shirts

Materials:
 * pre-washed white cotton T-shirt * Sharpie® permanent markers
 * plastic cup * rubber bands
 * rubbing alcohol * eye dropper

Procedure: 1. Place the plastic cup inside the middle of the T-shirt (position the opening of the cup directly under the section of shirt that you want to decorate). Stretch the rubber band over the T-shirt and the cup to secure the shirt in place. 2. Place about 6 dots of ink from a sharpie marker in a circle pattern (about the size of a quarter) in the center of the stretch-out fabric (there should be a quarter-size circle of dots in the middle of the plastic cup opening when you are finished) 3. Slowly drip approximately 20 drops of Rubbing alcohol into the center of the circle of dots (as the rubbing alcohol absorbs into the fabric, the ink spreads in a pattern extending outward from the center). 4. Allow the developed design to dry for 3 – 5 minutes before moving on to a new area of the shirt.
 * you can use another color marker to fill in spaces in between the dots to produce a variety of effects
 * the spreading pattern results in a flower-like effect
 * apply as much or as little alcohol as desired, but do not let the pattern spread beyond the edges of the cup.