Keep Your Heat With a Homemade Breeze Blocker
Measure the length of your door across the bottom and cut a piece of fabric to that length with a width of 10″. Sew one end shut then fill the tube with tiny gravel, beans or rice. Sew the end shut and toss the breeze blocker on the floor in front of the door. Rather than purchase fabric to make the breeze blocker try using a towel, scarves or other spare fabrics from around the home.
To make a little bit nicer breeze blocker you’ll need a stuffed animal and some faux fur. The animal you choose must be one that has somewhat of a tubular-shaped body, with four independent legs, not sitting on its haunches. This is important because of the way the breeze blocker lies. Good choices of animals would be a dog, cat, snake or lion. The animal should be approximately 8″ around.
Cut the stuffed animal in half across the mid-section. If the animal is stuffed with fiber fill it will be easier to keep from losing the stuffing. If the animal is full of “beanies” try to scoot them evenly to one side or the other before cutting. Use fabric glue to glue each half, and use clothes pins to hold them closed until the glue dries, or stitch them instead.
Cut a piece of fur that closely matches the color of the stuffed animal. The cut piece should be the length of the door, across the bottom, and a width of about 10″. Fold the fur in half, right sides together, and stitch or glue down one side and across the bottom. Turn the tubular shape right side out and fill with beans, tiny rocks or rice. Fill the tube to within about four inches of the top. Glue or stitch shut. Hold the tube vertically and push one end inside itself, a couple of inches. Spread glue just above the part of the animal’s head, where it’s been stitched shut, and place it in the tucked-in portion of the tube. Allow to dry.
Turn the tube to where the head is pointing downward and tuck the other end inside itself, a couple of inches. Spread glue around where the back half of the animal has been stitched and place it inside the tucked-in portion of the tube. Allow to dry. Throw the animal down in front of the door to block any breezes.
Unique fabrics can be used rather than a stuffed animal. Fabric with a “Tootsie Roll” design, for example, would look really cute after being made into a breeze blocker. Making the breeze blocker with fiber fill instead of gravel or beans is possible but it’ll be easily knocked out of place. In addition, the heavier filling keeps the blocker well up against the door.
