Cricut For Kids: Cricut Easter Shirt

Spring is here and Easter is right around the corner! Time to get festive! Why not make a cute Easter shirt for your little ones with the Cricut?

Cutting fabric with the cricut can be a bit tricky. I got a lot of good tips from this video.

Supplies:
Plain t-shirt
Solid color fabric (I used purple)
Print fabric
Steam a Seam 2
Doodlecharms Cartridge (or other Easter image from your cartridges)
Buttons and ribbon (optional)

Begin by deciding how large you want your Easter basket to be. I decided to cut mine at 5 1/2" so I started with a 6" x 6" square of purple fabric and applied the Steam a Seam 2 to the back. Steam a Seam 2 is fusible web that comes in sheets with a paper backing on each side. You can buy it at your craft store.

Peel off one side of the paper backing, iron it onto your fabric, and leave the other paper backing on for cutting in your Cricut.

The Doolecharms cartridge has a basket and egg that are perfect for this project. Make sure your fabric is pressed securely to your cutting mat. Set your Cricut to multi cut, blade depth to 6, and pressure to max. After my basket was cut, it looked like this.. not too pretty, but it still worked!

Next, apply the Steam a Seam 2 to the back of your printed fabric for the egg. I used a 3" x 3" square.

Then I cut the egg at 2 1/2". If you're using Doodlecharms, make sure you use the Real Dial Size button to get an egg cut at your desired size. Otherwise it was cut an egg much smaller but in proportion to a 2 1/2" basket.

Then I laid out my basket and egg on the shirt. I decided to add a little ribbon tied around the handle for an added cute detail! If you decide to do this, make sure you add it before you iron your fabric to your shirt.