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Crayon-Transferred T-Shirts Make a one-of-a-kind T-shirt with a bit of creativity and a few iron-transfer crayons. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-209L

Wear your art on your sleeve--or any other part of these T-shirts that are sure to bring out your creative genius!

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Crayon-Transferred T-Shirt

Tools:

50/50 poly/cotton T-shirt (washed and ironed)
white paper
iron-transfer crayons
iron

1. Draw an image that you want to transfer onto white paper (figure A). If you want to transfer words, make sure you write them backward (mirror image) so they will transfer properly. Make sure your drawn image is free of crayon speckles or flecks, which would create dots on the T-shirt.

2. Set the iron temperature per the crayon manufacturer's instructions. Place the drawn image (crayon side down) on the T-shirt and iron. Hold and press the iron for 15 seconds in each section of the image (figure B). You will know when an area is transferred because it will begin to show through on the paper.

Figure A

Figure B

3. Wash according to the crayon manufacturer's instructions.