Freezer Paper Leaf Shirts
This week’s Unplugged Challenge theme was Trees. I had been wanting to try the Freezer Paper Stencil T-shirts for awhile now and leaves seemed like a fun inspiration for the design.
We started by going on a leaf scavenger hunt. Each of the kids gathered 5 leaves with completely different shapes. Once we had all our leaves we compared their shapes and colors. They each picked one leaf for their shirt design. I cut the freezer paper into 8.5″x11″ sheets to fit in our printer.
Then we photo copied each leaf onto a sheet of freezer paper. I cut out the shapes and ironed them on the tee shirts.
I helped each of the kids stencil their shirt. We used a sponge style stencil brush and it was not the best for the project. I will try something else in the future. It left a bubble like texture in the paint. But in general the kids and I were pretty happy with our results. (Remember to put a piece of card board inside the shirt so the paint doesn’t bleed through).
A couple days later the kids modeled their new shirts outside under the trees. Here they are trying to do a yoga ‘Tree Pose.’ Very cute!
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You’re right. They turned out very cute. I like all the leaves you guys picked out!
Gammy
Those look awesome! ‘A’ looks very Canadian. 🙂
Did you do two coats of paint, or just one? I used the Tulip soft paint, and those same brushes, and it was a bit bubbly on the first coat, but the second coat had much better coverage. I wasn’t sure if the kids would be patient enough for two coats, with 4+ hours drying time in between.
That’s a great idea for running the freezer paper through the printer. I’ve just been tracing my designs, but that’s a great idea for something that is a bit more difficult to trace.
LOL about the Tree Pose! That is the boys’ favorite, I think.
I went over the stencils right after the kids did them just to even out the coverage but I didn’t do a full second coat after the first one dried. The paper started curling up. The girls kinda slid the brush a bit rather than just going straight up and down and I was afraid of not getting a smooth edge if I went over them again. The edges of the leaves are actually pretty detailed – very jagged on a couple of them.
Good to know you used the same brush and found that the second coat helped.
I like the way you photocopied the leaves right onto the freezer paper! That was a great first step, one that makes me think “I could do this!”
The tree poses are adorable too.
I have been cutting contact paper to fit in my cricut machine and cutting out shapes and some really detailed ones too. Then we can put the contact paper on the shirts for a stencil too…just thought you might like another way to try it. Now I have to try this way! Thanks for sharing!