DIY: Stenciled Ghost T-Shirt

October 31, 2012

Add a little spook to your child’s wardrobe this Halloween. If you don’t have a Halloween costume, this Stenciled Ghost T-Shirt makes a great last-minute cotume option. Make this cool craft today!

Supplies:

black t-shirt
freezer paper (find this at the grocery store next to waxed paper)
white opaque fabric paint
foam brush
iron
exacto knife
Print-out of this Ghost PDF
paper towels
masking tape
mat board

Instructions:

Step 1: Tape the print-out onto a piece of freezer paper.

Step 2: On a mat cutting board, carefully cut out the outline of the ghost shape with your exacto knife through both pieces of paper.

Step 3: After the outline is cut out, cut out the eyes and set those aside. FYI: These separate eyes technically don’t make it a stencil but they’re easy enough to iron on separately.

Step 4: Toss the printer paper but keep the freeze paper ghost.

Step 5: Place the freezer paper stencil where you’d like it on your t-shirt, shiny side down. Iron it on using circular motions. Make certain it’s completely adhered to the shirt.

Step 6: Take the small eyes you cut out and iron those on to the spot you’d like inside the ghost.

Step 7: Place paper towels or napkins underneath the top layer of the t-shirt to prevent paint from bleeding through.

Step 8: Using your foam brush, apply white fabric paint to the inside of the stencil.

Step 9: You’ll need to do a couple of coats at least, depending on the opaqueness of your paint. In between coats you can apply a cool blow dryer to speed up drying. Each layer should dry to the touch in about 5 minutes.

Step 10: Once you’re satisfied with the result and the paint is dry, you can tear off the freezer paper, including the eyes.

BOO! You’re done!

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Born and raised a New Yorker, but now happy to call the fairytale city of San Francisco home with her husband and son, Liz blogs daily about beautiful things and creations over at Say Yes when she's not digging for treasures at local thrift stores, working on a new craft, or picnicing in Golden Gate Park. On the weekends, she loves to spend time with her outdoors enthusiast family, traveling and backpacking through the West's mountains and deserts.