This past week my youngest son turned 3! I of course had to make him a special birthday shirt, so when I saw this simple idea, I knew that I wanted to make it for him.
This is how I made it:
1) I took two different shirts. One I got at Walmart for $1 and then polo shirt I found at a garage sale for about $.25. It was too small anyway, so it was prefect for this.
2) I cut the polo shirt up
3) I took one of the sides and ironed fabric interfacing to it (just the regular kind you find at a craft store).
4) I put both sides together and then put a 3 on top. I just cut the 3’s out with scissors.
There are the two 3’s
5) I ironed on one of the 3’s. I only did one because I wanted the top layer to be able to move.
6) I sewed the top three onto the shirt. I love how the edges are folded over.
7) For the three, I used my CAMEO and my heat transfer vinyl from Expressions Vinyl. I cut out the word and then completely removed it from the plastic.
8) With white paint, I distressed the letters.
9) I put the letters back onto the plastic and then ironed it onto the shirt.
Here it is all done.
And now my cute boy has a fun birthday shirt!
He looks so grown up!
I did wash this shirt and the paint did just fine on the heat transfer 🙂
This is so cool! Great idea and a very cute model.
Awwww, your model is so cute! Love the t-shirt idea! Memories for a special little guy!
great job! I love the word! it looks great on that red shirt!!
I love the word THREE going up the side – it turned out so cute!
i absolutely LOVE it…perfect use of something not so great into something FABULOUS! pinning, pinning, pinning!
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Super cute!! 🙂
I love it!! It looks store bought too. What a fun idea
He is so stinkin' cute. Thanks for the tutorial. I need to learn more about sewing to ever be able to do this though. http://www.thenymelrosefamily.blogspot.com
Cute little chap! I like the word three very much.
This is really really cute! That lil 3 year old is Stinkin' AAA-dorable! Great idea- loved it and thanks for sharing! -Jen
Super cute idea!!
So cute!! What a great idea! Thanks for sharing at my party 🙂
Oh doggone that's CUTE!!! Love the number and having it spelled out, too. Perfect for a little tike! Thanks so much for sharing it at the Kiss & Tell party over at I Gotta Create!
Oh, wow, I absolutely LOVE this. I'm pinning it for my son's next birthday. When he turned 3 last August, we painted a birthday shirt for him, which was fun, but I think this looks even better! Would you consider sharing it here?
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this is a great idea, and the perfect shirt for my son's 3rd birthday!!!
Wow! I wish I had both your creativity and your skill 🙂 I love seeing your stuff. Thanks for linking up at Drab to Fab!
This is something I could do with my boys! Thanks! I'd love for you to submit this to the M&T Spotlight http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight
Too cute.. Love the smile on your son's face wearing it.. Thanks for linking up