| I was recently invited to a stork party and wanted to | | | | remove 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 came | | | | the light blue water erasable pen. I chose the footprint |
| across a lovely white tee shirt, and a brown pair of | | | | of a lion ~ but any other design may be used. |
| shorts. I decided to do some fabric painting to turn the | | | | 4. Add a few clean sheets of white paper between |
| tee shirt into something special. I chose an African | | | | the 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 a | | | | Use 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 on | | | | with 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 tee | | | | off 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 to | | | | and iron the tee shirt on the reverse side. |