DIY 4th of July Shirts with Sponged Rocket Design
This cute DIY 4th of July Shirts with Sponged Rocket Design is a perfect activity for the whole family to make & wear the July 4th weekend!
Cost: $7
Equipment
- Small paint brushes
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun (optional)
Ingredients
- T-shirt in correct size for each person (I used white shirts)- Mens, Womens, kids
- Acrylic craft paint in red, pearlized white, blue
- Sponges- (multi-purpose plain sponges)
- Large wooden beads or small spools (optional)
Instructions
- Use scissors to cut one or two sponges in geometric shapes.I have attached a pdf that you can print to know how I cut sponges into the shapes shown in the video and pictures that make the rocket design. Click this link for the DIY 4th of July Shirts sponge cutting template to print and use.
- Some of the sponge stamps are small. It is fine to use them with your fingers. But I chose to hot glue some big wooden beads to the sponges that can be used for handles.
- Squirt some craft paint out onto a plate or a foam/paper plate.
- Dip the sponge stamp into the paint, making sure the whole surface of the stamp has paint on it. Don’t overload the paint though, kind of dab it off on the plate.
- After the paint has dried a bit, use the small paint brushes to add lines and outlines wherever you would like on the shirt. We added the pearlized white on outlines of the shapes which looked nice and added some reflection and depth.
- Let these shirts dry and you are ready to wear them for a family picture to immortalize the time together.