Most of us go out to eat at restaurants every now and then. That means using the high chairs at the restaurant for your little ones, where kids love to chew on the chairs and spread germs. One great option for protecting your little one from who knows what is a high chair cover - but have you ever thought of making your own? Jan Andrea has a great tutorial for making a restaurant high chair cover.

I made one of these for my daughter and it was so easy to roll up and keep in the diaper bag. I didn't have to worry about all those germs from countless other kids, which was a huge plus to me. The one I made was very similar to this Jan Andrea pattern, only I used a layer of batting in between two other fabrics. This made it nice and soft for my daughter. Keep in mind, however that this will make it bulkier and take up more room in the diaper bag.

On other thing I want to stress is to make sure you make the strap holes big enough. I did not, and it is never fun at a restaurant to try to force the straps through the little holes. It is better to have them too big than too small! - Trisha