Happy Independence Day! Our boys will be sporting these
adorable hand painted t-shirts. I saw these online and knew instantly that this
was a craft for us.
Forgive me for not giving credit to the blogger who
shared these. Unfortunately, I can't find the original inspiration (how could I not have pinned that?!?). Because of
this, we painted these shirts with no instruction.
Here's how we did it.
Tear off a large piece of freezer paper from the roll.
Insert it shiny side up inside the shirt. With an iron on medium heat, iron the
front of the shirt. The heat will make the paper temporary attach to the shirt.
This step will prevent the paint you're adding to the front of the shirt from
bleeding through.
Now on another piece of freezer paper, draw and cut out
long rectangles that when painted will become the red stripes on your flag. Remember to
leave a blank space for a handprint.
Position the freezer paper stencil on the front of the
shirt. Iron it in place, shiny side down.
Now use red fabric paint and a sponge brush to apply the
paint to the stripes. Any paint that is applied on the freezer paper will not
bleed through.
When the stripes are painted, carefully peel the freezer
paper off the top of the shirt.
Now apply a thick coat of blue paint to one of your
child's hands and stamp it in the upper left corner where there are no stripes.
Let dry. Then peel off the paper from the inside of the
shirt and put it on!
Oh this is so cute! Thanks so much for sharing. I know my son will love making and wearing this!
ReplyDeleteThis looks so cool! Love the hand print!
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ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea! I have pinned this post!
ReplyDeletecan you use wax paper?
ReplyDeleteIf you don't have freezer paper, use painters tape (either green frog tape or scotch blue painters tape). Simply mask off the areas you don't want painted.
DeleteWe did a flag shirt one year in VBS with masking tape and star stickers but I love the hand print!
DeleteWhat type of paint did you use? I need to do this with my little girl!
ReplyDeleteLook for paint in those small 4 oz. squeeze bottles at your craft store. They'll specifically say something like 'suitable for fabric.' I believe it was acrylic paint we used and I think the Martha Stewart line is okay to use on cloth.
ReplyDeleteFor the tshirts, do we have to use 100% cotton or can we use the 50/50 poly/cotton blend shirts?
ReplyDeleteOur shirts were 100% cotton. I'm sure 50/50 would work fine too. I'd wash first in both cases, though, unless they're pre-shrunk. Have fun!
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