Fleece Blanket Makeover!

My son has an attacment to a cheap leopard print fleece blanket that I bought on a whim at the drugstore for $4 because it matched his nursery. My husband thought it was stupid just to but a blanket for "looks". Well, it ended up being $4 well spent!
It wasn't intended to be a baby blanket, so it's rather big! So, after months of my son tripping over it, I deceided something needed to be done. My first thought was to make one if those fleece tie blankets, but I didn't really want to make it any thicker since it's almost summer! So here's what I ended up doing:

First, I cut the the blanket in half. I did the same thing to each half of the blanket so that we will always have a spare!

Then, I cut the yarn edging around the whole blanket and threw it out. Now I just have a piece of fleece. So you could folloe these next steps with any fleece you buy at a craft store.

Cut 2" squares from all four corners of the blanket.

Next, cut strips 1" wide and 2" deep. I used tape to mark 2" and it made it much easier!

After cutting the strips all around the blanket, I went back and rounded them. This is totally your preference. I thought it looked cleaner with a rounded edge. However, rounding the edges is time consuming!

Finally! I cut little slits on the bottom of each strip by slightly folding the bottom of the strip up and cutting a slit.

After you have cut slits all the way around the blanket it's time to crochet! I used a size H hook, but it doesn't really matter. So pick anywhere to start (just remember wherever you start is where you will end and have to tie off) and put your hook through the slit and then through the next slit and pull the second strip through the first slit. Continue this all the way around until you get back to where you started and tie off!

There you have it! A single layer fleece blanket!