Homemade Door Draft Snakes

Let's face it, most of the doors in our homes need new seals or perhaps need to be replaced altogether.  With a new home, there are a lot of home improvement costs and right now we can't afford new doors, so instead, I made some snakes for the bottom of the exterior doors to keep down the cool drafts and reduce heating costs.  They'll be used when we're using the air conditioner too.

The lining of the snakes were made from the old country curtains that the previous owner had left.  They are made with 100% cotton.  The width of the lining and snake skin were cut 11 inches wide.  The snake skin was made from some fabric a friend gave me years ago.  The orange stripes are from an old turtleneck, the spots are felt, and and the purple stripes are from an old long sleeve shirt.  A tongue and pair of eyes was added just for fun and those were made from felt.  The only cost was the sand which was about $5.00 total for all of the snakes.  I debated on whether to use small pebbles but Jon chose sand.

The picture above shows the interior lining underneath the snake skin.

The first snake was cut 8 inches wide and it wasn't large enough to really give a good seal against the door.  I decided to increase the width to 11 inches which proved to be a much better seal.  The small snake is currently laying next to the big snake because I don't know what else to do with it. 

The third snake goes in front of the patio doors.