As you can tell I absolutely love being creative and making everything my kids want (and things they don’t know they want!). The only problem is, I don’t want to lose time with the kids while I am off using my Cricut to make custom items for them so I have started to incorporate my son helping on projects that are for him. So when he asks for a monkey on his shirt, we can design it together!
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Picking the Design in Design Space:
- Pull up design space, search for the image and let your kiddo choose the image! (I usually filter the results to make sure he is choosing an appropriate one)
- Once you have selected an image then ask your child to choose what shirt they want it on
TIP: I have started buying blanks from a wholesale vendor (one in each color) as it is cheaper than plain color from popular stores and it makes for the perfect base
Choosing the Colours:
- This is one of my sons favourite parts! I like to take him over to the drawer with all of my HTV and he can choose the colours he wants the image to be.
- I usually refer back to the image on the computer and the shirt color to help him understand what he is asking for.
Prepping the Materials/Cutting:
Iron on (AKA snack and watch time)
- I usually pull over a chair so he can watch/have a snack while I do this part.
- As I place the design I will ask where exactly he wants it on the shirt.
- I talk about the different colours we are using and how they layer to make the image
- The HTV I use is cool peel, so once it is fully cool I let him peel off the transfer sheet which he loves doing!
I absolutely love spending time crafting with my son and he gets so creative with what he wants it is adorable. Do you incorporate your kids into your Cricut world?
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Happy Crafting!
Jo
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