Family winter poncho

A couple of years ago, we started the tradition of making family outfits.  So, we had the winter pants...

... and the summer shorts.  Graham was too cute then!

And now with Charlie's arrival and the arrival of winter, Bobby and I agreed on making family ponchos.  The idea came about from one of the moms at Graham's school.  The ponchos are a lot easier in the car - you don't have to buckle the kids in their heavy bulky coat.  All you need to do is put those ponchos over their heads after they are buckled in. Just genius!
And the theme this year... dinosaurs!

First, we cut out the semi-circles:

 Then, the fitting to see if the head fits through the hole:

 For Charlie, we decided to put a hoodie on it but for Graham, since he doesn't like hoodies, I just stitched along the neckline:

 Too cute! Bobby said that Charlie's poncho looks like a squid :-)

 Daddy's poncho got a high-neck/collar with a button for the ease of putting it on and off:

And Mommy got a collar too and 2 layers of fleece since I'm always cold!

But gosh, it was a pain in the butt to cut and tie up the bottom of the poncho!

  Tada!

 Perhaps this model is cuter ;-)

I haven't been able to get Graham to wear his poncho yet. Perhaps when he is buckled in his carseat, he won't be able to complain as much!