Comments on: DIY baby t-shirts

Question: DIY baby t-shirts

beccaj — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:39:37 -0800

I have a 3 week old baby boy, about 30 plain onesies and a package of iron-on printer paper...

Any funny/sweet/clever ideas what I can make??

By: littlegreenlights

littlegreenlights — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:55:44 -0800

Universal symbol for 'onesie' would be interesting.

By: alms

alms — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:10:00 -0800

Formatted as if on a Theater Marquee: "Now Playing: /your kid's name/"

By: sanka

sanka — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:12:57 -0800

Something like this maybe?

By: JibberJabber

JibberJabber — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:15:14 -0800

I've always thought these were cute, and they'd be pretty easy to make:

Fortune Cookie Onesie

Also, think back to all the dorky/kitsch/silly stuff when you were a kid, and throw those things on a shirt. I'd love to make my kids some Voltron, Thundercats, 80's Sayings (Frankie says Relax), etc shirts.

[On Preview] That Level-1 Human onesie is AWESOME!

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:43:25 -0800

"I'm with Stupid"?

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:44:47 -0800

"My mom went through 27 hours of labor and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."

By: bryanboyer

bryanboyer — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:57:11 -0800

words are over rated on clothing, especially for a person who can't even read! I suggest poaching some of the awesome illustrations from old patents via google (like this). Since you have a large set of 30 you could also go with something like the international symbols which are available from the AIGA.

By: konolia

konolia — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:00:53 -0800

"party at my crib...three am."

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:04:03 -0800

An arrow pointing to the mouth with a caption saying "Insert Coin"?

By: lorrer

lorrer — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:11:34 -0800

From bryanboyer's post, I like the international symbol for nursery.

By: cholly

cholly — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:57:39 -0800

rockyourbaby.com has some awesome ideas

By: ShawnString

ShawnString — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:13:31 -0800

shhh. what I do go to some of the better tshirt sites (think Threadless) save the nice big preview picture, take it in Photoshop, clean it up a little, and print.
Very cool.

By: pearlybob

pearlybob — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:15:50 -0800

Boob man

By: solipsophistocracy

solipsophistocracy — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 04:54:28 -0800

Achewood has some suggestions that are in extremely poor taste. The first one is less so than the second.

By: lampoil

lampoil — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:09:38 -0800

I've always loved this "I can't read" onesie, but it's sooo overpriced. I love things that state the obvious.

They also used to have one that said "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," but it's discontinued.

By: doift

doift — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:07:24 -0800

My sister and I made one for our nephew that said "Not Labeled For Individual Sale"

By: beccaj

beccaj — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:33:19 -0800

Thanks for the great ideas and it gave me a couple others...
Customizing something at the church sign generator and writing his name on the Necco heart generator. (If any one knows of any others of those "generators" let me know!

By: boomchicka

boomchicka — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:15:09 -0800

Those sign generators are a cute idea. The concert-ticket generator, while maybe not quite right for a onesie, would make a cool baby announcement - plenty of room for dates and digits, "produced by" lines, etc.

By: barnone

barnone — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:04:19 -0800

iPod baby. Rub my tummy and turn the volume down!

By: pupdog

pupdog — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:46:28 -0800

Plain white onesie, black print - Large type on front : "BABY"

Barcode on butt.

By: nax

nax — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:12:46 -0800

pupdog's idea, but make sure you use stencil-style lettering for that generic look.

By: Metroid Baby

Metroid Baby — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:06:20 -0800

My boyfriend and I were talking about this the other day! I wanted to make an "I'm A Stupid Baby" shirt from this Simpsons episode ("Stupid babies need the most attention!")

If you've got a more sick sense of humor, "Bake at 350 degrees."

(Sigh... it's probably a good thing that I'm not going to have children anytime soon.)

By: pupdog

pupdog — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:23:00 -0800

Metroid, don't feel bad, I wanted one with the dotted lines showing the different cuts (similar to this) but was soundly chastised...

By: KathyK

KathyK — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:11:45 -0800

We got an AB/CD onesie for my sister-in-law's baby girl. It was really funny 'cause her dad likes metal. That should be pretty easy to replicate.

By: pyjammy

pyjammy — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:23:01 -0800

I did an iPood one for my niece, in an appropriate font.

I love the AB/CD one too, but that's best on a black onesie, in my opinion.