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Babies Babies and toddlers will love these special gift ideas. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-309

Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza are full of crafty ideas perfect for your little ones.

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"Chick" Painted Baby T-Shirt

Adorable painted chicks are the perfect design for these charming kids' T-shirts. Making them yourself adds a personal flair and saves you a pretty penny at the store.

Painted T-Shirts

Materials:

light-colored baby T-shirt
Marvy fabric ball and brush pens
dimensional fabric paint
4"x4" square of adhesive shelf liner
flat paintbrush
waxed or parchment paper
craft knife and cutting surface
pen or pencil

1. Wash and dry the T-shirt to remove fabric sizing. Place a piece of waxed paper, waxed side up, between the front and back of the T-shirt to prevent paint bleed (figure A).

2. Paint a freeform tree on the shirt using the paint pens (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

3. Using a craft-knife, cut a circle shape (any dimension) from the center of the shelf-liner square. Remove the backing from the liner and, after determining where the body of the chick will be located on the shirt, place the circle in that area of the shirt; the circle is the body of the chick (figure C).

4. Fill in the circle, working from the outside edge in to the center, being careful around the edges of the circle (figure D). Let it dry and remove the liner.

Figure C

Figure D

5. Use the paint pens to create legs, a beak and feathers (figure E). Use dimensional paint to create an eyeball and the tips of the feathers (figure F). Let the paint dry according to the paint directions.

Figure E

Figure F

"Kurta" Painted Baby T-Shirt

Following a traditional Indian design, these Kurta-style tees use dimensional fabric paint to add a little pop of color to a child's' wardrobe.

Materials:

light-colored baby T-shirt (your choice of color)
Lumiere metallic acrylic fabric paint
Marvy fabric ball and brush pens
dimensional fabric paint
pencil with an eraser
waxed paper
iron

1. Wash and dry the T-shirt to remove fabric sizing. Place a piece of waxed paper, waxed side up, between the front and back of the T-shirt to prevent paint bleed.

2. Dip the eraser end of the pencil in fabric paint and dab on the T-shirt to create a polka-dot design (figure G). Let the paint dry for 24 hours, then heat-set using an iron.

3. Paint lines using the Marvey ball and brush pen (figure H). Let the paint dry; heat-setting is not necessary.

4. Add dimensional highlights with the dimensional paint (figure I).

Figure G

Figure H

Figure I

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