Little boy tie tutorial roundup

So Easter is in 5 days ... do you have a tie for your little boy yet? I love little boys in ties - and making them lets me use some of my fun fabrics on my two boys!




Ties are relatively quick and easy to make so if you still need one for Easter Sunday you should be able to sew one up in just a few hours. They don't take much material and are super cute. There's tons of free tutorials online, here's just a few of them that I found. I've used a few of them before, as noted.

Bowties:

I made the boys these bow ties last Easter:




I don't remember which tutorial I used, but here's 2 I found that look great and look similar to the one that I made. I wish I would have made the center circle on mine a little bit wider but they worked.

Little bow tie tutorial at Ruffles and Stuff
Bow tie tutorial at A Lemon Squeezy Home

Neckties:

I made this argyle necktie for Mason 3 Easters ago .... and it was cute but honestly it was kind of a waste of time to make a regular necktie for a little boy. It was a pain to sew and turn rightside-out because it was so skinny, and then having to knot a tie on a squirmy little toddler wasn't super fun, either. I also tried to tie the knot before hand and put it over his head, but there's not a lot of wiggle room in the length of this tie so that wasn't a great solution either.




If you want to give it a try, the best tutorial I found was this one:

Little boys tie at The Purl Bee

Next time I needed to make ties I decided to try the velcro on the neck variation and this was a MUCH better idea!




I loved how you make the tie like normal, and then make an extra circle neck piece that has a velcro closure on it so it's MUCH easier to get it around your kids neck. Plus since you're just tying the knot on a piece of fabric (vs a sqirmy little boys neck) you're able to make the knot nice and fat and straight. I've made it this way a few times:




I used this great tutorial:

Little man tie tutorial at Very Homemade

Other cute tie options:

If I still had an infant I might make them this cute necktie bib. And this is a great idea for making a kids necktie out of an existing mans tie - sometimes you can find them in the best fabrics!

Let me know if you make a tie for your little guy!