A favourite craft party activity
   and our top seller at KidzCraft

  Great idea for a children's
  birthday party, perfect for a
  summer garden party too! 

• Cover your table with a good large plastic table cover, alternatively use the floor but cover with paper not a plastic sheet as this may be slippy.
• Make sure there is enough space for all the children to work in, its difficult to get creative if you are cramped
• Lay out all the fabric paints, fabric marker pens, paint brushes, sponges, water pots and kitchen roll along the centre of the table so everyone can reach them easily.
• Use paint palettes and decant fabric paint which makes it easier for kids to use lots of colours
• Sponge painting gives a great effect on cotton t-shirts (but it will use more paint up than brushing)
• Rinse and dry brushes between colours
• You need to put some card inside the t-shirt to stretch is out to make flat and also to stop colours running through to the back or front which you are working on. 
  An excellent tip is to save up empty cereal packets or ask all the children to bring one along to the party with them.

TIPS on getting the kids creative:

• Provide the kids with lots of colour choices in the fabric paints,  pens and also 3D pens
• Experiment with different methods e.g. brushes, sponges, stamps or fingers
• Stencils either bought or homemade out of card e.g. shapes, animals, letters
• Print out some great templates from the internet, there are some great A4 colouring sheets you can use which gives the kids lots of theme ideas
  Place the A4 sheet inside the t-shirt and then the kids can draw over the lines to create their picture and then paint and colour inside the lines 
• Offer some cool embellishements for that extra bling e.g. jewels, fabric shapes or ribbons

T-shirt painting can be done in the house or the garden in the summer, so its a great summer birthday party idea!