Tutorial - How to Resize Football Shorts

Upcycle adult shorts for a a boy

Tutorial at Green Issues by Agy Blog

"Do you know the "Football Crazy" song? I am reminded of it every weekend when the boys in my household watch the English Premier League, and then go for training with their friends. Without football, their lives would be incomplete (or so they say!).  When hubby's football shorts had lost their stretch around the waist, I found it impossible to thread some new elastic and decided to scale it down to make a new pair for junior".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Resize Men's Board Shorts for Boys

What a great way to recycle!

Resize Men's Board Shorts for Boys at Maker*Land Blog
"Cameron needs some new swimmers and children's surf brand board-shorts cost upwards of fifty dollars to buy new.  What a rip-off.  No thanks.  Time for some cunning fakery. 

Take yourself down to your local op-shop and have a riffle through men's shorts.  Depending on how big your child, find some shorts that you can salvage enough fabric from to make your child size boardies.  I was lucky and  managed to score these huge ones at the Red Cross shop a few weeks ago.".... Read more