Old 06-28-2011, 05:21 PM
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Janquiltz
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For all of you with younger grandchildren - Buy regular undershirts wash/dry (no fabric softener)and press, and then iron the freezer paper to the inside front of the shirt. Find some coloring pages free on-line, use a light box, and a thin permanent pen (I use Sakura .1 or .3 - for bolder lines use a .5. Let the grandchildren do their own coloring with the crayons- even the 3 yr olds :-) but Grandma or Mom or another adult should do the heat set. Put a brown bag or newsprint paper on the ironing board and with the shirt coloring side down press with a dry iron until no color or wax shows on the paper. Explain that with washing the colors will fade a little, and encourage the children to color a little heavier than normal. Did this with my grandchildren with ages 3 yrs to about 10 or 11. The older ones chose more "adult" patterns to color. They all had fun for a few hours and couldn't wait to put their new shirts on! PS - Back in the early 1950's I can remember my Mom tracing and coloring huge peacocks on to tan burlap panels. They were so beautiful and the panels were made in to floor to ceiling curtains.
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