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| I saw on the one topic some of you have said about using stamps on the shirts--Since we always let are older children tyedye their shirts we thought it be cute to let the younger kids stamp theirs--I have done this before but it's been atleast 10 years and I have NO clue what type of paint and/or if we mixed it with anything?? Thanks for the help! Blessings, Jenn in PA
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| Posted 6/12/2007 5:44:44 PM |
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For Serengeti Trek we used regular ink pads (bought them at Hobby Lobby because we wanted BIG ones) and they worked great. Very clean lines, unlike paint, and no mess. Dried almost instantly too!
Pictures taken on vacation at Lake Junaluska, NC.
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| Posted 6/12/2007 7:18:06 PM |
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| We have used acyrlic paints but I like Peggy's idea better about the stamp pads. The paint was messy and you had to worry about the kids getting it on their clothes. Melissa - NY
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| Posted 6/12/2007 8:11:01 PM |
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| I do like Peggy's idea better, but obviously you have to use light colored shirts. I just used Tulip Glitter Fabric paint (silver) to stamp Sheriff badges on the front of Maroon shirts being used by the Crew leaders for a friends VBS. They came out nice, but I definitely would be hesitant to use fabric paint with stamps and kids. Unless of course it was done in an assembly line were they dip stamp and slide down. I wonder how permanent is the ink pads? I just looked at them again. The ones that are almost dry look much better than the freshly painted ones. OK I'm not as nervous that my friend won't like them. 
 
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| Posted 6/18/2007 2:57:31 PM |
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We have decided to use fabric paint and instead of doing stamps, we are going to make stencils to lay on the shirt. I have a laminator so I am going to try and laminate them so that they will last longer. We thought we would make a horseshoe, cactus, cowboy hat, boot, etc. You know anything western. I guess I started this trend last year. We bought shirts and most of the VBS crews made the sun with handprints for Fiesta, but because I was too busy to do mine that night, I cut a stencil out of a lizard and just traced it with fabric paint. It worked well and everyone had such a fit over it that we have decided to do all of the shirts this way this year . Our training workshop is 06/23/2007 and all volunteers will get to make their own shirt that night. Just thought I would throw this in there. Jini
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| Posted 6/21/2007 12:06:47 PM |
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| We've always used fabric paint with all ages - just make sure you have a bunch of old men's button down s to go over their clothes. They had a blast doing it and the results have lasted as much as 4 years on one of my shirts.
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| Posted 7/19/2007 3:29:18 PM |
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| We have stamped shirts for about 5 years and use inexpensive acrylic paint mixed with textile medium (found at Hobby Lobby or other craft stores). It works great and is permanent when heat set according to the directions on the bottle of textile medium. The kids love doing it! We mix the paint ahead of time in squeeze bottles and dole it out as needed onto plastic plates. The kids apply the paint to foam stamps using one inch foam brushes. The paint and stamps stay on one table and the kids spread their shirts out on all the others. The rule is that the brushes stay with the plate so colors don't get mixed. Even the preschoolers do very well. Mixing our own paints is much less expensive than buying readymade textile paints. The kids wear their shirts for the program on Friday night. Hope this information helps!
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