Every kid wears t-shirts. Personalizing them is a fun and creative way to make a child feel pretty special. Personalized kids shirts can even help to keep a memory alive for as long as the shirt survives. There have been quilts made of old t-shirts that are cherished by their owners because of the memories they preserve. Some of the shirts have been worn so much they are starting to fall apart. With the making of the quilt the personalized part survives.
One really great way to personalize a kid’s shirt is to put their name on it. This can be done with bright and vibrant colors or images. Personal photos can be copied onto the shirt and are very meaningful. What an amazing way to capture the love that child has for their favorite dog than to have a shirt made with a picture of the two of them together that they can wear every day if they want to.
A blank t-shirt can be considered a blank canvas. Tie-dyeing is a popular, albeit retro, way to color a shirt. The original way was to pull portions of the fabric of the shirt out a few inches or less and wrap a rubber band around them. Then the shirt was dyed and the resulting masterpiece looked like bursts of color all over the shirt.
The t-shirt can also be painted in the real sense of the word. There are different techniques to create the final product but the “brush strokes” are essentially the same. Consequently the sky is the limit on what can be put on the t-shirt. From Picasso type art to finger-painting.
For a birthday party, some sort of special occasion or event, shirts can be laid out on a table with fabric markers. They may need a little encouragement because there is no doubt all of them have been taught not to put marks on their clothes or on anyone else’s for that matter. After a little encouragement these little “Picassos” will take off and create fun and meaningful wearable art that they would be proud to wear. It is a simple and fairly inexpensive way to celebrate that special occasion or event.
There are also iron-on decals of all sorts that can be applied to kids t-shirts. Personalized kids shirts encourage creativity, preserve memories and help to make t-shirts a medium for happiness. So start thinking about the memories you are going to make with a t-shirt.