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Does your child have a favorite shirt that got too small? Maybe you want to keep your class t-shirt or your shirt from your first soccer league. You can stuff a team jersey, a character t-shirt, or your babies first outfit. You can recycle it by making a pillow out of it and keep it forever! You can either sew all of the open areas of an entire shirt, or cut out the front design, and back panel and make a regular pillow in any shape you choose. The shirt we did as an example is a t-shirt my son liked that got too small for him. It was too cute to hide in a bag in the closet so we made a pillow out of it. All you need is the shirt, some polyester fiber fill, scissors, a needle and thread, and a sewing machine with matching thread color. Be careful if you are using a sewing machine, and if you are under 12, get some help from an adult. Make sure you see step 9, another example of a pillow we made. Remember to recycle the clothes you don't want to make pillows into by donating them to a charity in your area. It feels good to help others and the environment!
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Signing UpStep 1Cut the out the design you want on the front of the pillow.
Cut out the design you want to be on the front of the pillow. You may cut it in any shape you like. For example: a square, rectangle, circle, heart or any other shape. We did a rectangle for this shirt because the design fit best with this shape. If you are using the whole shirt you can skip this step.
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