Lee made Asa this shirt for Christmas:
he drew with Sharpie pens directly onto a piece of iron-on transfer paper. (pencils don't work-he wanted to sketch his design first- but the pencils scratched the coating of the paper. also, remember the finished project will be a mirror image of the original- writing must be backwards!)
after helping Lee with this project and seeing the satisfaction of the giver and the receiver, i resolve to help each child make a gift for the others for Christmas and birthdays. we have done this sporadically, but i think it is important on these holidays to teach the joy of giving, along with the getting.
for inspiration, i will revisit Design Mom's posts about sibling gifts -here, here, and here. (she has 5 kids and is expecting a 6th- she is one of those women who i both admire and envy for her apparent ability to 'do it all') (which reminds me of a quote i read recently: "If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself..." -from the poem Desiderata by Max Ehrmann)
back to my little guy's shirt- as you can see, Asa is quite happy with it!
