The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays of the year.
I love getting together with family and friends and celebrating America by waving the good old stars and stripes. Recognizing the birth of our nation every year is important, and I always like to get in the spirit by decorating the house and wearing patriotic clothing. So when I saw this easy DIY project to create the perfect Fourth of July outfits, I knew I'd be making these.
I found this simple and inexpensive project on Keidra LeJeune's blog. Using only spray paint, paper, painters tape, and a plain white T-shirt, Keidra made cute summer clothes that are great to wear on the 4th to a party or parade, because they look just like an American flag!
Keidra makes really cute tank tops, but I think I would probably make mine into regular tees. Either way, these are easy-to-make and are the perfect way to celebrate in true red, white, and blue style. Will you be making these DIY clothes? Let us know in the comments.
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To kick off her Fourth of July shirts, Keidra made sure she had red and blue spray paint to go with her white tee. She writes that the shirt you use should be "one size larger than you normally wear (unless you like them really tight)."
Keidra cut out 11 stars and arranged them in the upper corner of the shirt. She printed her stars out from the computer, but you can also just cut them freehand.
Keidra then turned the stars over and taped them to the shirt using rolled up tape. Depending on how big you want your stars section to be, you can adjust the amount of stars you use.
Keidra used painter's tape because it is easy to remove from the shirt and is perfect for creating the stripes in the flag.
She began applying the painter's tape in strips, leaving gaps between them for the stripes. She says not to worry because "they don't have to be perfect!"
Once her stripes were in place, she used two longer strips of painter's tape to create a box around the stars section. Then it was time for the fun part!
Covering the stripe portions with paper, Keidra spray painted the box of stars blue. "I used paper to put on the inside of the shirt so it doesn't soak through. Also used paper to cover up the parts I didn't want the other paint on."
She then swapped the paper so it covered the box of stars and spray painted the stripes section red. Keidra applied a second coat after a few hours. Once everything was dry, she pulled off all of the tape and paper stars.
And the next day, Keidra had a red, white, and blue flag shirt for July 4th. She decided to cut hers into a tank top, but you can be creative with this. With this patriotic shirt, you'll be the hit of this year's parade!
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