Fireman shirts for my rugrats...

[ccswch]

I tried making a stenciled shirt last week with contact paper and it didn't turn out the greatest. I ended up going back around the edge with white paint to make it look right because it was sorta a big blob. So I did some research on here and found out that freezer paper works better than contact paper so I went to the grocery store and bought some to experiment!

Yesterday my 4 year old wore a solid white t-shirt and I knew it wouldn’t stay white for long so this morning when I pulled it out of the washer I decided to make him a fireman shirt. While it was in the dryer I went searching for firefighter silhouettes and drew one based on one on a friend's MySpace page. If I’m going to do much stenciling I’m going to have to invest in a printer to save myself a load of time!!!

I don’t think it turned out bad and the lines came out much cleaner with the freezer paper. My son is going to be thrilled when he sees the finished result…



And since I put so much time into the drawing I couldn’t justify throwing away the center I cut out so I used it and made a star burst one for my oldest daughter…



Them both together…



Now I’m totally going to get grief for only making 2 of the 5 kids shirts so I have to go dig through some dresser drawers to find more solid shirts!!!

[joandirk]

Very cool! I like the star burst one.

[Gumption]

What a great idea for using the center part! 

[ccswch]

Thank you

I've actually gotten more compliments on the ones made from the center part than the original stencil. I made this one for my oldest son...


And used the center to make a onesie for my youngest son...


Hubby and his firefighter buddies absolutely love the starburst one!

[joandirk]

The onesie is great! I really like the way the paint spray gives it a tye dyed look.