Kids Drawing T-Shirt Transfer

Kids will love putting their own artwork on a t-shirt to wear themselves or to make as a gift!

My daughter loves drawing, and her pictures are hanging up all over the house. She drew a picture of a dog and sighed that she wished she could wear that puppy on a shirt. With a little help from iron-on transfers, we were able to make her fashion dreams come true by transferring her drawing to a t-shirt that she can wear to display her latest piece of art!

To make your own Drawing T-Shirt Transfer, you will need these supplies:

• Handmade Drawing
• Printer
• Iron-On Transfer Sheets or Printable HTV
• White T-Shirt
• Scissors
• Iron or EasyPress

Have your kids draw a picture on white copy paper. Drawings can be of anything you want! My daughter drew this adorable puppy from a Draw So Cute tutorial. I recommend drawing in pencil first, and then trace the lines with a black marker afterwards. This will make the drawing stand out more once it's been printed out. Color in the drawing with colored pencils, crayons, or markers.

Place the drawing face-down on the scanner your printer, or take a photo with your phone. Close the lid and follow the promptings on the printer screen for emailing the scanned image to yourself.

Open the image up on your computer or your mobile device. Crop the image, if needed. Next, be sure to flip the image horizontally, or mirror it so that it’s backwards. This will make your image the right direction when it’s ironed on.

Load the iron-on transfer sheet or printable HTV into the printer and send the image to print. In the settings, be sure to select “Fit to Page” instead of “Fill Page”. This will ensure that your image stays the same size instead of stretching the image to fill an entire sheet.

Use scissors to carefully cut the image out of the iron-on transfer sheet or printable HTV.

Place the the iron-on transfer sheet or printable HTV image-side down where you want the drawing to be on your t-shirt. Heat up an iron or EasyPress and press the drawing onto the shirt. Follow the package directions for best results.

Let the shirt cool for at least one minute. Carefully lift up an edge of the iron-on transfer sheet or printable HTV and slowly peel it away from the shirt to reveal your drawing!

Now your kids can wear their custom shirt and proudly display their artwork! These kinds of shirts would also make great gifts for friends, parents, and grandparents! My daughter loves this shirt, and has worn it everywhere she could.

Hope you have fun creating custom t-shirts featuring your own artwork! If you make your own creations, I would love to see them in action! Share a comment, and tag a photo on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! #AFMcrafts

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