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canada day shirts.

Hopefully I'm not too late posting this... you still have one day left if you're looking for Canada Day t-shirt ideas.

So last year as you all know, I made these shirts for my kids. Well this year, I decided to do a little bit more a keepsake shirt.

So grab your supplies. (forgive my pictures, it was late at night, and I had kids running around my ankles and I was stressing about them working out okay)

White t-shirt, red paint, plate, piece of cardboard (or recyling in our case)

Put the cardboard between the two layers of shirt so that that paint won't bleed onto the back.

Pour red paint onto plate and coat child's hand in it.

(I used my finger to make sure paint was even on Ava's hand, and that she had gotten every place well coated)

Press painted hand firmly in the middle of white shirt.

And voila. (you can fill in any areas that got missed by using a small paintbrush)

The next step is the start filling in the sides. I just used a small brush and painted right onto the t-shirt.

And the other side...

And finished. Super easy hey. And they will make great keepsakes for their memory boxes.

Yes, I'm even making one for Grey... if I can get his chubby little fingers pried apart long enough to do a hand stamp. Wish me luck.

*Side note- I just used regular acrylic paint that you buy for everyday arts and crafts. The trick is, it will wash off clothes if you do it while the paint is still wet, using warm soapy water before it dries. If you leave it until it drys completely (overnight I would say) then it becomes permanent on fabric.

June 29, 2009 | Permalink

Comments

I can't wait to do this. I will share (with linkback) with my readers. Great idea.

Posted by: Shannon | May 14, 2012 at 11:42 AM

too stinkin' cute!!!!!

Posted by: Sherry Smyth | July 01, 2011 at 03:18 PM

This post is a couple of years old, but I found it on Pinterest the other day and just finished making these with my kids. Since my husband is Canadian, we made one for him too, with both sons' handprints. Very cute idea! I can't wait to see them all wearing them tomorrow. Happy Canada Day!

Posted by: Michelle | June 30, 2011 at 06:39 PM

Just made these today and now we wait for them to dry.
I actually did white paint on red shirts as I was having visions of yet another stained white t-shirt on my boys. :)
So although I'm not sure if the flag looks more like the white hand of Sarumon (LOTR reference) but in the end, I think it works. :)
Thanks for this great idea!

Posted by: Vanessa Strickland | June 28, 2011 at 04:10 PM

Love Love LOVE this idea! And your blog...I got so side tracked looking at all your previous posts, I had to stop and come back here to comment. :)

I'll be back!!

Posted by: K. The Littlest Crafter | June 21, 2011 at 09:22 AM