| Wearable Art for Kids |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-169 |
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Donna Erickson of Target Stores explains how to jazz up kids' clothes with creative art. She stencils cow spots on a baby outfit, paints cookie-cutter shapes on a T-shirt, stitches a surprise pocket on a sweatshirt, transfers artwork to sweatshirts and spray-paints a T-shirt. Cow Spots Materials:
One-piece cotton baby suit
Black fabric paint
Household sponge
Paper
Scissors
Clothespin
Paper plate
Cardboard
- Pour black fabric paint onto a paper plate. Cut a piece of household sponge, and clip a clothespin to one end.
- Cut a cow-spot shape from a piece of paper to use as a stencil.
- Place a piece of cardboard inside the baby suit to prevent paint from bleeding through.
- Place the cow-spot stencil on the fabric. Dip the sponge piece in the black paint, and stencil cow spots all over the suit (figure A).
Cookie-Cutter Painted T-Shirt Materials:
T-shirt
Cookie cutters
Fabric paint in variety of colors
Paper plates
Cardboard
- Pour fabric paints onto paper plates, using one color per plate.
- Place a piece of cardboard inside the shirt to prevent paint from bleeding through.
- Dip cookie cutters into paint, and press them onto the T-shirt.
Pocket Sweatshirt Materials:
Sweatshirt
Kids' artwork
Fabric
Zipper
Sewing machine
Scissors
Fabric marker
- Select an object from a child's favorite piece of artwork. Donna used a train engine.
- Trace around the engine on fabric and cut it out.
- Cut the engine in half horizontally. Insert a zipper between the two pieces, and stitch in place (figure B).
- Applique the train engine on the front of a sweatshirt.
- Unzip the zipper, and store small toys in the pocket (figure C).
Variation: - Copy a child's artwork onto the front of a sweatshirt with fabric paint. Use your nondominant hand so the art will look more kidlike. (figure D).
Spray Painted T-Shirt Materials:
Spray bottle
Fabric paint
Water
T-shirt
Clothesline
- Mix one part fabric paint and one part water, and pour the mixture into a spray bottle.
- Hang a T-shirt on a clothesline, and spray the front with different colors of paint.
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