The Mint Needle

Taking daddy's t-shirts has become a bad habit in this house. Well...maybe not so bad when you end up with an adorable, colorful top like the one below! The inspiration arrived from an art fair that sells some of the hippest, graphic t's we've ever seen. I wanted to figure out a way that the girls could create their own one of a kind pieces with fool proof methods. That's where contact paper came in! Perfect for creating your own stencils, contact paper completely adheres to many fabrics leaving your art work with sharp edges and lines. And it's the most inexpensive. So how do you get started? First, there's a couple things you'll need. ~ fabric paints ~ contact paper ~ scissors ~ marker ~ paper clips ~ sponges (cut into small cubes) ~ t-shirts, or white fabric ~ old jar lids, or apple sauce cups, or egg carton for the paints ~ plastic cutting boards or cardboard, so that your t-shirts have something separating the 2...