Matching Family Pajamas

Occasions to Wear Matching Family Pajamas

The holidays are always the most popular time for matching pajamas. Everyone is home and the cold weather is a great excuse to lounge about and enjoy each other in the morning. Matching pajamas are a cute theme for a family Christmas card--even the family pets can get in the picture. However, if you’re going to invest in such fun sleepwear, you should get more use out of it than that.

Family pajamas can help make shared home activities more fun. In the mornings, everyone can join in making a big brunch and eating it before bathing and dressing. A dark winter’s evening is the perfect time to put on pajamas early and make popcorn and a host of other snacks and enjoy a film. A rainy or snowy afternoon can demand pajamas too, and involve either a family craft project, like making decorations, or perhaps playing a board game.

Matching sleepwear can be fun any time of year, of course, but winter tends to be the most fun and popular, which is why most of the available family pajama sets are flannel.

Shopping for Matching Family Pajamas

Since pajamas are an easy fit, they don’t necessarily have to be tried on before purchasing, which means you can save a lot of time and effort by shopping online. This is especially ideal when you’re buying for the whole family, because most family shopping outings won’t allow for that much patience.

Here are some good online shops to start browsing:

• Sleepyheads currently has flannel pajamas on sale. The adult and kid-size pajamas consist of long-sleeved button-down shirts and long trousers. For toddlers, there is a footed onesie. Colors include Blackwatch plaid, red plaid, blue snowmen, red snowmen and Santa red with white trim. For those, you can also get a matching Santa cap for your toddler. All pajamas have the option of embroidery. Their other selections include mother and child pajamas and loungewear, and a father and son set.

• The Pajama Company has a number of cute sets of matching pajamas in a variety of prints. They divide their categories into groupings like “For Mom and Me,” “For Dad and Me” and “For Teens and Toddlers,” but you can easily match them up for the whole family. And yes, they have some for the family dog.

• Perfect PJs predominately make high-end pajamas for babies and children, but they also make charming patterns in adult sizes so that they can match with their kids. You can also special order matching pajamas for a large group.

If you want to wear fun pajamas and be eco-friendly, you have many more choices than you used to. One of the best is:

• Hanna Andersson, a Swedish designer that makes some of the liveliest pajamas you’ll ever see. Either in bold multi-colored stripes or other cute patterns, the pajamas are simple--shirts and shorts or long johns, but they are all made of organic cotton, and everyone will look and feel great together.

Not only is opting for organic cotton better for the planet, it’s better for everyone from baby to parents. In all weather extremes, it doesn’t disrupt the flow of the skin’s breathing and it wicks away moisture, so everyone is guaranteed the best possible sleep.

Maintaining Family Pajamas

The kids will grow quickly, of course, but if you take good care of your matching pajamas, you can first pass them down to younger siblings, and then on to either family, friends or Freecycle. Pajamas, especially organic cotton, last best when they are washed in cold water and hung out to dry. And when a set of matching family pajamas is hung all together on the line, it makes for another great photo op!