Fabric Paint A Baby Shirt

I was recently invited to a stork party and wanted toremove any wrinkles from the material.
take a special gift for the soon-to-be-born baby boy,3. Draw a design onto the front of the tee shirt, using
without breaking the bank in the process. I camethe light blue water erasable pen. I chose the footprint
across a lovely white tee shirt, and a brown pair ofof a lion ~ but any other design may be used.
shorts. I decided to do some fabric painting to turn the4. Add a few clean sheets of white paper between
tee shirt into something special. I chose an Africanthe front and back parts of the tee shirt, so that the
design, but any other design will work just as well.paint won't smudge the back of the tee shirt.
Materials:5. Paint the lion's footprint with the Brown fabric paint.
One white tee shirt for a baby ~ I bought one for aUse the paint in undiluted form.
baby of 3-6 months.6. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly before continuing
A light blue water erasable pen to draw the design onwith the next step of the project.
the tee shirt.7. Make a watery mix of the Brown and Orange
Fabric paint in two colors: Brown and Orange.fabric paint, and use this to color the background.
One fine paintbrush.8. Again, allow the paint to dry thoroughly before
A few sheets of white paper.continuing with the next step of the project.
Iron and ironing board.9. Add a caption phrase that will fit in with the design. In
Instructions for making the project:this case, I added the words "Born 2 B Wild." Finish it
1. Before starting with the paint project, rinse the teeoff by adding a decorative border around the design.
shirt in cold water to remove any sizing in the material.10. Allow the paint to dry again.
Do not add fabric softener.11. Set iron on tee shirt's recommended maximum heat
2. Allow the tee shirt to dry properly and iron it lightly toand iron the tee shirt on the reverse side.