Make the Glove Pattern

• 1). Place your child's hand on top of a piece of folded paper. Line up the folded edge of the paper with the outside edge of the pointer finger, leaving the thumb off the paper.
  
  
• 2). Trace the outside of the hand and the fingertips. Do not trace between the fingers.
  
  
• 3). Draw a dotted line between each finger, all the way down to where the finger joins the palm. Mark the thumb opening, then have your child lift his hand.
  
  
• 4). Cut along the full lines. Place pins through the dotted lines and transfer the dots to the opposite side of the paper. Move the lowest dot down 1/2 inch to account for ease.
  
  
• 5). Open the pattern and cut down the dotted lines.
  
  
• 6). Trace the thumb on a separate folded piece of paper. Lay the outside edge of the thumb along the fold.
  
  
• 7). Add a convex curve to the bottom of the thumb piece, to allow for room for the thumb joint. Cut the thumb piece from the pattern.
  
  

Sew the Children's Gloves

• 1). Lay the pattern pieces against your glove fabric. Add seam allowances of 1/2 inch to all sides, then cut two of each pattern from the fabric.
  
  
• 2). Take a glove piece and fold it so that the right sides are together. Stitch around the outside edges of the fabric, 1/2 inch away. Leave the thumb opening and wrist open. Repeat this step on the other glove piece.
  
  
• 3). Take a thumb piece and fold it so that the right sides are together. Stitch the side seam and top edge. Repeat this step on the other glove piece.
  
  
• 4). Fit the thumb pieces into the thumb holes on the glove pieces, so that the right sides are together. Stitch around the thumb openings, adjusting for fit.
  
  
• 5). Trim and zigzag stitch the seam allowances. Turn the winter gloves right side out.