DIY ish blacckout blinds

[purpledaisy4]

My children are early risers anyway but since summer hit with its light mornings they are up anywhere from 4am
what is the best way to blackout a window without blackout blinds ( my dd has a bay window and would cost a fortune to buy them) im not one hundred percent sure weather its the light or heat so dont want to fork out and find it no help
TIA

[alexw]

Easy 'blind' is to buy blackout material to fit size of window. Sew Velcro to 3 sides (not bottom) and stick other side of Velcro to window frame. Then you have an easy up/down blind around which the light cannot get in.

[Madcat22]

Gro anywhere blackout blind is amazing - £20 on Amazon. Suction it on. It is huge so fits any window. Wouldn't be without ours when we go on holiday.

[BridgettRousselot]

Can you afford to add black out fabric, to the back of the current curtains?

[McFlickle]

We are using tin foil stuck to the window with water spayed out of a spray bottle. Only drawback is it's dark in there all day unless you take the foil off but with this weather I'd have the blinds closed anyway.

[noblegiraffe]

Black sugar paper would probably do it.

However, the Gro Anywhere blackout blind is pretty big, you could try that.