Designed to a T!

Try your hand at designing your own T-shirt, just like some Compassion-assisted children in Peru.

Printable: T-shirt Templates Download Print

Adult help needed. Draw a design on contact paper or adhesive vinyl paper. Or print a design from your photos or the internet in black and white, and staple it onto contact paper.
Using a utility knife, cut out the pattern on top of a cutting board, as if you were tracing it. This makes your stencil.

Peel your stencil and place the sticky side on the T-shirt. You can also use masking tape to secure your stencil.
Place a piece of cardboard inside your T-shirt behind the stencil, to prevent paint from bleeding.
Using a sponge brush, apply fabric paint to the cut-out areas of your stencil. If you place additional cardboard around your stencil to protect it, use fabric spray paint instead.
Allow the paint to dry. Then peel off your stencil.
Your T-shirt is ready for wearing!

Adult help needed. Draw a design on contact paper or adhesive vinyl paper. Or print a design from your photos or the internet in black and white, and staple it onto contact paper.
Using a utility knife, cut out the pattern on top of a cutting board, as if you were tracing it. This makes your stencil.

Peel your stencil and place the sticky side on the T-shirt. You can also use masking tape to secure your stencil.
Place a piece of cardboard inside your T-shirt behind the stencil, to prevent paint from bleeding.
Using a sponge brush, apply fabric paint to the cut-out areas of your stencil. If you place additional cardboard around your stencil to protect it, use fabric spray paint instead.
Allow the paint to dry. Then peel off your stencil.
Your T-shirt is ready for wearing!

Supplies

Adult help needed. Draw a design on contact paper or adhesive vinyl paper. Or print a design from your photos or the internet in black and white, and staple it onto contact paper.
Using a utility knife, cut out the pattern on top of a cutting board, as if you were tracing it. This makes your stencil.

Peel your stencil and place the sticky side on the T-shirt. You can also use masking tape to secure your stencil.
Place a piece of cardboard inside your T-shirt behind the stencil, to prevent paint from bleeding.
Using a sponge brush, apply fabric paint to the cut-out areas of your stencil. If you place additional cardboard around your stencil to protect it, use fabric spray paint instead.
Allow the paint to dry. Then peel off your stencil.
Your T-shirt is ready for wearing!