Next month my son will celebrate being in Preschool for 100 days. While his teachers have some fun activities planned for the kids, I thought it would be neat to have him wear a tee that celebrated his big accomplishment. If you’ve been following my posts since early 2014, you will remember reading about how hard the first few weeks at Preschool were for Little Man. Today those days seem like a blur when I see the spring in his step as he jumps out of the car and runs up to the school building, in confidence and joy. (Thank God!)
While rummaging through my craft supplies I noticed I have way too many packs of wiggly (googly!) eyes. So yes, that’s where the inspiration for his shirt came from!
Easy DIY 100th Day Of School Shirt
Materials needed:
A solid colored t-shirt
A pack of wiggly eyes
2 colors of 3D fabric paint
A pencil
To avoid making way too many mistakes with the fabric paint, I would recommend first drafting out the words in pencil. (Yes, I did do that and still didn’t have it come out exactly the way I wanted it to. Sigh! Oh well. Little Man loves it so that helps make me feel less judgmental!) If you can use a stencil, even better!
The words on his tee reads: “Eye” Am 100 Days Smarter.
Now to ensure we didn’t have any fabric paint smudges, Little Man and I stuck the wiggly eyes on first. He counted each eye, helped with lightly dabbing some glue onto the back of each eye (using the glue gun) and sticking them independently into the 1 and 0s. (Allow your child help you stick the eyes on. It doesn’t have to be stuck on perfectly. The shirt becomes all the more special when you get him/her to help)
I waited ten minutes after we worked on the eyes, before I started on the fabric paint.
From start to finish, the entire project took about 30 minutes and an additional 2-3 hours to ensure the fabric paint had dried completely.
You can also find some fun 100th Day of School craft kits, stickers, pencils and other goodies online.
What do your kids do for the 100th day of school?
Catherine S says
February 5, 2015 at 10:30 amThis is a really cute idea. We never did anything to celebrate the 100th day of school. I wish we had done something like this.
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
February 5, 2015 at 11:07 amThat is a really cute idea. I should make one for my little guy!
aimee fauci says
February 5, 2015 at 12:03 pmWe just celebrated our 100 Days yesterday. This is so stinking cute and creative.
Theresa says
February 5, 2015 at 1:43 pmMy kids had to bring in 100 items. Nothing big. Like beans or cheerios. I would have loved it if they would have had a craft thrown in there too!
Kelsey Apley says
February 5, 2015 at 3:11 pmOh how fun!!! I love the shirt ,that is adorable! I don’t have any kids but that would be fun to have a day like that to celebrate!
Amy D says
February 5, 2015 at 4:01 pmMy kids would have made 100 days if they didn’t miss so much school from the snow! I like this shirt idea!
Jenny Temcio says
February 5, 2015 at 4:10 pmOh my goodness. That shirt is too cute! “Eye” love the googly eyes, especially!
Daisy says
February 5, 2015 at 5:33 pmAwe, that is adorable!! I love the idea of celebrating 100 days of school too. My son is in preschool and it’s fun to see his enthusiasm for school.
Shauna says
February 5, 2015 at 6:59 pmOh my goodness that is so super-cute. We just had our 100 day party.. but this would be perfect for next year too. Thanks so much
Dee Mauser says
February 5, 2015 at 9:12 pmOh how cute! How does it hold up in the wash? Do the googly eyes stay put?
Marina says
February 7, 2015 at 8:04 amWe aren’t taking any chances so I plan to hand wash the shirt and hang it out to dry. 😉
Autumn @Mamachallenge says
February 5, 2015 at 9:18 pmReally cute! I should make one for my daughter after she starts Pre-K!
Liz Mays says
February 5, 2015 at 10:25 pmGoogly eyes are one of my favorite crafting items to use. They make every craft look so much more fun!
Marina says
February 7, 2015 at 8:02 amRight!!! A craft with googly eyes is always so much cuter!
Crystal says
February 5, 2015 at 11:05 pmThe kids normally have contests at school, like a race to complete a 100-piece puzzle. I hadn’t considered making them shirts. They would get a kick out of this one!
Marina says
February 7, 2015 at 8:01 amThat’s a neat idea!
Christine says
February 6, 2015 at 12:32 amMy kid’s school always has them dress up like the are 100 years old. It’s so cute to see all the little old people running around the playground!
Marina says
February 7, 2015 at 7:57 amOh my goodness. That must be the cutest sight ever and what a great idea that is!
Janet W. says
February 6, 2015 at 5:18 amWhat a cute idea! My grandson celebrated the 100th day of school by making a poster with 100 different smiley face felt stickers.
Marina says
February 7, 2015 at 7:59 amThat’s a great way to show how happy he has been the past 100 days! 🙂
melisasource says
February 6, 2015 at 8:24 amWhat an adorable shirt! Makes me wish for younger kids!
lisa says
February 6, 2015 at 11:51 amOur kids celebrated 100 days yesterday. Last year in pre-school, my youngest made a monster tshirt with 100 googly eyes. I love the “eye”dea!
Sarah @ Must Have Mom says
February 6, 2015 at 12:17 pmLol, that’s adorable! My kids loved 100 day. Wish I would have seen this before. Keeping in mind for next year.
Jennifer Sikora says
February 6, 2015 at 2:59 pmThat is super cute. I love the 100 days of school
Real Talk Moms says
February 6, 2015 at 6:46 pmI love the eyes. What a fun and creative way to celebrate 100 days of school. My kids never made shirts. They school gave them each a special book.
Marina says
February 7, 2015 at 7:54 amI love the idea of coming home with a book they can keep.
nicole dz says
February 7, 2015 at 10:36 pmAwesome idea, and I love how you can grab a shirt you already have on hand, very cute idea!
Debi says
February 9, 2015 at 12:26 pmThat is adorable. My nephew came home from school with 100 stickers on his shirt the other day but they were falling off as he played. This is so much cuter.
lauren says
February 11, 2015 at 9:22 amNow that I’m a mommy and a first time one at that, I’m looking forward to doing this with son, but in the meantime I enjoy seeing pictures and when I worked with kids love looking at the walls with all the different ideas.
Julie Wood says
February 15, 2015 at 7:46 amThis is such a cute idea for celebrating 100 days of school! I never thought about doing this. I would love to!
Laura J says
February 15, 2015 at 12:52 pmOh that is such an adorable idea! Love all the little googly eyes! Carter would love making one of those! Thanks for the great idea!
Tina W says
May 22, 2015 at 4:32 pmI love this idea, pinning it for my grandchildren.