An apparatus for a universal child car seat cover is provided for use with a child car seat. The child car seat cover comprises an absorbent material joined with a waterproof lining that covers the child car seat and receives a seated child. The absorbent material protects the child car seat from spills and contaminants, and covers any potentially dangerous or uncomfortable surfaces on the underlying child car seat. Seat belt openings may be closed around seat belts of the child car seat to prevent passage of spills onto the child car seat. A pocket permits an entirety of the child car seat cover to be rolled and tucked into the pocket. Cup holder openings provide access to cup holders of the child car seat. A drawstring within a peripheral channel may be cinched to fixate the child car seat cover on the child car seat.