How to make personalized tea towels using your child’s artwork and fabric markers. Give a meaningful, handmade gift to grandma this year.
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Supplies for making Personalized Tea Towels
- White flour sack towels
- fabric markers in assorted colors
- A copy of your child’s artwork
Tutorial
In a perfect world, I would have had my daughter draw on the tea towel directly. But, at age 5, she quickly became frustrated with the fabric slipping, and wanted to move on to more exciting craft projects.
So… I had her draw a few Christmas trees on paper, which I then used to trace onto the towels. Since the towels are pretty thin, this was easy to do. I just slid her drawing under the towel, and carefully traced in green fabric pen.
I think Grandma is going to love her new handmade tea towel!
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DIY Personalized Tea Towel With Kids Artwork
How to make personalized tea towels using your child’s artwork and fabric markers. Give a meaningful, handmade gift to grandma this year.
Materials
- White flour sack towels
- fabric markers in assorted colors
- A copy of your child’s artwork
Instructions
- In a perfect world, I would have had my daughter draw on the tea towel directly. But, at age 5, she quickly became frustrated with the fabric slipping, and wanted to move on to more exciting craft projects.
- So… I had her draw a few Christmas trees on paper, which I then used to trace onto the towels. Since the towels are pretty thin, this was easy to do. I just slid her drawing under the towel, and carefully traced in green fabric pen.
- Feel free to let your kids draw and doodle however they like. Or get crafty yourself and draw your own winter scene.
These towels are ADORABLE!!! Where did you buy the blank towels to work with??
That was a really clever idea to use your daughter’s drawings as a stencil for the towel. Then it looks like it’s from her, but also has an elegance at the same time. Beautiful!
This project looks sooo adorable, I love it! I’m definitely going to give this a try – very beautiful and creative.