First I searched online for coloring pages of Mickey and baby Minnie mouse. Once I found the ones I wanted I printed them off, placed them under the shirt where I wanted them to go and traced them on the front of the t-shirt with an extra fine point black Sharpie marker. I also placed a thin piece of cardboard between the coloring page and the back of the t-shirt to prevent any bleeding onto the the back of the shirt. When I was done tracing I went over the outline to make the picture a little darker. I also printed of "Disneyland 2012" using a free Disney font I found online (just google free Disney font) and traced the words underneath my pictures. Then I filled in all the black parts with my Sharpie and let them sit overnight so the black ink could dry a bit before I added the color. The next day I colored my t-shirts using Sharpies (you can buy packs of about any color, I found mine at Walmart). Here's what they looked like as I started adding color:
So cute!!! When I added the color the black ink bled a tiny bit, but it gave the shirts a cool, watercolor look. I loved them!!! Here is E's all finished:
And here is my little Z wearing his finished shirt. He loved his shirt so much it was hard to get him out of it!
I seriously love the way they turned out!!! My friend, whose idea this was in the first place, did hers on old colored t-shirts and only used black Sharpies. They also turned out very cute, you can click here to see her finished t-shirts. You can do this with any coloring page you want, not just Disney. My son asked me if I could make him a Spiderman one. If you want to include your kids you can have them do the coloring-in part, either with Sharpies or washable markers. Wouldn't this be a fun birthday party activity? I didn't wash my shirts until we got home, but they've held up under multiple washes since then. So for a very little cost (two cheap t-shirts and some colored Sharpies) I had the perfect t-shirts for the perfect trip to Disneyland.
