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To better understand volunteering for March of the Blanketeers. This site was born!
Child and Teen sized blankets should measure between a 4.5 foot wide BY 5 foot long rectangle and a twin sized blanket.
Bears
Mouseover a tab title for volunteer opportunities. See below for measurements.
Crocheted Bear
Sewn Bear fabric
Crocheted Bear
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As per hospital requirements, bears should be no bigger than 16 inches in height, and no smaller than 8 inches.
Please make them as fat, and squishy as you would like, without revealing the stuffing withing the bear.
Newborn blankets regardless of how they are made should be no bigger than a 3 foot BY 4.5 foot rectngle, and no smaller than a 2 foot square.
Children's Chemotherapy caps can be sewn, knit or crocheted, and must measure between 12-18 in height. They can include a brim just like the one in the picture, and to be consider acceptable must measure a circumfernce of 22-27 inches.
Preemie Hats can be knit or crocheted, and should be 8-11 inches in circumference, and measure 5-7 inches in height.
Newborn hats should be a little bigger; measuring around 13-16 inches in circumference, and 7.5-11 inches in height.
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