making my own disney t-shirt
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Marv · 12-30-2003, 08:29 AM

DS1 loves Donald Duck so I am surprising him with the character breakfast in AK which has Donald at it. I just read a TR that stated character interaction is pretty limited. I'd like him to have the possibility of a little more interaction with Donald by having him wear a t-shirt that features Donald. I went online to the Disney catalog and only Donald shirts are for men.

Does anyone know how to make a t-shirt featuring Donald? The Disney iron on transfer kits I've seen are pretty generic. Could I buy a blank t-shirt transfer and somehow get a picture of Donald to copy on it? If so, I don't know where to get that picture of Donald. Any ideas would be appreciated!

kaymeg · 12-30-2003, 08:45 AM

Great Idea!! I like to use the search engine Google.. and then they have a tab called pictures.. put in DS1's favorite, Donald Duck and it will bring up several different options. Then just cut and paste to a program for your iron-on.. and print! Good Luck! He will Love it!

mickeydreamer · 12-30-2003, 11:23 AM

I just made matching tee shirts for my group for our trip in January. I bought blank white tee shirts and transfer paper at a craft store. Then I downloaded clip art of Mickey and the Gang from the internet and also made a copy of a quote I wanted to use in a Word document. Then I included each person's first name, the date of our trip and the words 'WDW'. I printed everything out on the transfer paper and put the quote and the clip art centered on the front of the shirt. I put the smaller three items around the neck of the shirt. They came out great and they only cost around $5 each! Good luck.

**WillCAD** · 12-30-2003, 12:48 PM

Simple as can be!

1. Go to this web site:
Disney Clipart Galore!
and go to the Donald Duck page. It has lots of great images of Donald.

2. Save the images to your computer. Click on one you like to get the full-size image on your screen, then right-click on the full-size image and click "Save image as" Then save it to someplace on your computer, making sure to note where you save it.

3. Put the clipart into a Microsoft Word document (or Word Perfect or MS Publisher or whatever you have) and arrange it till you like the size and position of the images and any text you want to put on it. Print test copies on regular paper to see what the will look like.

4. Get yourself a blank t-shirt (white works best) and some inkjet iron-on transfers from Best Buy, Circuit City, Office Depot, etc. Any place that sells computer printer supplies will carry inkjet iron-on transfers.

5. Follow the instructions that come with the transfers to print and iron on your masterpiece.

Some tips: Don't make the images or any text you want to put on the shirt smaller than about 2". The iron-on transfers make the image slightly fuzzy from the heat, so bigger is better. But you also have to keep it small enough to fit on a single sheet of printer paper.

Keep the images dead-center when you iron them onto the shirt. Have DS put on the blank shirt first to get an idea of where the image will look best.

Take some pictures and keep some notes as you go, so you can both share the experience with us, and so you can do it again later if others in the family want thier own shirts!

**LilMarcieMouse** · 12-30-2003, 01:53 PM

I buy avery iron On's that I can create my own transfer from My Disney Creations PC CD and print it out on my printer. Make sure if you have a table with one side near a wall to have him sit on the out side near the walk way. Other wise it would be hard to get them to visit the inside. Ok this happend to me with my Mouse and I don't want him to be upset. Good Luck.

Marv · 12-30-2003, 05:10 PM

This place is the BEST!!!

Kaymeg, I've never "googled". I'm going to try that next! I need sme additional pics to make him an autograph book, with Donald on the front, of course.

Mickey dreamer, thanks for the price information. I was hoping I could do it cheaply.

WillCad, excellent easy to follow instructions. I'll definitely take pictures and post. I'll burn them onto CD's, now that you taught me how to do that!

Marcie, thanks for the seating advice. I would have never thought of that. DS would be crushed if his idol Donald didn't interact with him.

I can't wait to see what I can do about a t-shirt for him!

AnnaT · 12-31-2003, 06:25 PM

Which transfer paper is the best? I've done this in the past for other events and the image hasn't ever held up in the wash.

Thanks,

Atotty

**LilMarcieMouse** · 01-01-2004, 09:42 PM

I use Avery Ink Jet T-Shirt Iron ons, The Number is 3271, They work very well and seem to hold up in the wash like any Iron on you would by in a T-shirt shop. Rember thoose in the 80's.