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Hey y'all! Just thought I would post a quick tutorial on how I did the painted shirts in case anyone was interested and didn't want to go searching through Pinterest for one! 
Ok so here are the painted shirts I made
Our Harry Potter shirts for IOA
Toy Story shirts for DHS
Travel shirts for our plane ride up to Disney!
All 3 of these were made using the same method! Super easy!!
You will need:
T Shirt Paint (Not the puffy kind, actual shirt paint, found at craft stores)
Sponge Paint Brush
Freezer Paper
Permanent Marker
Here are the steps:
1. Find a picture you want and make a stencil! For the Toy Story shirts I found pics of all the characters on google, printed them in the same size, and then I just traced the outline of the characters onto the freezer paper! A cut-out like those is super simple. Now my plane and HP shirts were a bit more difficult. I traced them on the paper (use your perm marker for this bc you will be ironing over it) and then I had to do some fancy and tedious cutting with very fine point scissors to get just the dark parts of the picture cut out.
After this step it is all very very easy....here's a pic of the next 4 steps...
This shows what my cut out looked like for ya!
2. Next you will lay your freezer paper on your shirt and iron it on! It's awesome, it sticks and stays put, yet peels off so easy and leaves zero residue. I love it!
3. You use a dabbing technique with your sponge brush and paint your shirt!
4. Wait for it to slighty dry, about a minute or two, and then very carefully peel of the stencils!
Viola! There ya go! Let it dry completely and you're done! This is supposed to be permanent, though I suspect it will fade some. They really are quite cool, and have the look of a screen print shirt, in my opinion.
Another fun thing you can do with the iron on freezer paper is the bleach sprayed shirts....simply cut out a shape, such as a Mickey head, iron it on a shirt, take it outside with a spray bottle of bleach and mist over the shirts, wait 5 minutes and repeat until desired look is done! Beware, you will want to go crazy spraying the first time, but just do a little bit and then wait! I completely over did my first time and ruined a shirt, the bleach actually ate hole through it! I also used plain ole letter stickers to make the outline of our names! ***NOTE: You will want to throw these in the wash by themselves IMMEDIATELY once completed to deactivate the bleach! Otherwise you will get holes, as the bleach will just keep eating through your fabric!*** Here's the completed product-
Finally, the last type of shirt I did was an iron on. You can buy rolls of iron on paper in the craft dept of almost any store. But be careful! If you do not want to stitch around the edges of your designs then your need to get the PERMANENT iron on transfer paper. It states on the package not to stitch with this material! So that is what I use.
Simply cut a section of paper (I usually use a square bigger than I need) and peel back one side of the transfer paper and iron it to a piece of fabric of equal size. Then cut the shape you want, like a Mickey Head, and then you peel back the paper on the opposite side to iron on to your shirt! Simple! Finished product...
Hope that helps someone! Enjoy and happy crafting!!
Ok so here are the painted shirts I made
Our Harry Potter shirts for IOA
Toy Story shirts for DHS
Travel shirts for our plane ride up to Disney!
All 3 of these were made using the same method! Super easy!!
You will need:
T Shirt Paint (Not the puffy kind, actual shirt paint, found at craft stores)
Sponge Paint Brush
Freezer Paper
Permanent Marker
Here are the steps:
1. Find a picture you want and make a stencil! For the Toy Story shirts I found pics of all the characters on google, printed them in the same size, and then I just traced the outline of the characters onto the freezer paper! A cut-out like those is super simple. Now my plane and HP shirts were a bit more difficult. I traced them on the paper (use your perm marker for this bc you will be ironing over it) and then I had to do some fancy and tedious cutting with very fine point scissors to get just the dark parts of the picture cut out.
After this step it is all very very easy....here's a pic of the next 4 steps...
This shows what my cut out looked like for ya!
2. Next you will lay your freezer paper on your shirt and iron it on! It's awesome, it sticks and stays put, yet peels off so easy and leaves zero residue. I love it!
3. You use a dabbing technique with your sponge brush and paint your shirt!
4. Wait for it to slighty dry, about a minute or two, and then very carefully peel of the stencils!
Viola! There ya go! Let it dry completely and you're done! This is supposed to be permanent, though I suspect it will fade some. They really are quite cool, and have the look of a screen print shirt, in my opinion.
Another fun thing you can do with the iron on freezer paper is the bleach sprayed shirts....simply cut out a shape, such as a Mickey head, iron it on a shirt, take it outside with a spray bottle of bleach and mist over the shirts, wait 5 minutes and repeat until desired look is done! Beware, you will want to go crazy spraying the first time, but just do a little bit and then wait! I completely over did my first time and ruined a shirt, the bleach actually ate hole through it! I also used plain ole letter stickers to make the outline of our names! ***NOTE: You will want to throw these in the wash by themselves IMMEDIATELY once completed to deactivate the bleach! Otherwise you will get holes, as the bleach will just keep eating through your fabric!*** Here's the completed product-
Finally, the last type of shirt I did was an iron on. You can buy rolls of iron on paper in the craft dept of almost any store. But be careful! If you do not want to stitch around the edges of your designs then your need to get the PERMANENT iron on transfer paper. It states on the package not to stitch with this material! So that is what I use.
Simply cut a section of paper (I usually use a square bigger than I need) and peel back one side of the transfer paper and iron it to a piece of fabric of equal size. Then cut the shape you want, like a Mickey Head, and then you peel back the paper on the opposite side to iron on to your shirt! Simple! Finished product...
Hope that helps someone! Enjoy and happy crafting!!
Oh, I love the pixie dust. You really did a great job. I think stuff like this really adds to the magic of the trip. Your girls will be so excited. This is such a fun way to make the most of your WDW vacation. The swim suits are adorable. I absolutely love the idea of the little notes from the characters for each day. 
Using the books to use as autograph/keepsakes for the meals is a great idea (I think I have read that snow White book many times). Those little safari hats are cool, I hope the girls wear them for a picture at least because they will be so cute. 
These workbook pages are great. This will really help your DD enjoy some of the things she sees in WS. It is a good ice breaker for talking to the cast members at the coloring areas and the cast members will be happy they know about their country. I think I am going to try and get some library books about the countries before our trip. Thanks for the inspiration.
because seriously, I am just not that creative. I love it.
