Eclipse Shirts

 Just a couple of days before the Eclipse, one of my Sister-in Laws posted a tutorial on how to make t-shirts that had the image of the eclipse on them. They looked really nice so I decided that we should make some for our epic trip to the range of totality. They were really easy to make, we had lots of fun, and everyone loved how their shirts came out. 

 First thing we did was protect our work space and gather all of our supplies.

We needed: 
Acrylic Paint(purple, red, orange, yellow and white.)
Sponge Brushes
A tooth brush or stiff bristled paint brush for making "stars"
small paper dessert plates
double-sided tape
cardboard for inside shirts

Everyone taped their plate down on their shirts. I used the brush to make stars on everyone's shirts since flinging of paint was involved and I really didn't want paint all over the house.

All the kids began to paint their shirts using each of the colors of the paint to make it look like space. First using purple(we mixed red and blue) was painted in the widest ring how ever far out they wanted to go(some chose not to use purple).

 Then red was used. We chose to paint most of the colors before each dried so that their was quite a bit of blending of colors. Some chose to wait between colors to see more contrast between colors.

Orange was next in a smaller ring and then yellow was used barely on the outside.

We let the shirts dry a bit and some of the kids added more color. After the shirts dried for about an hour, we removed the paper plate and I edged each of the shirts with a white ring. 

Because there was not enough space at the table I waited to do Matt's shirt and my shirt...Of course, I got distracted and forgot to tape the plate down before I made the "stars" and our shirts had a bit of star matter in the center of our eclipse. I mostly fixed it with black paint, but it still showed through. So remembering the plate before the "stars" is a huge step.