Last Minute Solar Eclipse T-shirt Project

It’s not too late to make a DIY Solar Eclipse T-shirt. What Solar Eclipse? the one that is all over the internet in a mammoth amount of hype.

This Solar Eclipse t-shirt tutorial is so easy you can literally make it in 10 mins.

This looks best on a black t-shirt but any dark color will work, just use what you have.

Start by cutting out a cardboard circle the size of the moon you would like on your t-shirt.

You will need red, orange, yellow and white Fabric paints. If you do not plan on washing this t-shirt (throwing it out after Monday) you can just use Acrylic paints.

Start by placing the cardboard circle on the centre of the shirt, then using a flat brush flick out the paint from the cardboard out all the way around the edges. Next do the same thing with the orange and then again with the yellow. The reason you use the dark colors first is that so they provide a base for the lighter color as you build it up.

Finally the white, for the white pain you can flick it out or run a thin line around the outside of the circle as shown in the photo.

That’s it! Let it dry and you have an amazing Solar Eclipse DIY t-shirt.

Thanks to Kim for sharing her amazing photo.

Check out other solar eclipse activities for kids.

I’ve done embroidery on paper before and it’s a lot of fun. You can use a needle to punch out a particular shape to stitch, or my favorite thing is to take a copy of an old photograph or a page from a magazine and add stitched details to the original picture.

One thing I haven’t tried but would also be fun to do is cross stitching on paper.

This is a technique that requires a fair amount of preparation because you need to find a pattern you can easily transfer and print it at actual size, then use the pattern itself to help you decide where to put the holes in your paper. And then after all that you can do your stitching.

It’s a pretty straightforward process, but Crewel Ghoul has a great tutorial that walks you through how to do it step by step. It even includes a sample pattern you can print out and try for practice.

The post also has tips for starting and finishing your threads so that the back looks as neat as it can, if that’s something that’s important to you. (When I have done embroidery on paper I usually just tape the thread end to the back. If the back were going to show I’d probably just cover it with more paper.)

Stitching on paper is a fun way to make bookmarks or greeting cards, but you also need to make sure your paper is thick enough to support the holes you’ll be making in it. This post has a good rundown of materials you’ll need and what kind of paper is best. She used watercolor paper but I’ve used card stock and scrapbook paper that was a little thicker than the average printer paper.

You can always test a little on the paper you’re considering to make sure it will stand up to the project.

Check out the post, which includes a video, over at Crewel Ghoul for more tips for cross stitching on paper. Is this something you’ve tried before? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]

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