I’ve mentioned before how much I love Pinterest and find it really inspiring, and pinned quite a few fun Halloween projects. I loved making (and eating) Halloween cake pops and wanted my son to have his own spooky tshirt to wear at our Halloween party.
I saw a fab design for shadow puppets in the latest issue of Handmade Living by minieco.co.uk. I thought that my son was too young for shadow puppets but the patterns would translate really well onto a tshirt. So I picked up some cheap tshirts from H&M and copied the scary robot template on to iron-on transfer paper (for use with an inkjet printer) for dark coloured fabrics. Then I simply cut out the robot from the sheet, removed the backing paper and ironed the transfer onto the tshirt.
I love the look of the retro robot, it reminds me of old black and white films – I think it looks great on my own little monster!
Linking up with handmade monday, just something I whipped up, creative me monday and making the world cuter
12 Comments
RosMadeMe
October 31, 2011 at 8:51 amHe looks totally handsome in his t-shirt. I know what you mean about Pinterest… I could spend so much time just mooching about on there!
Jam Dalory
October 31, 2011 at 8:59 amI don’t understand what pinterest is i’m off to google it. That robot looks great though, a great idea for original clothing! x
Jill
October 31, 2011 at 9:02 amI am just beginning to get into Pinterest and could spend hours on there looking at the lovely things. Your t-shirt is great – he does look smart.
emma tustian
October 31, 2011 at 10:10 amGreat t-shirt. I think I may try a Christmassy one for my son so he can have a personalised t-shirt.
Wendy
October 31, 2011 at 10:34 amEdward looks gorgeous in his new T-shirt. I’m also a Pinterest addict. It’s actually fab for inspiration as you see so much at once.
redneedle
October 31, 2011 at 11:37 amBet he was chuffed, looks like you did a great job, so nice to be able to choose a design that you want rather than just whats available in the shops.
Jenny
October 31, 2011 at 2:07 pmThanks for linking up with Creative Me Monday! My boys and I are off to make those shadow puppets from the link you gave! 🙂
Happy Halloween!
Penny
October 31, 2011 at 5:37 pmPinterest is the most amazing time consumer and I love it! I just have to ration myself. Your little lad looks so cute in that T shirt…
Susie
October 31, 2011 at 9:16 pmThat’s so creative! Looks wonderful!
Pickle-Lily
November 1, 2011 at 8:09 amLove the t-shirt, never thought of using transfer paper on the computer – the quality of print looks great – am now having lots of Christmas ideas for t-shirts!!!
Jo x
Ali - Ali's Craft Studio
November 1, 2011 at 8:49 amGreat t-shirt – so effective. I’ve seen the transfer papers in shops but never tried them – perhaps I’ll have to have a go after seeing this!
I’ve so far avoided Pinterest, otherwise I would never be off the computer! (Its bad enough as it is!!)
Ali x
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