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More of Jane
Marie's T Shirt Designs PLUS instructions on how You
Can Design (and sell if you choose) Your Own T Shirts the way we do - It's FREE!
WARNING We don't recommend this
craft for baby hands. Make sure any child who participates does not
have sensitive skin and is old enough not to put his or her hands or fingers
in their mouth.
You'll need:
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One loose fitting white cotton t-shirt
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Cardboard or newspaper
Old jar filled with water to rinse out sponge brush or paint
brush
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Acrylic paint (fabric paint is nice, but not
necessary)
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Brown for the turkey bodies
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Yellow or orange for the legs and beaks
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White and black for the eyes
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8 different colors for the feather
Working on a covered surface protected with plastic or
paper, put a large rectangle of cardboard or several layers of newspaper between the front and
back panels of the t shirt so the paint on the front won't soak through to
the back.
Feathers
Decide on the placement of the turkeys you will
create. These directions are for the shirt shown in the photo so you
will need to adapt them if you want to include several kids.
On a
piece of aluminum foil or foam plate, squeeze out four different colored
dollops of paint.
With the sponge brush, quickly paint the inside length of
each of the four fingers on your left hand, being sure to cover the surface
well. Press your hand onto the shirt. Once it's touching the shirt, don't
move your hand or the feathers will smear. Take your clean hand and press down
each of your fingers to make sure you have good contact. Lift your
hand straight up and you will have the feathers of one turkey. Wash your
hands to remove the paint.
Repeat the process using four different colors of paint on
the four fingers of your right hand.
Let the paint dry. You can help it along with a
hairdryer if desired, but it should be dry enough to continue within 10 minutes or so.
Head and Body
Next, paint the palm and thumb of your left hand with
brown paint.
Carefully place your clean fingers over the feathers, align your palm and then press down for the head and body. Make sure your thumb
is pointed toward the center of the shirt so the birds will be looking at
each other.
Repeat the process of making the body with your right hand.
Paint a triangular beak and legs and feet on each
turkey with the yellow or orange paint.
Paint a red turkey wattle vertically hanging down below the beak, beginning at the top
edge of the beak where it meets the brown head. Refer to the
photo for placement.
Strike a few white feathers in the center of each brown body for wings. Refer to the photo for placement.
Paint a few brown lines horizontally
across the legs to make them look more realistic.
Hat
With a small paintbrush, put a black line (brim) across
the top of the turkeys' head and then a small black rectangle (a bit wider
at the bottom than the top).
Paint a yellow or orange line just over the
brim for the hatband.
Eyes
Dip the handle end of the brush in white paint and dab it to the shirt for the eye. Make a smaller black dot in each eye for the
pupil. Position the pupils so the birds are looking at each other.
Decorating the shirt
Paint free form multi-color grass and flowers, if
desired, around the birds to make them look as if they are in a field.
Dip an old toothbrush into gold glitter paint and run
your finger over the bristles while they are pointed toward the shirt to
spatter on gold paint and make your shirt
sparkle - be careful not to have too much paint on your brush or you'll end
up with big globs of paint everywhere. Practice first if you are
unsure how to do this.
Embellish your shirt with ribbons across the turkey neck or necks or use
buttons for eyes if you chose. Have fun!
Once completely dry, heat set the paint with an iron
set on high, stroking the iron over the picture while it is covered with
a protective cloth (like an old pillow case) for three or four minutes. Do not
scorch and DO NOT USE STEAM.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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