How To Thursday?

I so missed How To Tuesday so I thought I'd make it up with a How To Thursday! Trust me... you're going to want to do this one! 

I was looking at my friend's pumpkin patch pictures yesterday and she seriously had the cutest ghost shirt on. It looked like a ghost had been standing... well, floating... in front of her shirt and got in the way of paint being airbrushed on. It looked easy enough to duplicate but I didn't want to be a total copy cat... so I just copied the style! I decided to go with a pumpkin instead of a ghost for my baby (I'll do a ghost for myself) and sticking with my recent Disney theme, I put Mickey ears on it.

Here's what you will need:

*a shirt or onesie

*a crayon

*thick paper (I used a paper grocery bag)

*a piece of cardboard or the remaining side of the grocery bag to put inside the shirt so the paint won't bleed to the other side

*fabric paint in the color of your choice (I used Orange Glow... it totally glows in the dark!)

*you can use a paint brush if you want but you'll get a better look if you use your finger

How To:

1) Lay your shirt or onesie on a flat work space

2) put cardboard inside and make sure the shirt lays flat and even

3) Using a crayon, draw desired shape on your paper. I use a crayon because the thickness helps when sketching shapes. If you are not confident in your drawing skills, use a bowl or cup to achieve the shape of the body and ears. If you are using a bowl to create the shape of the pumpkin body, you will need to go back and draw in the uneven bottom and top shape of the pumpkin. 

4) Cut out shape

5) Lay template flat on your shirt

Here's the tricky part....

6) You need to make sure that you hold your shape down without moving it while you are painting. Otherwise you will not get a very good shape....

7) Using your finger, carefully spread paint from slightly over the shape outward until you have the desired amount of paint showing. Always spread paint OUT from shape. If you spread inward, you may get paint under your template which will not give you a hard line. 

8) Remove your template

9) Add a face or leave your pumpkin as is 

10) Let dry for a least 24 hours

Here's my finished shirt...

I added a bow to make it Minnie.
I'm still debating whether or not to add a stem....

If you don't have time or just don't want to try on your own, email me at Sweet_ps07@yahoo.com

Have fun! I'm going to go make myself one!