This is such an easy (if the kids feel like cooperating - which mine didn't quite do) project. All three of the Dads in question spend tons of time wearing what we around here refer to as lounge(y) pants. None of them spend tons of time wearing t-shirts. So purchased three pairs of plain gray pants ($8 a piece from Wallyworld) and some fabric paints.
We laid them flat on a giant drop cloth. Then I had the boys dip their feet in fabric paint and place them on the pants. I used some stencils and fabric markers to spell out "My kids walk all over me" for their Dad and "My grandkids walk all over me" for the granddads.
What's funny is that when you live with the kids, their growth always takes you by surprise. When I envisioned this project, for some reason my mind expected their feet to be much smaller. Hah! The Eldest's foot size is the same as mine! I really knew this, but I didn't "Know This" in a crafty sense. The Youngest took me by surprise in this as well.
I ended up with huge gaping holes to fill in between their foot prints. So off to JoAnn to look at little foot stamps to fill in the blanks. I don't stamp that often and had some major sticker shock when I saw the prices. Nope, I wasn't going to pay that. I decided to look in the stencils section. No deal, they didn't have a stencil for that.
What I ended up doing (it was my Mom's idea) was to ball up my fist. Then I dipped the side of my fist (pinky side) into the fabric print and place that on the cloth. I then dipped my index finger and made finger print toes over the little foot imprint that I made with the side of my fist. It worked perfectly!
Here's how they turned out:
Cute huh? I didn't do the back of the pants, I started way too late to even think about those. And honestly? I came close to sending my kids to Siberia over this project. I don't think I want to tackle another side. Their listening skills are sub-par and there was one pair of little jean shorts ruined in the making of these. I should have had them strip all nekkid for this project. As it was, it was probably quite amusing for the neighbors to see us walking all around our house to get to the outside hose. We had rainbow feet, hands and legs before it was all over.
Have a Great Father's Day Weekend!
