How to Make Jeweled T-Shirts

Take an inexpensive plain t-shirt and quickly turn it into a customized design with just a few jewels from the crafts store and a hot glue gun. Strut your stuff when you make a t-shirt with your jeweled initials across the front, or display some school spirit with your team's name. For a club fund raising project, sell jeweled t-shirts you custom make with cute sayings.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Iron and ironing board
• T-shirt
• Cardboard
• Hot glue gun and glue
• Jewels

1. Iron your t-shirt and place it on a flat surface. Insert a piece of cardboard inside the shirt to protect the bottom layer. This will also give you a hard and even surface to work on when you apply the jewels.
2. Make a template for your design, either by drawing the design on paper or by marking it lightly on the t-shirt with a pencil.
3. Heat a hot glue gun.
4. Put a drop of glue on the back of the first jewel. Place the jewel on the t-shirt and hold it down firmly for a few seconds.
5. Wipe away any excess glue. Glue from a hot glue gun has a tendency to leave strings of glue.
6. Continue with your design until you're finished. Let the glue dry completely before wearing.

Tips & Warnings

• For a really dressy look, decorate a long-sleeved t-shirt with crystals.
• Coordinate bottoms with your top by adding jewels to the hem of yoga pants. Wear with flip flops for a fun, casual outfit.
• Wash your new jeweled t-shirt by hand and let it air dry.