Hollywood Studios Shirts

For Hollywood Studios day I decided to make shirts using the Freezer Paper technique. I found the idea on Pinterest and thought it was something that I'd give a try. It turned out to be the hardest and most time-consuimg but was also the one that got the most compliments. These shirts have also held up better than any of the other ones that I made and my kids have been able to wear them over and over.

I started out by letting the kids each pick out a Toy Story character. Then I found their coloring pages on the internet and printed them out. I had to choose pictures that didn't have a lot of detail. For the littlest shirt I had to shrink the design down, and for my husband's shirt I had to enlarge it a bit. Next I traced the design onto Freezer Paper. (I had trouble finding freezer paper and couldn't find it at Target or Walmart. I finally found it at a local grocery store.) I didn't trace every single detail, only the major ones. After tracing the design I had to spend some time figuring out which parts of the design would be white and which parts would be blue. I had to add some details to the picture that weren't there, in order for the outline to show up on the shirt. For instance, the alien doesn't have eyelids. But I had to add eyelids so that you would be able to see the outline of the design. I also had to add an outline around the outside of the hands. Once I had the parts that I wanted white and blue figured out, I had to cut out the designs with an exacto knife. This took forever! I used pieces of cardboard under the freezer paper and sat cutting the designs out for a few hours. Once the designs were all cut out and I regained the feeling in my hand, I ironed on the designs to the shirt. Then, I used white fabric paint and painted over the designs. I put a piece of cardboard inside each shirt before painting to make sure the paint didn't bleed through to the back of the shirt. Once the paint was dry, I peeled off the designs and I was done!