15+ Door Draft Stoppers, Dodgers & Snakes

Knitted Stopper: Free knitting pattern (easy to make). Features yarn pom poms on either side. Stuffed with toy stuffing.

Critters: Sewn using women’s tights and filled with uncooked rice.

Draft Dodger: Free sewing tutorial, includes template download for the end pieces (circles).

Snake: Sewing Tutorial, free pdf download. Filled with dry pinto beans, features an end finished with grosgrain ribbon.

Patchwork: Sewing tutorial. Made with fabric scraps and filled with uncooked rice.

DIY Twin Draft Dodger: The advantage to this draft dodger is that it fits snugly against both sides of the door and slides back and forth with the door when you open and close it.

Fabric: Fabric sewn with batting, dry beans or rice to fill. Features a nice fabric or ribbon loop on one end to hang it.

Dog or Snake Excluder: This tutorial will show you how to make a basic sausage and embellish it as a snake. Dog (or dragon, cat, hippo, etc) features optional!

Crocheted: Free pattern. Furry, lumpy, and feathery yarns are fantastic for draft snakes because the extra texture blocks drafts under the door the best.

Hot Dog: Free pdf pattern download. Sausage Dog style with a cute pom-pom nose.

Tree Branch Design: Sewing tutorial. This particular draft dodger looks like a tree branch with twigs and leaves and is sure to keep your drafts at bay.

Gnome & Mushroom: Made with fabric and filled with beans, rice or other heavy stuffing. Instructions for knitting the mushroom and making the gnome included.

Draft Buster: Stitch together assorted pieces of wool and stuff with filler material such as dried navy beans, peas or rice. Decorative ribbon ties on each end.

Knit Cat: Complete with floppy ears and long tail, handstitched face, filled with Poly Fiberfill or other stuffing.

Knitted Dog: Made with double knitting wool (2 x 50g balls), felt (for ears & patches), toy stuffing, embroidery wool and ribbon for the collar. Skill level marked as “Intermediate”.