Can you get large hooded towels - for a 7 yr old?

[Grockle]

DS has outgrown his baby one (obviously ) and I want a lovely new one for him but they all look small. Do 6/7 yr olds not have hooded towels?

[Twinklebum]

You can get poncho (sp) ones with hoods but have not seen any bigger versions of the baby ones.

[silverfrog]

I use poncho ones, or the summer swim/beach hooded coveralls.

currently, the dds have hooded towelling dressing gowns (zip up ones) which they use as towels, from Polarn O. Pyret - have lasted well, and wash well.

[Fisharefriendsnotfood]

Just got some at ikea that have stud fasteners down the side, fab!

[Grockle]

Ikea! Why didn't I think of Ikea!

I need a poncho one for swimming/ beach and a hooded one for bathtime. Maybe a dressing gown is a good idea.

Thank you!

[silverfrog]

oh yes, forgot Ikea - the dds school swimming towels are Ikea hooded ones - my tall 7 yer old is ok with one, and again wash and last well.

[befuzzled]

was just going to come on and suggest the Ikea ones but I see someone already has - I use the green hooded ones for 7, 4 and 1y old! Way better than the baby ones - definitely bigger and more of a wrapping up shape.

[leeloo1]

As an alternative to Ikea...

I'm the least crafty person ever, but I managed to make DS hooded towels out of a bath towel and a hand towel. Cut about 2/3rds off the width of a hand towel, use a sewing machine to sew it in half to make the 'hood', then sew that along the middle of one side of the bath towel.

I made 3 of these (we had stacks of old Christy towels that were faded, but still cuddly and soft) when DS was a few months old, as he was v tall and quickly outgrew the baby ones. He's now 3.5 and they're still going strong, despite being used every day. :) Only slight caveat is be careful if you're dying them - I did and as they were almost white I thought a sunny yellow would look nice - which it would have done if they hadn't started out as a v pale blue. As it was, they ended up a swampy greeny/yellow... which I've learned to tolerate love over the years.