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November 19, 2010 By Brooke 4 Comments

DIY Car Playmat

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Back in the day (a good 25 years ago) my aunt made my siblings and I a car mat to play with.  The grankids still play with it at my mom’s house and I wanted to make one just like it.  My aunt used a yard of fabric that had a town on it, with streets, stores, houses, schools, etc.  Then she added on to it and personalized it.  No such fabric could be found when I went to make my own.

I preferred this method (making my own) to purchasing the inexpensive carpet at Ikea because it can fold up small and it can be washed.  The only downside was that I had to make the entire thing myself.

This was a real labor of love and I learned a few tricks for next time.  I would use smaller pieces of green “grass” fabric and iron them down to the grey base so they wouldn’t move when I sewed them.  It would look a little more straight and less wrinkled if I did that.  I know for next time now!

After I finished this one I went to the states and found not exactly but a close enough fabric to use so I decided to make a car mat for my nephew whose name I have for Christmas (good thing he can’t read yet!).

So for this mat I made it more similar to my aunts mat.  I used the basic fabric and added to each end.  I included Grandma’s House, Airport, Hospital, school, church, etc.
Added bonus?  for the first mat I only paid $4 for the grey fabric, the rest was scraps I had on hand.  Second Mat – $5 for the green and car fabric.  PLUS all my hours and hours of work and stress.
What do you think?

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Filed Under: Ramblings and Rants Tagged With: car play mat, craft, DIY, sewing, toys

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  1. Jill says

    November 19, 2010 at 2:02 am

    looks good, i remember playing all the time on ours i was so much fun!!!

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  2. Bree [email protected] says

    November 19, 2010 at 2:40 am

    AWWWWW IT TURNED OUT AWESOME Hes going to freak out!

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  3. Judy says

    November 19, 2010 at 3:48 am

    I’m working on a car mat for my boys for Christmas right now. It truly is a labor of love! Yours turned out super cute!

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  4. lolataylor1988 says

    November 30, 2011 at 3:51 pm

    Oh wow I never thought about actually making my kids play mats. I usually just buy elaborate ones from Constructive Play Things. They have really good quality play mats and I would recommend it to any of my friends who are moms. I have to say though, you did an awesome job. He is going to love it!

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I am a mom to 4 boys in Calgary, Alberta.  I love learning how things are made, singing to the radio loudly, and can’t stop talking. Fueled by diet coke and chaos, I can often be found working on a project.  You can hang out here for craft ideas and tips, games and activities to do with kids, plus FREE svg files and printables.

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