Here’s a great craft for older kids and teens to show off their creativity and bring new life to boring clothes. Try your hand at bleach pen altering!
Victoria made this lovely shirt from an old peach t-shirt of mine that I was going to donate.
She put a layer of waxed paper inside the shirt (to prevent bleach soaking through to the other side) and laid the shirt flat, then drew a freehand design on the shirt and put it aside to dry completely before washing (do this in a well ventilated room).
She had so much fun that she altered a ton of other clothing she scrounged up, from colored undies (peace signs were added in back!) to shirts and socks.
This could be done with younger kids if a parent does the actual bleach pen work, since bleach is very caustic.
For young kids, have them draw the design with chalk, then have a parent go over it with the pen.
Want to see some inspiration from others? Here’s a google image search of all sorts of great designs others have done. Fun!
I love the way that shirt turned out! I might have to try out a bleach pen with my daughters. Thanks for the cool idea.