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Spray painting using a toothbrush

Shruti Acharya | October 6, 2009 | 18 Comments

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Meira was asking about some gift ideas to surprise her hubby with some DIY stuff. And I remembered this project done 4 years back [ Sorry for the bad pic]

 
 
Thats Lil P just 20 days old…. What I want you to focus on is that white tee that I had spray painted.
 
Hand prints spray painted on a T-shirt
Materials:
  1. White T-Shirt [Even black will do]
  2. Cardboard to be placed between the t-shirt layers
  3. Newspaper to cover the floor
  4. Chart paper for the handprint cutout
  5. Scissors
  6. An old toothbrush
  7. Fabric colors – Red, Orange & yellow. [ or Blue+ Green + Yellow]
  8.  

Steps:

  1. Cover the floor with newspapers (Secure them with cellotape, if possible)
  2. Trace your hands on a cardsheet. (you can try it with ur child’s hand too)
  3. Carefully cutout along the outline to have 2 holes for hand prints.
  4. Staple the card sheet to the tee shirt so that the only exposed part of the t-shirt are the handprints.
  5. Now dip the old toothbrush in water.. lightly squeeze all water out.
  6. Cover the surface of the tooth brush with red fabric color [ darkest color first] .. Make sure the color is not too watery and not too dry either.
  7. Now with the brush facing the t-shirt, lightly rub your thumb against the surface. you can see that red color is sprayed on the T-shirt.. cover the lower 1/3 of the hand print completely.
  8. Wash the tooth brush & cover the middle 1/3 of the hand prints with orange  & the top with yellow.
  9. Let it dry completely (1/2 hour minimum)
  10. Remove the card sheet to reveal Hand prints spray painted on a T-shirt.

Filed Under: Art ideas, Pre teen Crafts & Activities, revamp, Teen Crafts & Activities

About Shruti Acharya

Shruti is a writer, photographer, DIY lover, passionate homemaker, and the chief dreamer at ArtsyCraftsyMom.com . Shruti lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and daughter. She loves showcasing fun art activities, crafts for kids, celebrations, childrens books & all the craziness that is India.

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Comments

  1. Swaram says

    October 7, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    This is a nice idea 🙂 We hd done it for Dad once 🙂

    Li’lP looks so sweet in the pic 🙂
    My eyes were only on her til I remembered the post ws on DIY and spotted the tee 😉 😉

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  2. lostworld says

    October 7, 2009 at 1:13 pm

    Lovely pic! 🙂 Your baby looks like an angel.

    You are a marvelously creative woman. Loved that idea. Not sure whether I got it correctly but I’m gonna try it out .. !!! & I know whom to contact henceforth for innovative gift ideas.

    Reply
  3. Meira says

    October 7, 2009 at 10:17 am

    It’s a cool idea 🙂
    I’d have blatantly copied it had the in laws not been around 😉
    Now I’l go for the designing T-shirt idea 😀
    But the pic is so sweet 🙂

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  4. Elegant Chic says

    October 7, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Wow!!
    Gr8 work Shruti!

    I did try it before but never came this beautiful…

    Awww look at lil P…so adorable *touchwood*

    Reply
  5. SG says

    October 7, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    Nice post. Good idea.

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  6. Shruti says

    October 7, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    @Meira: The printed Tee also look really cool! I’ve got cups, calenders, teeshirts, keychains, mouse pads printed and gifted to many ppl 🙂 Next time (or on ur aniv) u can try the other Tee idea.
    @EC: Actually now that i look at the pic, i am liking it more. I have tiny hands, n after spray painting the prints looked huge n i was not very happy with the result. Now, I don’t have the time to make such stuff. 🙂
    @Swaram : I’m sure ur dad must hav saved it till now!! Hubby dearest wore it n then one day it disappeared.. anyway he wore it n it was fun making it 🙂
    I miss those days soooooo much.. Lil P is a darling. 🙂
    @Lostworld: She looks like that doesn’t she.. n she was born 1 month early too!!

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  7. Dil se says

    October 7, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    Wow, this is such a cool idea.
    My husband’s B’day is also in Oct, I’;ll probably involve my lil son in this project. I am sure he’ll enjoy it too.
    BTW: Very cute pic of lil P 🙂

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  8. The Print Lover says

    October 7, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    Lil P looks super cute.

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  9. memyhubbynbaby says

    October 8, 2009 at 5:08 am

    Nice one, looks good. You are totally into the crafts thingy, I’m so lazy in this area. I just got a photograph (of hubby and Aashna) printed on a black t-shirt for my hubby’s B’day through an online website.

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  10. Swati says

    October 8, 2009 at 9:08 am

    have spray painted a lot as a kid , never thought of it on a T though ..will make one for Aryan now with his hands only ..some day 🙂

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  11. Shruti says

    October 9, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Shruthi,
    awesome idea..lemme try this and will tel u how has been my art 🙂

    Reply
  12. Shruti says

    October 9, 2009 at 9:47 am

    @dilSe : Do share the pic..
    @TPL : Thnaks. She was soooo chubby chubby as a baby.. Miss those days of holding her in my arms constantly..
    @SG: Just some fun ideas..
    @Priyanks: Gah!! I was soo into these things before Lil p was born.. Now I get T-shirts printed too! 🙂
    @Swati: Ya! It’ll b fun. I’lltry other fun ideas with Lil P’s hand prints and we can both try it out 🙂
    @Shruti- Cool! Waiting to see ur version of the same technique.

    Reply
  13. G says

    November 11, 2009 at 10:27 am

    your ideas and works are amazing. They are so easy too! 🙂

    Reply
  14. Sound Horn Please says

    October 29, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    Oh I so liked this idea! What a simple inexpensive way!

    Reply
  15. dining tables says

    April 1, 2011 at 2:24 am

    That is a really nice and perfect picture! I love the hand print painting! It really looks adorable.

    Reply
  16. SV says

    July 25, 2011 at 10:25 am

    first time on your blog…your blog is great! This is a great idea! I have used toothbrush for painting but not tried like this.

    Reply
  17. spandana paruchuri says

    July 23, 2013 at 10:43 am

    gr8 idea
    http://crafthaaven.blogspot.in/ visit my blog too

    Reply
  18. priyanjana roy says

    August 6, 2013 at 6:39 am

    Nice idea to do it on a t-shirt

    http://moonshineandsunlight.blogspot.in/

    Reply

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