Paint Crafts for Baby ClothesI can show you a technique to use that will create cool graphics to make cool baby clothes and hip baby clothing. I came up with this idea while reminiscing my old high school days. I took a graphic arts/printing shop class throughout most of my high school years. In shop class my teacher taught me a way to do DIY screen printing that I could do at home. So I started using this technique on all sorts of surfaces and I was addicted. I made T-shirts, hankies, customized bags, etc...
OK, here's what you will need to get started: Plain baby clothes (a plain onesie, pants, hats, bibs), fabric paints, 8 1/2" by 11" sticker paper, X-acto knife or similar (pen handle with razor knife on end for precision cutting, cool graphic or text.
To keep things simple you will need to choose a graphic with little detail. The more detail in the picture or text, the more difficult it will be for you to duplicate the design on the baby clothes. Try surfing the net for something you might already have in mind, check the free clip-art sites, or create a graphic yourself.Once you have chosen a graphic to paint onto your baby clothes, the next step is to print that graphic or picture onto the sticker paper. Before printing you may want to crop or resize the graphic to fit wherever you will print it. A great free tool to use for this or for creating your own graphic is Paint.net
Cut your make shift stencil from the sticker paper with a space of 2 - 3" all around the graphic. Remove the backing and adhere the sticker onto the baby clothing in the spot you wish to create the painted graphic. You may want to cover the spaces outside of the stencil with rags or paper towels to protect the fabric from any paint messes. Paint inside of the stencil and then remove your sticker stencil from the fabric. Viola! You've used paint crafts for baby clothes to make unique and hip baby clothing. This technique can be used on most any baby clothes. To make funky onesies, or custom baby clothes. Or for baby arts and crafts projects for baby furniture, baby bibs, baby shoes, personalized baby blankets... The possibilities are practically endless!
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After you have printed your graphic onto the plain sticker paper you will need a cutting mat or a surface that you can cut through your paper with the X-acto knife without worrying about damaging the surface underneath. Like a craft table or something similar.