Last Minute Parade Shirts

On Monday, one of my kids asked me if I was going to make "parade" shirts this year, meaning a patriotic shirt. It wasn't really in my plans, but I figured it wouldn't take too long to make one shirt. But then I realized, I couldn't just make a shirt for one child, that wouldn't be fair. Instead, I got to make 6 parade shirts! I couldn't find 6 shirts in the same color, so I got 2 red, 2 blue, and 2 gray shirts. Then, I came up with a design that would work with all the colors and was gender neutral.

This is a three color design using red, white, and blue heat transfer vinyl.  I started by placing the three layers on the shirt to get an idea of where the design should go.

I took off the red and blue and centered the white and pressed it into place.

Next, I added the red over the top of the white.

I finished it off with the blue.

Then, I repeated those steps 5 more times and ended up with some pretty cool "parade" shirts.

I even got to teach a quick history lesson when some of my kids asked why it said 1776.

I hope you all had a great 4th of July!

Come back on Friday to get the digital file to make your own (next year)!

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