Friday, June 21, 2013

Graffiti Dye Shirts - Disney

   We will be making a day trip to the Magic Kingdom in the near future and I figured I would make shirts for us all.  John did opt out of this, but he does already have a Mickey shirt, so I guess it is excusable.
   This is actually very simple, I have done shirts using this method for breast cancer awareness and also for a bowling team.

- I stick with white shirts, so no matter what color paint you use the color will be true, it won't be changed. I have done yellow shirts before, but the paint colors were black,  red, and hunter green.
- I buy the $1 bottles of fabric paint and dilute with A LOT of water in the 2oz travel size spray bottles that are 50 cents in most stores. Literally, the amount of paint won't be the width of your thumb in the bottom of the spray bottle. You can save yourself and buy the fabric paint in spray bottles, the ones I have seen are about $7 a bottle.
- Cut out whichever silhouette you want to use on cardstock paper or cardboard (you can even find an image online and trace the outline on regular computer paper off your screen if you don't trust yourself freehand. Then you will use that cut out to trace onto heavier paper/cardboard and cut again.)
- Place folded newspaper inside the shirt where you will be spraying. This will prevent the paint from seeping through to the back of the shirt.
- Tape the silhouette's onto the shirt and spray away. A little goes a long way, and you can layer colors. I do put the shirts on cardboard, so in case I am too enthusiastic with spraying it doesn't go on anything else. I also did these outside, but I have done others right on my kitchen floor.

I will post a photo of myself and the boys in our shirts at Disney later this summer!

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