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What’s a MUST for a spooky, scary, FUN Halloween project? Anything that GLOWS in the dark – and Tulip glow paint is the perfect product to make your DIY Halloween projects light up!diyglowskulltshirt_done2It can be use for costumes, treat bags, foam pumpkins, glass, metal, and wood items – and of course clothing. I’m a big proponent of holiday-themed items that can be used beyond the holiday season – so I decided to whip up this understated skull T-shirt that can be worn year-round…yet shows off that spooky Halloween glow once in the dark AND under a black light! And this trendy geometric design was pretty easy to make, too. Here’s how:

Materials:

diyglowskulltshirt_materialsT-shirt (pre-washed and dried)  /  Tulip Glow Paint  /  Tulip Black Light Glow Paint  /  paintbrush  /  containers  /  paper  /  ruler  /  pen  /  marking chalk  /  scissors (not pictured)  /  piece of cardboard (not pictured)

How To:

diyglowskulltshirt_step11. First, decide on the design for your T-shirt. Take a regular letter-sized piece of paper, and a ruler that’s 1″ – 1.25″ wide, and draw evenly-spaced lines on the paper. Then add perpendicular lines to make a grid, and then add diagonal lines intersecting the corners of each square in the grid.

diyglowskulltshirt_step22. Sketch the basic shape of what you’re going to paint on your shirt. I chose to create a skull.

diyglowskulltshirt_step33. Cut out the paper and use as a pattern to trace on to the front of your shirt using marking chalk. (I also placed my shirt onto a T-shirt board to stretch it out; putting a piece of cardboard inside the shirt can be helpful when it comes to making these lines.)

diyglowskulltshirt_step44. Use marking chalk and the ruler to re-draw all the lines onto your T-shirt.

diyglowskulltshirt_step55. Now it’s time to paint! I wanted an understated look to my skull, so I chose to just use a paintbrush to carefully fill in each triangle. One coat of paint is enough for a translucent finish that glows in the dark. For each triangle, I mixed a couple different colors together, so each one was a slightly different tone from its neighbor. For the eyes of the skull I mixed a bit of Tulip Blue Black Light Paint with the regular Glow in the Dark paint in blue and green.

6. For the rest of the skull, I mixed various shades of yellow, pink, orange, and white Glow in the Dark Paint together. It does look a little muddy on a navy shirt. :-/

7. Then I went back and with the edge of the brush, added some lines for the nose and the teeth with a little bit of Black Light paint.

8. Allow the shirt to dry.

9. To “prime” the paint for ultimate glow-a-bility, activate by holding under a UV light for 1 minute. For a regular bulb, you will need to hold your project next to the bulb for several minutes. The glow paint will look most bright when applied directly from the tube!
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And that’s it!

diyglowskulltshirt_done3I LOVE my new T-shirt (and love that I can wear it year-round without looking too Halloween-y). diyglowskulltshirt_done6Bring on the spooky darkness of the festivities this year, because I am totally ready for my Blacklight Party!

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diyglowskulltshirt_done5Happy DIY’ing!

xo
Carly

FTC Disclosure: This post is part of a paid campaign with The BluePrint Social and I Love to Create. I received a box of Tulip Glow paints to create a DIY Halloween-themed project. The above opinions are my own. To read my full Disclosure Policy, click here.


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