Bath Towel Cape

Superhero Towel Cape Well, I remember something else as a kid. I wanted to be a superhero. And a robot, a pony, and a ninja turtle, but that’s beside the point. Maybe if we made wrapping up after bath time more fun, kids would be less inclined to run around soaking wet and more inclined to save the world as a superhero! A nice dry one that doesn’t leave puddles on the floor. This week, I’ll show you how to turn two towels into a super cute, hooded towel cape your little one will love to wear after a bath.

The design featured in this tutorial is:

Super Duckie

Gather Materials:

Supplies

One full size towel
Medium weight cutaway stabilizer OR No Show mesh stabilizer
Bias tape
Scissors & pins
An awesome bath time superhero ducky design!

Two folded blue bath towels with black-handled scissors, white Velcro strips, a roll of white batting, red ribbon, and clear plastic wrapping on a black surface.

Get Started:

Superhero ducky emblem to the front and back of the cape, using both sizes available. The small size will go on the front shoulder, like the illustration shows, and the large size will go in the middle of the cape, on the back. In order to get the orientation right when your little super one is wearing the cape, the ducky on the front will be oriented 90 degrees clockwise. Mark these areas with tape (with orientation arrows, if it helps).

Blue bath towel cape featuring two duck-shaped embroidery designs: a small duck on the shoulder and a larger duck on the back, each with a yellow cross detail. Inset shows hooded cape outline with embroidery placement.

Also, to keep your stitches from getting lost in the terrycloth, you’ll want to put a piece of clear water-soluble stabilizer on top.

Close-up of blue towel with colorful embroidered duck in superhero costume, partially covered by translucent white fabric held by a hand.

Take your hand towel, and fold it in half, right sides together. Fold it so a finished edge is on the open side. Draw out a curved line, as shown, to make a hood. How large you draw it depends on the size of your child. About half the width of a regular hand towel is good for about ages 4 to 6. It might need to be larger for more grown-up superheroes.

Hand holding a corner of a blue towel on a dark surface with a dashed line and text "*snip snip*" indicating a diagonal cut. Inset shows towel folded diagonally with the corner cut off.

Once you’ve clipped the curve, pin the curved edge together so it doesn’t shift.

Hand holding a blue terry cloth towel with red trim pinned to it; inset shows close-up of sewing the trim with a sewing machine on a dark surface.

Ta da! Much flashier. Much better for saving the world and conquering baths, don’t you think?

Hand holding a blue terry cloth towel with red trim along one edge, against a dark brown surface background.

Pin your hood in place, overlapping the bottom edge of the hood just inside the inside of the cape, like shown. Pin it from the center moving outwards so it stays even.

Blue triangular hood with red border held above a blue rectangular towel with a cartoon owl near the bottom right corner; arrows identify hood and towel centers.

Carefully sew a seam down the edge, making sure you’re catching both the hood and the edge of the cape underneath.

Close-up of a blue towel fabric with a red trim being sewn on a sewing machine; small inset shows hands guiding the fabric under the needle.

To clean up that edge (otherwise those diabolical terrycloth fuzzies will start to take over your studio) pin another piece of bias tape over the raw edge, folding the edges under at the sides.

Light blue towel with an embroidered colorful bird near the top center. Text printed on towel reads "trim to the desired height (about 1/2 of towel)" with a downward arrow. A hand holds orange scissors cutting the towel.

Sew a seam down your bias tape to secure it in place and finish the edges of your cape.

Close-up of blue towel edge being sewn with a red binding strip pinned in place. Inset shows sewing machine stitching the binding to the towel.

Pull the two pieces apart and pin one on each side. One should be on the outside of your edge, the other should be on the inside, so they’re hidden when it’s Velcroed shut.

Hand holds a white strip of fabric over a blue hooded bath towel with a small embroidered cartoon turtle on it, against a dark background.

Using matching thread, sew a seam around the edges of each Velcro piece to secure it in place.

Light blue bath towel fabric with white Velcro strips pinned for sewing; embroidered cartoon duck in red, yellow, and blue on the fabric; inset shows close-up of sewing machine stitching Velcro.

You're done!

Child wearing a blue towel cape with a colorful embroidered fish on the back, dressed in a blue superhero costume with a yellow belt, standing indoors by a red chair.

Get Inspired:

Close up that cape, and you have a bath time wardrobe worthy of taking on the world! With a cape as awesome as this, your superhero might stick around even longer than bath time.

Two light blue hooded bath towel capes with red trim, each featuring an embroidered cartoon fish with big eyes; one cape shown inside out.

It's a great way to get a little one excited about bath time, and even better at preventing devious puddles on your bathroom floor. The terrycloth cape will get your little superhero dried off in style and give them something cool to wrap up in after a bath. Or anytime they want to feel super, really.

Two children wearing light blue hooded bath towel capes with red trim; one child faces the camera smiling, the other shows a colorful embroidered snail on the back; indoor living room setting with green sofa and carpet visible.