16 Inch Baby Doll Diaper 4

This is the final diaper I need for the 2026 16 inch Baby Doll donation! There are so many distractions and honestly fun crochet projects that I like to get these projects completed early and in their donation bags so they don't get left out and have me scrambling when I do inventory in the fall.

They are simple enough to do but I try to make two for each of the dolls to allow the child to have a diaper on and have one in the diaper bag for "changing" the baby. While not hard the items can be a bit dull. My experience with my adult nieces was the plastic disposable ones didn't last long and finding replacements wasn't an easy task. These are pretty hardy and can be used until lost.

Notes:

These are made with a free pattern available here.

I use worsted 4 yarn and a J hook. The diapers are closed with snaps. Buttons might work if you wanted a substitute.

16 Inch Baby Doll Diaper 3

Each year I donate two 16 inch baby dolls. This requires duplicate sets for the crocheted diaper bag items. Each of the baby dolls gets two diapers. The first doll's diaper bag items are complete for 2026 and I've started on set 2.

I am loving the Christmas projects but I learned from last year that it is important to get these other projects completed as well. Therefore on Sunday after completing a section of another Christmas doll outfit I decided it was time to make another diaper for the diaper bag.

This is my go to free pattern found here.

I used a J hook for the diaper and they are closed with snaps.

16 Inch Baby Doll Diaper 2

With this item complete the first 16 inch baby doll for the 2026 donation has its two diapers for the donation year. Two more to go and I'll be done for the 2026 donation!!

This is an old free pattern that you can find here.

Notes:

I've varied over the years on hook size but the last few years its been the J hook with worsted 4 yarn to get this to fit the doll.

I use snaps to close the diapers.

Before I go back to make a bib for the second doll I want to get a box of wipes done and complete the diaper bag kit for doll one.

16 Inch Baby Doll Diaper 4th and final for 2025

There is something incredible about finishing a task, especially on a big project like this doll donation.

Life gets busy and having these items "banked" for the year is a huge relief as there are other things both good and bad that come along making my time for this project more limited as the year progresses. Knowing some of the core items are done and no longer something I have to squeeze in is always such a happy feeling.

I did have a momentary panic. I've been using this pattern for the 16 Inch Baby doll since before I had to go to the Wayback machine to find it and during the holiday season mine went missing before I started diaper 4. I still have hopes that it might turn up but I printed a second one and this one went right back to the larger baby doll binder as soon as I was finished. You never know when things could slide off the Wayback machine and this is one of my core items.

You can find the free pattern here.

Notes:

In case I ever do lose this pattern and I have to recreate it starts with a chain 22 from there I work the decreases and increases.

I've gone back and forth on hook size depending on the yarn and my hands. This year the J hook with worsted 4 acrylic white seemed to be the solution. It seemed fitting I finished off a scrap ball of white on the last diaper.

16 Inch Baby Doll Diaper Round 4 and the Final One for 2024!!!

Well we are at the end of the 2024 diaper cycle. The second JC 16 Inch Baby doll now also has two diapers for its diaper bag and I can move on to finishing up the sleeping bags and rotating through clothes for all the dolls!

This is early for me. Last year it was almost the end of the month before the diaper bag items were done. While I'm happy to make them, I'm never sad when they are finished for the year.

You can find the free doll diaper pattern here.

Notes:

This was made with a J hook and white acrylic yarn.

I use snaps instead of the suggested buttons.

16 Inch Baby Doll Diaper Part 3

I've completed a set of two diapers for one of the JC 16 inch Baby Dolls for the donation so it is time complete a second set for the other doll.

As I mentioned in a previous post about the bibs it isn't that these projects are hard its just that there are many of them to complete. It is one of the reasons I try to knock them off as soon as the other donation is done. It keeps me from putting them off and then realizing at the end I have all these little projects that need completing and I need to struggle at the end to finish them off.

With this one down only one more needed and the diapers will be done for 2024!!!

This is an old pattern but it is so easy. I use snaps rather than the buttons. I just happen to find them easier to get on and off but if buttons are your thing by all means.

This free pattern is available here.

While these aren't as realistic as the plastic disposable ones that often are sold in stores they are more cost effective and practical as they can be reused until they are lost. Cloth might work better but I'm not much of a sewer so my donation dolls will continue to leave with crocheted diapers. Each doll leaves with two diapers so the doll can wear one and the child can "change" the doll into a new diaper and keep rotating as interested.

Baby Doll Diaper Part 2

Every year each JC 16 inch Baby doll leaves with 2 diapers for the diaper bag. It allows the child to have a diaper on the baby doll and one to "change" the baby into for pretend play. With this completed one I have one doll with a complete set leaving me with two more diapers needed for 2024.

I've been making these for a very long time because the plastic disposable ones have a short shelf life. These are a bit less realistic but as long as they don't get lost they can be used for some time.

This is an old free pattern you can find here.

Notes:

I used worsted weight 4 acrylic yarn in any brand I have on hand. It's been a great way to use up yarn left over from other projects. I've used up a couple of left over white yarn balls on diapers and bibs this season already.

J Hook

16 Inch Baby Doll Diaper

One of the clear signs a new donation cycle has started is when the new diaper bag items start showing up on the blog. I started purchasing the diaper bags a few years ago but I still make the filler that I find to be the most useful. While crochet diapers don't look as realistic as the plastic disposable diapers they are more practical for pretend play as with snaps they can be used for pretend play until they get lost.

I've mentioned it before but my reasoning for making the diapers came from watching how disapointed my nieces would get when the disposable diapers wouldn't work after a couple of plays times and finding replacements when we could find them was not a cheap option and sometimes they just weren't available leaving to frustrated little girls. These diapers while not as realistic looking perhaps do keep the play going.

I make two diapers for each of the 16 inch donation dolls so you'll see four diapers before this year's project is done. It's my way of tracking my progress. If I forget to post it it is very likely I've forgotten to make it as well.

You can find this free easy diaper pattern here.

Notes:

I use a J hook

This has been a great way to use up left over balls of white acrylic worsted yarn I have from last year's projects.