2 Gifts - Under $10

Avrie had a birthday party to go to last weekend. It was a double birthday party at that...a brother and sister share the same birthday (1 year apart exactly!) so they both celebrated their birthday's with a Star Wars theme...they both are big fans. Avrie was obviously a guest of the young boy, but he wanted to give them both a gift since he's friends with both of them. He is such a sweet boy. Anyway, for the gifts, he decided he wanted me to make them each a shirt with their favorite Star Wars hero silhouette on them.

First, I had to buy the t-shirts...I went to Target and got them both, gender appropriate, white t-shirts for $4.00 each! Great price! Then, we had to find pictures of these heroes (Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi) online to trace a silhouette. Here are the ones he chose...this is after I copied and pasted them to Word and then made them the desired size, printed them, and cut them out. He also used these to decorate the cards he made for them.

Here is the boy's shirt with Anakin Skywalker...Avrie chose red fabric because it is his friends favorite color. For both shirts, I just traced the above figures onto the fabric, cut them out (again), and then stuck the fabric figures to pieces of steam-a-seam and cut them out one last time :o) Then it was easy cheesie from there. I placed them where I wanted them on the shirts and ironed...presto!...they are permanently adhered to the shirts.

Here is the girl's shirt with her favorite hero, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Her favorite color is sky blue so Avrie picked this fabric out for hers...if you look closely, you can see that the fabric is even girly...it has little flowers all over it.

There you have it....two gifts under $10.00! The only thing I had to spend money on was the t-shirts...totaling $8.00 for both and the rest of the supplies I had on hand (small piece of fabric and a sheet of steam-a-seam). I enjoyed making them and Avrie enjoyed giving them. It was sweet to see him be so aware of others and their interests, enough to make them a personalized gift. It was fun to help him make his ideas come to life.