How to Make a Door Breeze Stopper

Doors often allow drafts into heated rooms.

Most doors do not fit snugly into their frames. The small slit that most doors have at their base allows breezes to infiltrate rooms, causing a loss of heat. Fortunately, with a few sewing basics and some items from your household, you can create a personalized and efficient door breeze stopper. This snakelike creation closes up the bottom slit of a door, trapping in warm air and stopping breezes from entering.

Things You'll Need

• Yard stick
• 1 yard sturdy tightly-woven material, such as denim or rayon twill
• Fabric marker
• Scissors
• Sewing machine
• Sewing notions
• Funnel
• 1 bag of kitty litter, sand or aquarium gravel

Instructions

1. Measure the width of the bottom of your door using a yard stick. Add 1 inch to this measurement. Mark out a rectangle on some sturdy fabric measuring the final width of your door by 8 inches. Cut out this rectangle.

2. Fold the rectangle in half lengthwise with the right side of the fabric facing in. Sew along one short side of the folded rectangle and along the long side using a 1/2-inch seam allowance. Turn the tube right side out.

3. Place a funnel into the top opening of the fabric tube. Pour in the kitty litter, sand or gravel until the tube is completely full and taut. Leave about 1 to 2 inches of space at the top of the tube for finishing.

4. Tuck in the top 1/2 inch of fabric to hide the raw edges from view. Sew the opening shut using a 3/8-inch seam allowance on your sewing machine.

5. Place the stopper along the base of the door. Push against the body of the stopper to ensure it seals out any drafts.

Tips & Warnings

• Glue on large, black beads and a small felt tongue to create a snake creature for the door breeze stopper.

References

• Fave Crafts: How to Make a Door Draft Stopper
• Planet Shoup: Draft Stopper

Resources

• The Daily Green: 20 Adorable DIY Draft Snakes Fight Chills