Birthday Party T Shirt -
A party is fun, and a birthday party is special fun. This time, you can design a glittery T shirt, with sparkling, multi-colored stars all over.
You can make this starry t-shirt for yourself, or, even better, gift it to the birthday boy or girl, for their parties that they attend in the future.
Another idea is to make this T-shirts in groups, so that everyone can recognize your gang. And since they are very simple to make, making a number of t-shirt is not that strenuous.
Now, the basics, these will be the materials required:
Fabric paint of colors blue, yellow, white, red, pink, and any
other colors you may like.
Short sleeved, dark colored T-shirt (You can also use basic t-shirts that you have at home)
Fabric marker pen
A fine brush
Fabric glue and brush
Glitter fabric paint
Fabric glitter
Sequins
Large sheet of card
Pearl fabric pain (yellow)
And some water in a pot.
You should be able to procure all the items in hobby and gift shops.
Now, insert the card in the t-shirt, and with the fabric marker pen, draw stars all over the front of the t-shirt. Make sure you make some stars big, while other stars small. There should be more small stars that big ones.
Use the fine brush to paint the stars with blue, green, red, yellow and pink fabric paints. Let dry. When dry, paint around the edges of the stars with pearl fabric paint. Decorate the stars with dots of yellow and gold. Let dry.
Now, you need to make your t shirt sparkle! Right? So be it. Apply fabric glue on to the stars. While the glue is wet, sprinkle fabric glitter and sequins, on the stars. Do not disturb the t shirt, and let dry. When gully dry, shake the t shirt gently over a newspaper to shake off the excess glitter and sequins.
Your t shirt is ready to flaunt!
Note: If you want to decorate the back of the t shirt too, then just put the card back into the t shirt, and repeat the process to the back of the t shirt. Make sure that the front of the t shirt is well dry.
You can also let your imaginations flow, draw figures and characters of a varied nature instead of only stars, and you can math the theme of the party. For example, you can draw some jack-o-lanterns, brooms and bats, and voila! You have a Halloween theme t shirt.
T-shirt, that looks like a birthday gift, wrapped with a ribbon.
Now this will be a sure shot hit. A t shirt, that makes the wearer look like the birthday present!
The only catch is, you will need to deliver the gift a day before, so that the birthday boy or girl can wear it on their special day.
The most important part in this t-shirt painting is making the painted ribbon color identical to the real ribbon color. You may have to mix colors separately in a palette to reach at the desired color.
The materials required:
Large sheet of card
A short sleeved t-shirt, light colored, preferably yellow or light green.
A long ruler
Fabric marker pen
Fabric pain: green, white and pink
About 50cm of green, polka dotted wide ribbon.
Medium and think paintbrushes
Sewing needle and sewing thread
Pot of water
Directions:
Insert the card inside the t shirt. Use the ruler and the fabric marker to draw a fine set of parallel lines horizontally and a fine set of parallel lines vertically, passing through the center. The width between the parallel lines should be the same as the width of the ribbon, as these parallel lines will serve as extension to the real ribbon.
Paint the inside of the parallel lines green (assuming that your t shirt is yellow, and the real ribbon color is green). Remember to check that the green color matches identical to the real ribbon color. Make the edges as straight as possible, by keeping strictly inside the parallel lines you have drawn. Allow to dry thoroughly.
Now use the medium to give the polka white dots on the ribbon. Check that your brush is clean before applying paint. The rest of the t shirt should be give bold pink dots. Add very little water to the fabric paint, so that the paint lasts longer.
 Cut V shapes from both ends of the ribbon to give a good look to the bow we are going to prepare.
Tie the ribbon into a bow. Thread the needle, and tie a knot in the end. Position the bow where the painted ribbons cross, and then sew it into place.
Your T-shirt is ready.
Personalized Soup can Pencil Holder
yr and up
1 soup can
Colored construction paper
Wallet size picture of birthday boy or girl
30 paper clip
Glue, tape, scissors, markers
Directions:
Clean and peal label off soup can
Cut paper into 13-4"x4" pieces, along with 4-3"x3" pieces, and 2 pieces 1"wide and 11"long.
Roll pieces to form little tubes (except the 2-1"x11")
Glue or tape the tubes so that they will not unravel.
Now trim picture and glue it onto can
(Make sure to leave room to glue tubes above and below).
Once it has dried start gluing the tubes on.
First glue the 3"x3" tubes above and below the picture to form a frame. Press the ends down and paper clips them so that they will dry that way.
When it's dry, remove paperclips and start adding the 4"x4" tubes around the can making
sure to "frame" the picture, continue around the can making sure to paperclip
the ends so that they won't fall off before they dry. (add alot of glue)
Once dry remove paperclips, write child name and age along with a little message on the 2-1"x11"
then glue the pieces around the top and the bottom of the can.
Let dry, if you like you could always cut a piece of paper to fit the bottom or if you have a cork coaster you can glue that to the bottom.
Your Personalized soup can pencil holder is ready.
Banana Boat(Noah's Ark) Very Simple to make, and is for kids under 5 years.
What you will need:
1 banana
Handful of Animal Crackers
1/2 cup Whip Cream
Blue Food color
Directions:
In a small bowl mix whip cream with 1-2 drops food color
place blue whip cream in the bottom of a bowl or plate
place banana on top of whip cream with ends facing up
now stick some animal crackers into the banana and a couple in the whip cream
your child will enjoy putting animals on the boat along with eating them.
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