Did you know you could do this?

I have this awesome friend who thinks of everything.  Last year when the boys in our neighborhood went to Cub Scout Camp, she created a fun shirt for all the boys to wear on the second day of camp.  Since her son is a year older than mine, he didn’t coming to camp this year and I thought I would follow her great example and design a shirt.

I found child size shirts on sale at Michaels for $1.99!  That was a couple of weeks ago, but I guarantee they will be on sale again in the near future.  My intent was to purchase the iron-on paper that you can run through your printer.  I didn’t have a coupon with me, so I didn’t purchase the paper at the same time.  Am I glad I didn’t!

As I thought about how I’d like to create the shirts, the thought came to my mind:

“I wonder how permanent it would be if I cut vinyl with my Silhouette and iron it on the shirts?”  (see how my mind works)

Well, who better to know if that’s a possibility than the experts at Silhouette.  I went to the Silhouette website and guess what I found!?  Heat Transfer paper – in smooth and flocked finishes (and special edition glitter)!

It is AWESOME!  And so simple:

1.  You run the heat transfer paper through your Silhouette and cut the design you’d like (IMPORTANT: be sure to cut your design out backwards and make sure the clear plastic side is down).  I bought a rocket at the Silhouette store and personalized it.

2.  Remove the extra paper using a hook tool.  (My 5 1/2 year old enjoyed helping)

3.  Turn over so your design looks right and place in desired position on shirt.  Lay a rag on top of design and apply pressure with an iron for about 45 seconds. 

4.  Remove iron and see if the design is sticking to shirt.  If not, apply iron for a few seconds longer.  When completely adhered to shirt, remove film (I found it best to do this when the film is still warm).

5.  I used two different colors (Silver – Flocked and Black – Smooth).  I lay the black designs where I wanted them and marked where I needed to cut the wings. 

I could have ironed both the black and silver heat transfer paper at the same time, but I did not want the black to show through the cut out star.  I was also assured of a more precise placement since the rocket was already adhered to the shirt.

6.  The only thing left to add to the shirt are 9 cute boys:

(This is a photo of my cute boy)

The shirts were a HIT!  They looked great and were EASY to do.

I also have red and white Heat Transfer paper.  I have big plans for it

that I will share with you in the future.

Comments

[Tammy]

What a fabulous idea Amber!!! Who wouldn't want one of those shirts?!?

[Jenn Claar]

How fun!! We were thinking about doing something like that for Girls camp....hmmmmm...now you got my brain a running!!

[Julie]

Looks Great!

[Mandi]

YAY!!!! Thanks for this. I've heard about the transfer paper but had no idea how cute the finished product was!! SOOO going to make my kiddos some shirts for the summer! :D

[Amy C]

That looks great!! A friend of mine won the chance to make a shirt with the Silhouette and the iron ons at the Scrapbook USA Expo in March. I think it is awesome!!