Fabric Painting

Use these ideas to decorate clothes or other fabrics

Paint your own Shirts

Handprint Pillowcases

Handprint Apron

Baby Mittens

Make your own gifts for friends and family.

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Paint your own Shirts

Let the kids create a work of art they can wear!

Materials
(plain shirts, fabric paint, card board, brushes, and sponges)

• Have the kids start with an old T-shirt or piece of fabric in the beginning. Put a piece of cardboard under the first layer of fabric to make sure there is no leaking.
• Some fabric paint comes in squeeze bottles which is good for lines, or they can use a paint brush or sponge.
• Once the kids are use to working with fabric paint, they can start working on good clothes.

Hints

• Designs from handprints are interesting and make a great present for grandma.
• If they need pattern ideas, use the pictures in a child’s coloring book for line drawings.
• Kids can use a sewing pencil if they want to draw a design on the shirt, then use the paint to fill in the design.

Marla Krusel (of Virtual Office To Go ) sent in this idea from her daughter's birthday party.

We used 4 plastic ketchup bottles (from the dollar store). We bought one for the purple, red, yellow, and blue dye. We mixed the dye (per the instructions) cooled it to "warm" and then poured it in the bottles. We wet the t-shirts, wrung out the water, then the children swirled the shirts, put the elastics on, and then dribbled the paint on. It was awesome, no mess at all (we did it on the grass). We let the t-shirts sit a few hours and then lay them out to dry. The turned out fabulous, all the girls were thrilled!

Handprint Pillow Cases

Great idea for a gift for Mother's Day or Father's Day (or anyone else too!)

Materials
(pillow case, permanent fabric paint, cardboard, brushes)

Put a piece of cardboard in the middle of the pillow case so that the paint doesn't seep through. In the center of the pillowcase, write the message

GOOD NIGHT DADDY

Pour some paint on to a paper plate and stick both hands (of the child) in it and put the hand prints on either side of the message.

The child can then decorate any way he or she wants with stars or moons or hearts, whatever. This could be used for anyone really, but the result is the same, a one of a kind unique and adorable pillow case that let's the receiver know that he/ she is very special in the child's life.

Thanks to Bridget Bryce for sending in this idea.  Her Scouts Canada Beaver Colony loved making them.

Handprint Apron

"For Mother's Day one year, we bought a plain apron and put my children's handprints on it in different colors. I then mailed it to my sister-in-law in MI and she did the same with her children. Then it was mailed to my mother-in-law. She loves it so much it hangs in her kitchen to this day!"

This idea was sent in by Katherine Bowman.

Baby Mittens

Last year, we had a new baby in the family.  On Mother's Day, I gave his mother blue baby mittens.  There was a tag that said "Little hands for you on Mother's Day".  

His thumb print was put on the mitten.  

Thanks to Beverly Long for sending in this idea.

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