Tips on decorating own T-shirt

[DinoWino]

Yup it’s for world book day

DD wants to do a T-shirt for her favourite book series. I’ll get her plain white cotton t-shirt but any recommendations for type of pen to use to draw/right on it? Also was thinking of photocopying some picture form the book and sticking on - any tips for this or can they be transferred on? I really am not crafty so not sure what materials to be getting for her. TIA

Write not right

You could try fabric pens. I've never used them myself (I'd just use sharpies myself, as I have a pack at home).

You could also use fabric glue to stick stuff on eg if there is cat, your DD could draw the cat and you could stick on fluffy fabric for the tail. Or if it's a broomstick, stick on thin strips of brown material for the bristles.

You could print or draw onto transfer paper and iron on.

You could use fabric pens/paint

What does she want it to look like at the end?

Hobbycraft sell a puffy fabric paint.

Thanks all. I think she just wants to show images from the books and write some words. Transfer paper and fabric pens could work. Like puffy fabric paint idea too. Sharpies we have but didn’t know if would work.

Sharpies are fine. I used fabric pens and they washed out which seemed to defeat the purpose.

Fabric paints might be easier to use. Pens can kind of "catch" on the fabric and be a bit frustrating if she hasn't done it before or has something very specific in mind. Once you get the hang of it it's OK.

Get a thick bit of card inside the shirt to stretch it for your drawing, understand that the image you draw will need to be drawn wider to account for that stretching. You might want to try first with an old, stained/outgrown t-shirt for practice to get the hang of the technique.

You can buy printer paper that works as a kind of iron-on transfer, never used it so not sure how it works. Another way to do it is open the image you want on the computer, stretch it slightly sideways (to account for the stretched shirt) and print in high contrast black on white paper. Sellotape that image to the cardboard and she will be able to "trace" it if the t-shirt fabric is thin enough. Decathlon sell some very cheap thin white t-shirts in the gym clothes section, that are thin enough to trace through.

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