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If you have read my blog long, you know my children have a love of Disney! What four and five year olds don’t, right? When I started talking about them helping me to create their own t-shirt, Addie immediately knew she wanted to create a Mickey or Minnie designed shirt. Austin quickly followed suit, they love to create. IT gives them a great source of pride when they do something themselves and then can show it off!
Neon has made a comeback! It was the “in” thing when I was growing up in the late 80’s and early 90’s, unfortunately I have the pictures to prove it! I love bright, bold colors so I am cool with neon as long as the same styles don’t come back.
If you are looking for a cool way for the kids to be hands on and express themselves then this is a great way to create a wearable, one of a kind work of art.
DIY Mickey T-Shirt
To begin I collected a white t-shirt for Addie, the new Sharpie Fine Point Neon markers and this Mickey head silhouette printable I created in about two minutes.
Cut apart the Mickey outlines and place them under the first layer of the shirt. Position them where you would like them.
Using you color of choice, trace the outer edge with a permanent marker.
Let the kids go wild coloring in their Mickey outlines. Addie colored in her shirt.
Austin went to work on an old t-shirt.
I then used his t-shirt and created this upcycled diy t-shirt tote in about five minutes.
Now you can customize the Mickey heads however you would like. For the shirt we are going to add tulle bows to make them a Minnie Mouse instead. You could also add Puffy fabric paint to add dimension, rhinestone jewels or you name it!
While in Target last week with Addie and Bethany I saw these individual packaged Sharpie markers. They were fine point neon markers! Featuring brilliant vivid color at daylight that transform to fluorescent under a black light Sharpie Neon markers were a huge hit! Right now at Target you can save $1 on a 5-pack package (available while supplies last and in select stores) with this Sharpie coupon. My store didn’t have the 5-packs but had a nice endcap display with the Neon Sharpies and Addie was more than happy to help pick one of each for us!
Start Bright, Go Electric.
After using the NEW Sharpie Fine Point Neon markers myself, I can say they totally hold true!
Features of the NEON Sharpies include:
- Brilliant, vivid color in daylight
- Mark fluorescent under black light
- Vivid ink leaves permanent mark on most surfaces
- Durable, fine tip produces bold, detailed lines
- Great for use on paper, plastic, wood and leather
- AP Certified non-toxic ink is water, smear and fade-resistant
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What a fun, easy project for kids who love Mickey Mouse! Love the bright neon colors.
I love it!!! Too cute and the kids seem to have fun doing it. We love Disney too. What is there to not love about Disney!?
Ohh how fun..this is sooo cute.. Love it and soo simple… Perfect for our Disney Trips.. thanks for sharing, totally gonna do this with the kids
How fun! I love this idea and I am sure my kids would enjoy it too!
This is a great idea for the kids to do themselves!
This is such a cute idea! I love how you let them color in the Mickey’s themselves!
This is so cool and creative. I might have to make one of these for myself since I don’t have little ones anymore. These would be on the “my favorite shirt to wear” list of any kid that had a hand in making one.
how simple! i didn’t think it could be so easy to do! thanks for the idea
This is a very creative activity. The shirts came out great and I love how you worked with the kids little by little to finish them. I am definitely going to try this at home.
That is so cute and so easy to do. I might have to get my kids involved in doing some things like this. This weekend is going to be our craft weekend. 🙂
I actually want to do EXACTLY what you did here. This is just the cutest idea and tracing it like that is genius.
What a cute idea. I love that this was easy enough for the kids to do. Great job.
How cute are these shirts?!?! Sharpies are the best and I will definitely be on the lookout for the neon. I just got some metallic ones that I’m obsessed with.
What a fun activity for kids! Especially since everyone loves Disney.
Those are super cute! And a lot of fun for the kids to be involved in decorating their own shirt! Love it
I love to do shirt projects. The kids have been wanting to do some craft projects and this would be great.
How cute! I’m obsessed with Sharpies but had no idea they worked that well on clothes!
We have fabric markers too, but wanted the bright bold colors and they are just as bright after washing several times now (because my daughter wants to wear it every day 🙂
Oh how cute your shirts turned out. I am always looking for things to do with our Grandson to keep him busy. This would be perfect. Thank you so much for the idea.
So cute. I am loving the new sharpies.
What a great idea to have your kids color their own tee shirts and in a pattern that they really want! As for the 80’s and 90’s fashions–they will come back eventually–the fashions I remember from the 60’s and 70’s have made a couple of repeat appearances–sorry about that!
I love the Mickey tee. I would be happy to let my grandchildren use the markers to make sock puppets or hair bows.
Such a great project for the little ones. Yours are adorable!!!
What a cool idea. We just got back from Disney World and now I wish I had seen this before we went. I will definitley have my boys make some before we go back next August.