Hey, remember back in July I said I was featured on Cheerios and Lattes?  I had made an uber-cute fireworks print teeshirt for Jayna, and guest-posted the tutorial on MacKenzie’s site.  Well, I realized that I never did post it on my site.  And although I’m sure every. single. one. of. you. went to Cheerios and Lattes to check it out, I figured I might as well post it on here again in case anyone was looking for Labor Day ideas, or wanting to get a super jump start on next summer.

You could also very easily use blue, white and silver paint to make the same shirt look like snowflakes!

I am also participating in a contest this week for creative family projects.  And so I thought this would also be a good one for that!  Click on the picture below to check out some of the other entries.

So without further ado: My 4th of July Tee shirt Tutorial Post

Since turning three this year, we have found that my daughter Jayna is starting to truly get into holidays.  She wants to know all about them, and participate in any way she can.  So this year, I started looking for a patriotic project that she could help out with.  Her little sister, Amelia has a bunch of patriotic outfits in her closet, so we decided to make Jayna a shirt of her own.  It all started with a blank tee-shirt, some paint, and a couple of pipe cleaners!

 So simple!

Once we perfected our technique, we decided to make some patriotic decor for the outside of our home.  So I found a spare piece of white fabric and we painted it outside.

 We did find that the more we used the pipe cleaners, the more they kind of bent out of shape, but pushing down on each when printing did the trick.  And the more imperfect they were, the better!

Amelia cheered us on from the grass! {And yes, she is in one of her 6 patriotic outfits!!)

After layering the red, blue and then white, we set it out to dry.

After it was dry, I cut the fabric into triangles and sewed them onto a long piece of ribbon.

And then Jayna and I hung it outside on our porch.  It added a little patriotic flare to our house {until we can get our American Flag up!}

What are you doing to decorate for the summer?

Shara is mom to Jayna {3} and Amelia {10 months}, wife to Dave and blogs over at Palmettos and Pigtails.  She used to be a teacher and wedding planner, but now her passions are her kids, crafting, and indulging in some Bravo!  Check out the baby stuff she makes at www.etsy.com/shop/palmettosandpigtails or go read her blog to find out more about her humble little Southern Life!