Cheap and easy PJ's (with a huge impact)

 Ethan needed new pj's, like yesterday man.
BUT (and that's a big but)- I didn't have the money to go out and purchase a bunch of expensive pajamas.  On a side note- why the heck are pajamas so expensive?
Ethan's been wearing mostly my old t-shirts, which there's nothing wrong with, I just wanted him to have some jammies that fit him.

So- it's time to get creative (but not really- this solution basically slapped me in the face at the store).  I was walking down the center aisle at Wally World and I glanced over at the boy's undershirts and I saw a 4-pack of cute little t-shirts...and right next to them a 3-pack of boxer shorts.  I didn't love the colors of the boxers so I dug to the back and- woo-hoo - there was a package with the perfect colors AND an extra pair of boxers for free!

So enter creative, personalization.  Ethan has been begging me to make him a pj shirt with a baby Yoshi on it.  Here's the how-to.

You'll need:
a t-shirt
Fabric Paint (I use Tulip brand, and the colors I don't have in fabric paint I just use my craft paints)
a paint brush
a picture of the character you want to paint
a black fabric marker
That's it!

If you want to trace the character, tape the t-shirt on a sunny window and slide the picture into the shirt and tape it inside where you want the picture to be.  Use a pen, chalk, or a disappearing fabric marker to trace the image onto the front of the shirt.  Pull the shirt down, take the image out and put some cardboard in the center of the shirt.  Then, paint!  Be creative, do something that will match your child's personality.  I use the black fabric paint pen to add definition and detail to my pictures.  The baby Yoshi I chose for Ethan's jams is going to blow him away- I'm scoring some major cool mommy points today.  I can't wait for him to get home from school!