We've Got New Shirts!

I posted about this turkey shirt last week and have since gotten myself organized to finally make it over the weekend.  After Riley got a peek at it, he wanted me to make him one, but I can't see a 6 1/2 yr. old boy walking around with this shirt on and not getting beat up, so I made him a different shirt so he'd feel included.

Here's Kendall's Turkey Shirt:

The feathers are made from tracings of her hands.  A plus is that this shirt required NO SEWING!  Unfortunately, she's been trying to feed her turkey at meal times...It's gotten pretty dirty and she freaked when I had to take it off to wash it...She's even slept in it!

This is what I created for Riley:

He really wanted a turkey shirt of some type and I had a different idea in mind for him, but the more I thought about it, it didn't make sense to spend the time or money...He wears uniforms to school everyday so he would only be able to wear his shirt when he's home or on weekends.  Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away so once turkey day has come and gone, it would hang in his closet collecting dust.  The boy loves lizards (and all things reptile) so I made him this shirt from a freezer paper stencil.  I cut the stencil on my cricut and then ironed the paper to his shirt and painted the stencil with some brown fabric paint and voila...a new shirt for my boy that he can wear all winter long!

Wait till you see what I have in mind for Christmas shirts this year!  Last year was freezer paper stenciled snowflakes...Even better ideas swirling around in my head for this year!  Stay tuned!