Over the years, my kids have become numb to the weird and wondrous stuff that leaves my studio. They know, with a little smile and a hug, that I'll turn the studio upside down to create whatever their aspiring art director hearts desire. Sucker! Well, the prince of pop, Justin Bieber was coming to town and my daughter's studio wish list was submitted for my consideration. "Oh, Dad...I don't want to ask for too much, but do you think you can make me a T-shirt and a sign?," she asked with a smile. "I promised my friends you would make them some too!," she slipped in at the end. Sucker!
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| Cut up t-shirts |
What's a dad to do? Get busy of course! For the t-shirts we cut up the lower part of Bieber purple t-shirts and knotted them to create a fringed look. I had recently acquired a
Silhouette cutting system, so I thought I'd put it to task cutting out her text of choice to use as a reversed stencil, which was Belieber #1. Placing the stencil on the shirt acts as a mask for the fabric spray paint.
With a few coats of
Simply Spray's stencil spray, the purple was covered. Peeling the stencil revealed the purple shirt color underneath.
She wanted signs to catch the attention of the local radio station, who was giving away seat upgrades. If she and her two friends each had a part of the sign then for sure they'd upgrade all three of their tickets.
For the signs, I cut out the stations logo in black foam core in two sizes. One was covered with glue and glittered black and silver. The other was coated in purple. Sandwiched in between the layers, I duct taped little battery operated LED lights. Her favorite part was using two print outs of Mr. Bieber's face as the centers of the zeros.
Decked out in their Bieber wares, holding their flashy signs did the trick! They caught the attention of the pop star reviewing the crowd from above.
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| Justin Bieber gives the girls two thumbs up. |
As for the seat upgrades, well... the radio station was only upgrading tickets from the upper levels to the floor, which they already had. Oh well... they we're rewarded by catching his attention and receiving the two thumbs up from the purple pop star.
She and her friends had a great time. Which makes it all worthwhile. Now, if only I could get the purple super fans to help clean up the whirlwind of glitter that's everywhere in the studio and wedged in the "blood, sweat and tears" paper cut I gave myself wrestling the lights onto the foam core.
Thank you Justin Bieber for the opportunity to bond with my girl, her friends and sport bits of purple glitter. I guess if you can be the purple pop-star, I can be the purple glittered craft dad.
What kind of extraordinary crafty things have you created to make your kids happy?
