Matching family T-shirts

Paint your own custom T-shirts

Dressing the same as mum (or dad!) is fun for kids, particularly younger ones. A blogger in Germany came up with this craft idea especially for us: matching family T-shirts - one for “Mummy Lion” and the other for “Little Lion”. In her video, she shows us how to decorate these adorable customised T-shirts using our textile markers and pens. edding textile products are ideal for all manner of light-coloured fabrics, including cotton, silk and linen. There are two stroke widths and a range of 20 colours to choose from, including neon shades for a particularly vibrant effect. What’s more, they’re really practical for beginners and advanced crafters alike, because each of the edding textile sets – blues/greens, reds or assorted base colours – gives you five perfectly colour-coordinated shades at your fingertips.

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

Step-by-step

Step 1

Wash the fabric before you start decorating, leave to dry and iron to remove any creases. Gather all your materials. You can see everything you need at a glance in our photo. To ensure the ink doesn’t go through the fabric, insert the cardboard inside the T-shirt.

Step 2

It’s a good idea to prepare a stencil using your favourite font and place it under the fabric so it shows through. You can then use a textile marker or textile pen to trace directly over the motif. Alternatively, you can draw the wording faintly in pencil, as shown here.

Step 3

Go over it with a textile pen in the colour of your choice (we opted for black).

Step 4

Next, colour in the letters using the black edding textile marker.

Step 5

Now add whatever extra touches or decorations you like with the textile pen.

Step 6

Once you’ve finished drawing, we recommend you iron the design to heat-set the fabric ink. Your T-shirts will then be able to withstand wash cycles up to 60°C.