Freezer Paper T-shirts

This was Soooo much fun.  Seriously, Jackson and I both had fun creating this little project.  Jackson told me what he wanted on his shirt and then we both worked on it in different ways.  

 

 With Robots on the brain, Jackson of course picked this for the design.  When you do decide to do this project think about the edges of your design rather than the middle (the silhouette of an object).  I planned our robots to just be Silhouettes and then decided to add an extra stencil in the middle to give added texture, but this isn't necessary, a solid shape would work just as well.  

I made a stencil out of Freezer paper, first by drawing the image I wanted on the freezer paper and then cutting it with an x-acto knife.  I haven't master curved edges with the x-acto knife yet and thus I was glad Jackson picked robots in all the hard/straight edge glory.  :)  

Lay your freezer paper waxy/shiny side down (against your t-shirt) and then lay a piece about the same size on the inside of your shirt shiny/waxy side up (this holds the stencil in place a little better).  Iron over the freezer paper for about 10-15 seconds to hold the stencil in place.

Paint in the stencil using any fabric paint and paint brush.  We first painted in Ivory and then flicked a paint brush to make brown speckles on top and around the robots.  Once it has been painted let it sit until dry and then peel off your freezer paper.

I then used a fabric marker to make the little black details on our robots.  I used an Iron to heat set the paint and the fabric marker.  

I haven't added this part yet, but I think I might do some "messy" stitching around the edges of the robots in bright thread colors.  I'll show you when I get it done, but for now enjoy the cute robots as they are.  :)

This is a really fun activity.  Jackson loved painting the robots and I seriously was able to back away and let him enjoy doing it, because I knew the stencils were stuck in place and we had plenty of excess freezer paper surrounding the stencil.