digital sandbox pants + starfish stencil sewing pattern
Got your pail and shovel? Let's go! Boy's or girl's pull-on pants have front patch pockets, button-through back patch pockets, elasticized back waistband, and drawstring at front waistband. Stencil includes starfish pattern and instructions for painting with freezer-paper.
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Digital Patterns
This style is provided as a digital pattern. It may be printed on both home printers (using either 8 1/2" x 11" or A4 paper) and at service bureaus that handle 36" wide sheets. When you complete your order, you will be provided with a unique code to instantly download the pattern. See our digital product policy for full details.
Description
Boy's or girl's pants and T-shirt stencil. Pull-on pants have front patch pockets, button-through back patch pockets, elasticized back waistband, and drawstring at front waistband. Stencil includes starfish pattern and instructions for painting with freezer-paper.
Suggested Fabrics
Pants: Light- to medium-weight woven fabrics like quilting cottons, broadcloth, canvas, corduroy, denim, poplin, and seersucker.
Waistband and Drawstring: Lightweight fabrics like quilting cottons, broadcloth, or poplin.
Stencil: Purchased T-shirt.Notions
Pants: Thread, two 1/2" buttons, 1/2 yard of 3/8"-wide elastic.
Template: Freezer paper, fabric paint in one or more colors, paintbrush.
Fabric Guide (fabric width: 44"-45")
size 6-12 M 12-18 M 18-24 M 2T 3T 4 5 6 7 8 Pants, Main Fabric 3/4 yard 3/4 yard 7/8 yard 1 yard 1 yard 1 1/8 yard 1 1/4 yard 1 1/4 yard 1 5/8 yard 1 7/8 yard Pants, Trim Fabric 3/8 yard 3/8 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard  
Finished Measurements
size 6-12 M 12-18 M 18-24 M 2T 3T 4 5 6 7 8 Pants Length 13 3/4" 14 1/2" 16 1/4" 18" 20 1/2" 23 1/2" 26 1/2" 29 1/2" 32 1/2" 35 1/2" Hip 22" 23" 24" 24 1/2" 25 1/2" 26 1/2" 27 1/2" 28 1/2" 29 1/2" 30 1/2" Leg Opening 12 1/4" 12 3/4" 13 1/4" 13 1/2" 14" 14 1/2" 15" 15 1/2" 16" 16 1/2"  
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English System Size Chest
(in)Waist
(in)Hip
(in)Height
(in)Weight
(lbs)6-12M 19 19 ½ 19 ½ 27-29 17-22 12-18M 19 ¾ 20 ½ 20 ½ 29-31 22-27 18-24M 20 ½ 21 21 31-33 27-30 2T 21 21 22 33-36 30-33 3T 21 ½ 21 23 36-39 33-36 4 22 ½ 21 ½ 24 39-42 36-39 5 23 ½ 22 25 ½ 42-45 39-44 6 24 ½ 22 ½ 26 ½ 45-49 45-55 7 25 ½ 23 27 ½ 49-52 56-64 8 26 ½ 23 ½ 28 ½ 52-54 65-72 Metric System Size Chest
(cm)Waist
(cm)Hip
(cm)Height
(cm)Weight
(kg)6-12M 48 50 50 69-74 8-10 12-18M 50 52 51 74-79 10-12 18-24M 52 53 56 79-84 12-14 2T 53 53 56 84-91 14-15 3T 55 53 58 91-99 15-16 4 57 55 61 99-107 16-18 5 60 56 65 107-114 18-20 6 62 57 67 114-124 20-25 7 65 58 70 124-132 25-29 8 67 60 72 132-137 29-33 -
Please note that all errata have been corrected in the digital version of this pattern. These notes apply only to the first printing of the paper pattern.
- Piece #3, waistband: cut 1, not 2.
- On the large sizes (4-8) please note that in the first printing the size labels on pocket pieces #5 and #6 got transposed at the bottom edge of the pockets. They should be arranged as shown below.






