Fabric Painted Duck Shirt Tutorial

DUCK! Any time my toddler sees a duck he screams DUCK! This is a tutorial on how I refashioned an old t-shirt into a cute toddler shirt. With a duck painted on it, with fabric paint.

You would be surprised at how often you see ducks. They are on commercials in baby books and toys, ducks are all over. And he LOVES them. The other day I was changing, while my duck lover was having a tantrum. I put on an old T-shirt and it had a picture of a goose on it(he thought it was a duck). He immediately stopped crying and started happily yelling DUCK, DUCK, DUCK! While pointing at my shirt. That is when it hit me, a light bulb moment. I needed to make him a duck shirt. 

Ok so now we have this Duck shirt tutorial.

Step 1
You need a shirt
I started with this nasty shirt that I was given. It was stained but very soft and a good fit. So I soaked it in bleach and got it almost 100% white.

Look how special it was

Step 2
You need a pattern
1. I drew mine. If you are not comfortable drawing yours then you can easily find free clip       art online and you're all set.   As for the word, If you don't want to write it freehand then       you can print out the letters in any font. Then just tape them under the duck image.
2. Then I traced my duck with a black sharpie. Because you will need your drawing or clip      art to be dark enough that it will show through the shirt. So make sure your image is            dark.
3. Tape your image to a thin piece of cardboard(think cereal box)

Step 3
Place Image
Place the cardboard with the image taped to it between shirt layers.

slide cardboard under shirt

Step 4
Tape
tape the shirt down to the table. Use the tape to help hold the cardboard in place, Also use the tape to help create straight lines for the word line on the bottom.

See how you can see the DUCK through the shirt?

Step 5
Draw the lines
I used another thin piece of cardboard to help make my lines nice and straight. I just used a black sharpie.(So far it has lasted very well for 2 washes, I will keep you updated)

Step 6
Paint the DUCK
I used acrylic paint mixed with a textile medium.(like I always do when painting fabric). It works very well and it is very easy. Here is a tutorial with directions on how I mix my fabric paint I ordered my textile medium on Amazon  but you can find the textile medium at most craft stores.
*tip I used  my fun collection of sharpie pens(also from amazon) for the wing and beak and some other fine details. For the paint I used a sponge brush and applied it with an up and down tapping motion.  

Step 7
Words
Paint the words, You could probably do this part with sharpie as well.  *tip when I do this again I will leave more space between the letters. I think they look bunched up.

Done!
Ok I thought I was done but I decided to add some more detail....
So we have a step 8
Add detail
I added a black outline with my sharpie and some other highlights. Like the duck eyelashes and some beak details. I even mixed up a lighter yellow to highlight the wing(OCD MUCH?).... I think it looks good both ways. So just get as creative as you want

DONE! WRONG... again.

I covered the stains with some paint. I dipped a glue stick in the paint I had left from the letters and it made a perfect stamp. I stamped random dots on the stained sleeve.  This covered up the stains very well. And at last I was finished!

DUCK SHIRT! DONE

Baby PJ refashion

Baby Sleep N Play Refashion

Spring is coming soon so I think its time to refashion sleep n plays and refashioning is a great way to save some money on you little ones. This tutorial is a very easy no -sew, how to refashion a sleep and play in to shorts. This works with the button down type. If you use a jersey cotton then this is also a no-sew project but if you want to finish it off to look a little more polished then you can sew a few hems. I did not bother sewing mine since the baby grows so fast and I have not had any problems with unraveling.

Just look how much he love his outfit.

This is the Before and after

Step 1 You Will Need

What you will need for this project 

Sleep N Play

Shirt with sleeves that are a length you like on your little one

Cutting surface

Scissors 

Lay out your Sleep N Play on a cutting board

Steep 2

Lay the shirt you like on top of the Sleep N Play, line it up so it will work as a pattern for your new sleeves.

Step 3

Then cut right along the place you want the new sleeve to end at and in between the snaps on the leg. You should cut right under a set of snaps if you can.

Step 4

This is how it will look after you cut the sleeves off and the feet.

Step 6

Put your new outfit on the baby!

and see how cute he is! I mean seriously! Just look at that wittle man! 

I hope you have enjoyed this little baby refashion! If you make this I would love to see some pictures of your baby in their new spring PJ's. 

I will be partying this week at a few fine blogs listed below. Go check them out if you have some free time. They are all great places to hang out in your free time when you are not looking at my blog.

:) Kasey

How to Make a Sippy Cup

How to make a sippy cup for baby

See this monkey...  He loves water... A LOT!  He has a hard time drinking it

This is a shot and simple little DIY sippy cup tutorial  Fallow along and you can have a home made water bottle. for you monkey

He is kinda obsessed whit water.  I don't know why but since about 4 months he has had an obsession with water bottles and sippy cups.  We give him sippy cups but they end up getting tossed out the car window, over the side of the stroller, over the side of the toilet and any other place you can think of.  Don't ask me how the sippy cup gets in these situations but if you have a baby I am sure you know about this. 

When we are in public and the sippy cup is in a precarious situation and the monkey wants water we use to try to give him some out of our cups, water bottles and even our straws.  These methods work ok.  Then one day when we were trying to give him a sip out of one of our disposable water bottles his father had a brilliant idea.  I love his idea so much! It works so well and the Monkey absolutely loves it too!  So I am going to show you our little water bottle into a sippy cup invention.

Step 1 Get your supplies

1) disposable water bottle

2) Thumb Tack

3) Baby

Step 2 Poke Hole

Use your thumb tack to poke a single hole in the top center of the lid on your water bottle

That is! That is how easy it is to convert a water bottle into a quick sippy cup. This is great for at home or on trips.  You know how your normal sippy cup can often mysteriously vanish when out and about.

Look at my happy monkey drinking out of his new water bottle.  He can also hold it and suck the water out. He really like this because he feel more like us drinking out of a real water bottle.

And that is all it take to make a happy Monkey baby 

See

Happy Baby!

If you have a baby you know that you will pay anything to make them stop crying, all you need is a water bottle and thumb tack!

* SAFETY NOTE You should never leave a baby unattended with a water bottle with a cap as it posses a choking hazard. You should never leave a baby unattended at all. This item should always be used with adult supervision. This item should only be used if your Dr has approved that you baby can drink fluids other than breast milk. Breast is always best!  I am not responsible for anything that may happen to any one as a result of drinking water from a water bottle.