T-Shirt Party Themeby Sherry Holetzky | More from this Blogger 27 Jul 2006 05:33 AM Using Teresa's great tie-dye t-shirt project (with excellent instructions and pictures), you can create a fun party theme. You can cut out or print out t-shirt shaped invitations, and make a t-shirt shaped cake, frosting it to look like a tie-dyed shirt. Go all out and tie-dye a tablecloth in advance, using Teresa's instructions. You can find cute party favors too like these tie-dye t-shirt notepads. A tie-dye project will be a great way to keep kids entertained, and they will have a souvenir from the party. Consider supplying rubber gloves and doing the project outdoors. You might also want to ask other parents to help out when you plan to do a project of this nature. Invitations:
Cake: You can print out a large t-shirt image or trace an actual shirt onto heavy paper to create a pattern. Cut out and place on top of cooled 13"x 9" cake and mark with toothpicks. Use a sharp knife to cut out the t-shirt shape (adults should handle this step). Frost and decorate. Splashes of colored sugar crystals will help create the tie-dye effect. Variation: If you aren't up for doing the tie-dye thing you can allow kids to design their own t-shirts using fabric paints. You can still do the shirt cake and invitations, leaving off the tie-dye decorations. Learn more about Sherry Holetzky  Sherry Holetzky is a work at home mom and freelance writer. Married to her best friend, Sherry and her husband are raising their family in a quiet rural setting in the beautiful Ozark Mountains. Relevantfun tags dating | Kids | family | homemade birthday party favors | christmas | Scrapbooking | children | ideas | holidays | parenting User Comments FamilyMan (75) 20 Dec 2006 09:02 AMLove your idea of the T-shirt party. Making t-shirts is not only fun but pratical. I think this particular approach to an artist or craft party does more for kids than most. Consider the following: 1. Teaches good social skills 2. Teaches team work 3. Teaches patience - waiting for stuff to dry 4. Teach self-expression. - Creating your own design 5. Teaches confidence building skills - Following step by step that leads to a completed product builds confidence that the participant can in fact make something beautiful and useful. 6. Teaches the lesson that in all of us lies the ability to orchestrate the combining of materials, skills and experience with the result of making producing something practical that everyone can use, a T-shirt. Building blocks leading to greater academic achievement. These skills can go a long way as the child continues to try other more complex projects with confidence gained from a T-shirt party! Mark http://party-planner.fimark.net Sherry Holetzky (11404) 22 Dec 2006 09:44 AMGreat observations! Thanks for commenting. I like projects that are fun, yet teach important skills and lessons at the same time. Community Tags T-Shirts, tie-dye, theme parties Discuss this article
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Be sure to add all pertinent party information to the invitations, including a reference to the project and a note that children should wear play clothes. You can use the included image to print out for invitations. Using a paint program on your computer, you can create a tie-dye look, or you can cut out t-shirt shapes and let children decorate the invitations with different colors of glitter. For single layer invitations, just write or print information on the back. For invitations that open, print t-shirt patterns with enough room to fold over and cut the image (without cutting all the way through).
