# Need Help from Dopers with Small Boys **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852 "2011-05-14T00:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/1 "2011-05-14T00:12:11Z")
Now this is a pretty weird request. I’m working on an art project/costume. I need to figure out what size underwear waist on a small boy corresponds to an adult hat size. I’ve got a fairly large head, maybe hat size 7 3/4. Do any of you people have a kid that wears tighty whitey briefs? If yes, stick them on your head. If they fit about as snugly as a beanie, let me know the underwear size and brand. Also, let me know how huge your head is. Thank you in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/2 "2011-05-14T00:44:26Z")
Sigh. I’ll bite. Boy’s size 6X seems to work for me, for big-headed male I’m thinking size 7. But you know, they are pretty inexpensive at Walmart or Target, you could buy a couple of sizes and see which fits best. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/3 "2011-05-14T01:55:34Z")
Ha Ha! Made you stick underwear on your head! No seriously, thanks. What sizes do kids underwear come in? Do the sizes roughly correspond to age or something? I could buy a bunch of different sizes of underwear, but my project only needs one size, and I doubt Walmart would be psyched if I brought back opened packages. The fit is pretty important because I notice my head starts to ache if I have too tight a band on my head. Plus, I need it tight enough to stay on while snowboarding or in a very stiff wind (Burning Man type gusts). ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/4 "2011-05-14T02:12:44Z")
1 pack is less than 5 bucks. If you go into the store they have a little charty thing on the back of the packaging to see the sizes. But if you aren’t willing to invest $15 or $20 to get the right fit you should just pack up and go home. [http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hanes-Boys-Briefs-6-Pack/8224295](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hanes-Boys-Briefs-6-Pack/8224295) And that is the limit of the research I’m willing to do on this topic. Enjoy your marginally skeevy underpants wearing adventure. I’m going try and forget this ever happened. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/5 "2011-05-14T03:23:55Z")
I dunno. It’s not really ecologically sound to buy a bunch of crap that I’m not going to use. I’m not sure I really want 24 pairs of kids underwear. On the other hand, this project was inspired by a much more grandiose idea, which needs lots more underwear. All the underwear has to be the same size though, so it would still be a waste. That Walmart sizing chart helps though. A 7 3/4 hat size corresponds to a 24.5 inch circumference. The equivalent waist size puts me at a Small or size 4. I guess hat size roughly correlates to hat band diameter. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/6 "2011-05-14T04:17:29Z")
You can always donate the underwear you don’t use to the local homeless shelter. They can almost always use that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/7 "2011-05-14T05:02:02Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Now this is a pretty weird request. I’m working on an art project/costume. I need to figure out what size underwear waist on a small boy corresponds to an adult hat size. I’ve got a fairly large head, maybe hat size 7 3/4. > > Do any of you people have a kid that wears tighty whitey briefs? If yes, stick them on your head. If they fit about as snugly as a beanie, let me know the underwear size and brand. Also, let me know how huge your head is. > > Thank you in advance. So…why don’t you measure the circumference of your head then look at a size chart for the waists of boys’ underwear to see which matches up? You can get a fabric or plastic measuring tape for this in a store’s craft department for about $1, or you could use string and measure it with a ruler. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/8 "2011-05-14T07:21:43Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So…why don’t you measure the circumference of your head then look at a size chart for the waists of boys’ underwear to see which matches up? You can get a fabric or plastic measuring tape for this in a store’s craft department for about $1, or you could use string and measure it with a ruler. That’s what I did in post 5. And yeah, I guess I could donate the underwear to a homeless shelter, but I’m trying to pull this project off for as cheap as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/9 "2011-05-14T09:32:26Z")
Is there going to be a bet to see who could guess what the OP is up to? I bet it’s some sort of superhero costume. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/10 "2011-05-15T13:18:31Z")
You could go to a thrift store, at least in Chicago they sell underwear there, yes both boxer, briefs, long underwear etc… ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-dopers-with-small-boys/581852/11 "2011-05-15T15:35:56Z")
Wouldn’t it be easier to just go to the local playground and start measuring little boys waists? What could possibly go wrong? :p:D