We went on a road trip last weekend to Zion's National Park. Since this was the first time going with Logan weaned, I decided to whip up a sippy cup leash to make the car ride a little more smooth. These things are great though, you can use them on your stroller, car seat, anything that you can slip this lease over! This tutorial works best for a sippy cup that has contour to it (like ours has an hour glass figure).
Supplies:
1 piece of elastic 9 inches long (1 inch wide)
1 piece of ribbon 28 inches long (1 inch wide)
Using a lighter, melt the end of the elastic. Don't light it on fire, just barely singe the ends so it melts together and won't fray. Since I opted for cotton ribbon, I used nail polish to stop the end from fraying.
Wrap the elastic around your sippy cup and mark with your thumb where the cup ends.
Pull the elastic off the cup, and mark where your thumb is with a pin.
Lay your elastic down, line your ribbon up with your pin, and place your elastic on top of the ribbon. You're sandwiching the ribbon between the two ends of the elastic.
Pin all three pieces together. Make sure the ends of your elastic line up, and try to center the pin.
Zigzag first across the top edge of the elastic. Remove the pin and zigzag along the top edge of the ribbon. Put a few stitches in between the sewing to make sure this holds. I then painted the zigzags (front and back) with nail polish to give the sewing extra strength and to keep it from fraying.
Now, on the opposite end of the leash, fold the ribbon over 1/4 of an inch. then fold that down 3 1/2 inches. Pin the ribbon down.
Sew up and down the edge twice to hold the loop in place.
Just loop this leash around the strap of a car seat, stroller, highchair, or anything with a strap for easy drinking and no loosing that sippy cup!
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