Hello Eighteen 25 readers! It’s Tammy here from Pink Peppermint Design with a fun and easy DIY project idea for you. 🙂 I was wandering through Michaels a bit ago, and stumbled on this adorable little wood elephant stamp. It was a must have, so into my cart it went. 😉 I have been loving all of the block print fabrics and do it yourself home projects projects I’ve seen all over the internet for the last few months, so I decided to try my hand at stamping up some towels. You can find plain dish towels just about anywhere for under $5, so pick up a cute wood stamp, some fabric paint and some towels, and you’ll be all set for this easy DIY home craft. Tip: You will want to wash your towels before you stamp them so they are ready to accept the fabric paint.
What you will need for this DIY Craft:
- Block Stamp
- Fabric Paint
- A paint brush
- Parchment paper or a paper plate
- Towels
I tried this a few ways and this is what I found to be the easiest: You don’t want the paint to get into the grooves of your stamp, otherwise you won’t get as clean of a print. To help evenly distribute the paint on to the stamp, I simply squirted a blob of paint onto my parchment paper and then spread it out on the parchment using a paintbrush into an even layer just slightly bigger than the stamp. This way, I was able to set my stamp into the paint and it only picked up paint on the surface of the stamp, not in the grooves.
Once you have “inked” your stamp, press it firmly onto your fabric. Make sure to press evenly on the stamp all over the surface so the paint transfers everywhere. Remove the stamp, load it with paint again, and repeat. Continue this process until you have the stamped image everywhere you would like it on your towel. Let the towels dry and you are all set!
What you will need for this DIY Craft:
- Block Stamp
- Fabric Paint
- A paint brush
- Parchment paper or a paper plate
- Towels
I tried this a few ways and this is what I found to be the easiest: You don’t want the paint to get into the grooves of your stamp, otherwise you won’t get as clean of a print. To help evenly distribute the paint on to the stamp, I simply squirted a blob of paint onto my parchment paper and then spread it out on the parchment using a paintbrush into an even layer just slightly bigger than the stamp. This way, I was able to set my stamp into the paint and it only picked up paint on the surface of the stamp, not in the grooves.
Once you have “inked” your stamp, press it firmly onto your fabric. Make sure to press evenly on the stamp all over the surface so the paint transfers everywhere. Remove the stamp, load it with paint again, and repeat. Continue this process until you have the stamped image everywhere you would like it on your towel. Let the towels dry and you are all set!
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