These are a couple things I did:
1). Made a "(child's name) loves Daddy" T-shirt with the Tulip Stitch (Puff) Paints, but I would imagine any fabric paint could be used.. In "cross-stitch" I printed "Jessica (heart) Daddy" and underneath I outlined 2 pair of hands, Dad's (dark blue) and Jessica's (age 4, bright pink) her hand outlined inside his. The outlines were reverse images of each other, flipped the templates over for the opposite hand, so there are two pairs of outlines, the child's inside Dad's. Outlines were basically what you would have if the hands were just laid on the shirt, thumbs pointing toward each other. A few months earlier, Dad and Jess had been playing at the table and he had outlined each of their hands and we had stuck the paper on the fridge, so I didn't have to ask him for his outline. Because they were going to a Father's Day picnic, I made her a matching T-shirt with the same hand outlines and "Dad + Me" above them. I intentionally tilted some of the letters and printed some a little higher or lower (looks like the child did it.... well kinda.) This also makes it easier if your stenciling talents are like mine, poor!
2) Jxxx had been studying art in Pre-Kindergarten. She fell in love with Picasso "Pablo Picaskio" I took a plain white T-shirt, printed freehand at the top "Proud Father of the next Picasso" and had Jxxx draw a picture for Dad below the printing. Because she was using permanent markers, I had her make the drawing on paper first, then redraw it on the shirt. Child's (or Dad's) favorite artist's name can be used.
I put a layer of cardboard inside the shirts so the paint/markers didn't bleed through. T-shirt forms are available in many craft stores also. Shirts needs to be washed without fabric softener first so that the paint/ink adheres well to the fabric. Check washing instructions on the paint/marker labels.
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