Art: Color Spray Science!!

        I found this really fun looking project on Pinterest, and I just had to do it with the boys! They had a few extra plain white t-shirts laying around that are starting to get on the small side, so I figured at least if we decorate them, they'll get some use! So far the boys have wanted to wear them two days in a row so I'd say that's a win for the Mom team there... lol. Anyway, it was super fun and they loved it. We just got two plain t-shirts, and stuck a file folder (that's all I had...haha...a bigger piece of cardboard would have been nice so there was no bleed through to the back...but oh well) between the front and back of the shirt so that the marker youre writing on the front doesn't bleed through to the back. Like I said before, I wish I would've had a bigger piece of something to put between the layers since some marker bleed through happened on the edges of where the folder was, but it only bothered me, not them. We got out the permanent markers we have and let them draw whatever they wanted! When they were done, we just sprayed the shirts down with rubbing alcohol so all the colors spread out and set it, then let it air dry (in our case with the help of a fan...we're impatient..haha). Then we washed it on cold in the washing machine and dried them on medium in the dryer and they were good to go! Of course my models make them extra cute... ;-).

Here's the link to the idea:
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/47873/color-spray-science