of your open ends about a 1/4" down, making a nice smooth end.

Fold one of your ends down 3" and the other end 5". You are making the loops - one for the cart and the other for the hand hold. Pin, and sew down.

Yay! You're finished. Stick the cart loop through one of the slots in the cart, and pull the handle through the cart loop attaching the handle to the cart. The great thing about this is that your kids aren't holding the germ infested carts and you can throw these in the wash when you get home!

1 comments:

Sheryl and Ben said...

What a great idea! I'll definitely log this away for the future!