One of the coolest trends right now is the DIY spray paint
t-shirts that individuals are seen wearing everywhere. I first discovered this trend online and fell
in love with it. I've never been a fan
of tie dye t-shirts so when I found a
t-shirt that I could make and actually wear, I was really excited.
I'm over girls camp this year and thought it
would be a fun idea if the girls all made their own spray paint t-shirt to
bring to camp. I knew the girls would
love this project and couldn't wait to tell them about it.
I quickly got to work buying the supplies & products I
needed to create this project. I did a
bunch of research and found that you can buy t-shirt spray paint at the craft
store which is designed just for shirts.
As I purchased the products I discovered just how spendy it was going to
be to purchase enough paint for all the girls.
I got what I thought was enough & brought it to the activity that
night.
Once the activity began we quickly learned that the spray
paint I had purchased was not enough.
The activity was something short of a nightmare. The sprayers on the spray paint kept
clogging, dripping & ran out extremely fast. Only a few of the girls even got to paint
their shirts. At this point we decided
to give up and try again another day.
Since this time I have done even more research & found
that the very best way to spray paint a T-shirt is with your own homemade
t-shirt paint. It's less expensive &
much more efficient. All it takes is
some Textile Medium & your favorite color of acrylic paint. The mixture you make is one part acrylic
paint to one part textile medium. You
then dump it in a water bottle and add about 4 parts water. I found that this website was extremely helpful, http://mycrazyblessedlife.com/2012/06/19/make-your-own-fabric-spray-paint/. I LOVE the way these t-shirts turned out and
can't wait to make some more for my family party coming up!!
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