T-shirt sayings?
August 12, 2011 7:17 AM   Subscribe

I need some ideas for t-shirts. 6th birthday party for my son.

We're celebrating my son's 6th birthday in a little over a month. Instead of the usual goodie bags for the kids, we thought it might be fun to have t-shirts screen printed. I'm looking for funny, edgy, age-appropriate ideas for things to print on the shirts. For example:

Henry's 6th birthday
2011
No arrests were made.

Got any ideas for me?
posted by thatguyjeff to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (11 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
"What happens at Henry's 6th birthday party stays at Henry's 6th birthday party."
posted by bondcliff at 7:29 AM on August 12, 2011 [3 favorites]


Edgy to adults or to the kids? Who is the audience for these shirts?
posted by bluedaisy at 7:47 AM on August 12, 2011 [3 favorites]


This thread might be of some help.
posted by litnerd at 7:52 AM on August 12, 2011


I PARTIED HARD on Henry's 6th birthday
posted by Madamina at 7:54 AM on August 12, 2011


The best shirt I made for my nephew was olive drab and said "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY" – this is funnier when they're still barfing babies.
posted by nicwolff at 8:04 AM on August 12, 2011 [2 favorites]


I went to Harry's 6th birthday party and all I got was this dumb shirt

I survived Harry's 6th birthday (with the date)

Harrypalooza

Five is so last year
posted by Mchelly at 8:09 AM on August 12, 2011


I would have a picture of Henry making some big, dumb I'M SO EXCITED face (kind of like this, only perhaps more manic? I thought I had a more ridiculous one (that's me, btw), but I can't find it) and maybe wearing a party hat. And then I would write "I'M SIX!" next to it. I would wear that shirt. There's something really hilarious and awesome about wearing a shirt with someone's face on it, especially if that someone is you (example) or someone you know.

Alternatively, you could have some stylized hands holding up six fingers (like the hands here, but without the person) and write "I'M THIS MANY" under it.
posted by phunniemee at 8:32 AM on August 12, 2011


"I came, I played, I ate cake: Harry's 6th birthday party"

"I got harried at Harry's!" or "I got harried away at Harry's!"
posted by chowflap at 8:32 AM on August 12, 2011


If these shirts are going to be something your son's friends will be excited to wear and not just something for the parents to get a kick out of (though I did laugh at your "no arrests were made" idea), I would think they'd need something on them that would appeal to a 6-year old kid - dinosaurs, robots, sharks ... um ... aliens? That's the type of stuff that shows up on the favorite shirts of the kid I babysit, anyway. If you want something that amuses your son's parents too, maybe the shirts could feature some sort of 'epic' dino-shark-bot on it, or a tiger/Godzilla battle royale or whatnot, with an understated caption on the bottom that read something like "Picture is unrelated. / Harry's 6th birthday / 2011."
posted by DingoMutt at 9:02 AM on August 12, 2011 [2 favorites]


a T-Rex/Godzilla wearing a birthday hat attacking a birthday cake. Or a city made up of birthday cakes!
posted by inertia at 9:15 AM on August 12, 2011


I'm not sure these are any good, but they might strike a chord that makes you think of something better:

"There are no strangers to Henry, only friends he hasn't met yet"
"Henry now has 11 years to study for his driving test"
"Henry's BDay pRT wz gr8"
"Henry: Earth citizen, 6 solar revolutions"
posted by forthright at 5:57 PM on August 12, 2011


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