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For our last 2 trips I've created t-shirts for our group to wear to the parks (for a day or two), sometimes with help from other WDW enthusiasts who designed the t-shirts for me and sent me the artwork. (I do not have the right programs to design on my computer).
In the past I've had help with two designs (which then I've ironed on). I've also made Mickey Head tye dyes, and have done zebra print Mickey Head tanks for my DD's to wear to AK.
These shirts are always a big hit ... even with my DDad and MIL (Who I thought, truth be told, would take some talking into wearing them. Not the case ... MIL even wears hers at home outside of the WDW bubble. My DDad "keeps his nice" hanging in his closet for the next visit to WDW ).
I've got to make a shirt for everyone this time too. It's a must. (And quite honestly a fun way to have some pre-trip magic and expend some of that WDW energy, rather than worrying about FP+ and if I made the right choices with ADR's ... LOL).
So, tell me ... do you make t-shirts and WDW "wear?" If so ... what have you done in the past? What's worked? What hasn't? I need a little inspiration ...
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I do - and that's actually what I did on Tuesday of this week for our August trip. I have some designs that a fellow PPer made for me (but sadly I haven't seen her on the boards in quite some time). I have a bunch of Disney movie reward things that I've turned into t-shirts (some have been iron on's but I've modified by adding signatures). A few other ones I've made by searching for free images and/or wallpapers online (making sure to leave the copyright information on it). If you need visiuals, I can upload the photos I took of the shirts, make a thread and throw a link in here.
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I have done more than my fair share of Mickey head tye dye shirt and a bunch of transfers. I recently saved another shirt idea to my computer that I want to try.
I've done something similar. The first time I just found some iron ons in the craft store. The second time, I did "Team Mickey" shirts. I found the iron on letters at the craft store.
some of the ones I made this year are the same but others are different
These are very cute! Thanks for sharing.
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I have done more than my fair share of Mickey head tye dye shirt and a bunch of transfers. I recently saved another shirt idea to my computer that I want to try.
I found the Mickey Head tye dye that I did to be a giant pain. They came out cute, but not exactly as I hoped. And what a mess!
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I've done something similar. The first time I just found some iron ons in the craft store. The second time, I did "Team Mickey" shirts. I found the iron on letters at the craft store.
I don't think I'm doing anything for this trip.
For now this shirt idea is just an idea. We'll see if it actually comes to fruition. I may not end up doing any for this trip either ...
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I've done Zazzle shirts for use several times. Sometimes I do a theme "Star Wars" or "The Incredibles" instead of exact matching shirts. I've also done some that are similar style shirts (like a ringer Tshirt) with different characters on them. As my kids got older they liked exact matching shirts less.
I went the lazy route! I order matching T-shirts (DS could wear adult size at the time) and just added our name to the back. DH didn't really want to wear it but he did. Sometimes the Disney Store has the same design and adult and kid size.
I'm very crafty so I love making shorts! I found a lot of neat ideas on Pinterest for our last trip And we come up with our own! We did Christmasy shirts this last trip and made a Mickey wreath with fabric paint.
PS- if you go to the blog, click the pics to enlarge them
The tie dye ones are cool but messy. Some of ours came out good, but some a little wacky I love making our own stencils and using fabric paint to do something cool. I think my fav from this last trip was the masking tape tie dye. Those were super simple. We did the tie dye part and then made a stencil of a Mickey head and painted it on the shirts.
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Terrific shirt ideas!! They're so cute and creative!
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Only once did we take the time to do matching clothes. We bought Disney t-shirts from the Disney Store in the appropriate sizes. No having to deal with making a design or iron-ons. After that trip, the family said they didn't want to do that again. Once was enough. (We did it two days of seven).
Wow. These are great designs. Stephanie and Rachel ... thanks for sharing your ideas and know-how. All of these ideas were creative and looked great, but I have to confess that I am bummed that I don't have a little one that could wear the Mickey Mouse crochet hat! It is soooo cute!
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