Here's a fun project that will help stretch your school clothes budget!

Why pay outlandish prices for decorator shirts when you can make them, easily, yourself?  Even the artistically challenged among us can make their own tie-dye, or watercolor look designer shirts!

What you will need:

1. 1 plain white cotton t-shirt (I buy mine in 3 packs in the men's section!)
2. Your choice of colors of permanent  fine point markers
3. A small spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol
4. Iron and Ironing Board
5. Rubber stamps (optional)
6. T-shirt board (available at craft stores in a variety of sizes. Choose the one that fits YOUR shirt)

Directions: 

1. Prewash and dry your t-shirt. Don't use fabric softener.
2. Work in a well-ventilated area!
3. Insert the t-shirt board into your shirt. this will keep the ink from bleeding through to the other side.
4. Begin drawing your designs right onto the dry t-shirt (or, color your rubber stamp with the markers and stamp designs onto shirt).
5. Mist the designs with the rubbing alcohol.  The ink begins to spread, creating a "watercolor", or tie-dye effect
6. Let the front of the shirt dry, then turn over and repeat on the back of the shirt.
7. For sleeves, put some paper towel topped aluminum foil between the layers to prevent bleed through.
8. When you are finished, remove your board and foil and  iron your shirt, with a hot, dry iron, for aproximately 4 minutes to set the ink. Keep moving the iron so you don't scorch anything!

Helpful Hints: You can put coloring pages under the shirt, first, and lightly trace them onto the fabric with a pencil if you need some help with designs.  For tie-dye, simply draw outlines of circles, bulls-eyes, funky flowers, etc onto the shirt and spray. They will bleed into each other and create a retro look! For "watercolor" look, lightly fill in your designs. 

Shirts can be machine washed and dried with like colors. No bleach!