Creative t-shirt design

Fun leisure activity for the whole family

Art-and-craft sessions with family and friends are not only great fun, they can also boost your mood. Here’s a smart-looking t-shirt you can decorate yourself, emblazoned with the word “hello” made up of hundreds of tiny dots. This technique works best with edding textile markers on light-coloured fabrics, especially cotton. Anyone, young or old, can join in with the designing: it’s simply a case of grabbing markers in your favourite colours and drawing dot after dot until a beautiful effect is achieved. You can choose between two different stroke widths and an array of 20 shades, including neon colours for a particularly vibrant effect. You can even wash the t-shirt without problem simply by heat-fixing your design with an iron on the “no steam” setting.

Categories: Special gifts
Craft ideas for kids
Products: Textile markers and pens
Materials: Textile
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

To ensure the fabric absorbs the marker ink properly, we recommend you first wash, dry and iron the t-shirt. Next, pick the colours you want from the edding 4500 textile marker range. To make the “hello” template, print it out, (enlarge it if necessary), and use the carbonless copy paper to transfer it onto the self-adhesive film. Now cut it out neatly.

Step 2

Stick the template onto the t-shirt in the desired position and slip the piece of cardboard inside to prevent the ink going through to the back of the t-shirt. Now it’s time to get designing. With your chosen colours, draw lots of closely-spaced dots all around the letters.