Pillowcase Patterns

Decorate a pillowcase that you'll recognize in a flash. Great for birthday parties, sleepovers, family reunions, Halloween treat bags, and camp fun!

1. Pictures are a great way to capture good times. Making art together-at a sleepover, at camp, or as a gift-is another way to remember your fun. Good times go together with creating artwork! From toddlers' scribbles to teens' cool lettering, everyone can make Pillowcase Patterns.

2. Cover your art area with newspaper. Put white paper inside a plain, light-colored pillowcase so you can decorate both sides. Smooth out the fabric.

3. Draw colorful pictures, words, and designs with Crayola® Fabric Markers. You could show hobbies, caricatures of friends, favorite places, team mascots, geometric designs-whatever you like! Crayola® Fabric Markers stain clothing and surfaces, CLOSE ADULT SUPERVISION IS REQUIRED.

4. If you're making Pillowcase Patterns with a group, you could sign each other's pillowcases. Write friendly messages to each person.

5. To set the marker colors, ask an adult to put the pillowcase in a dryer on the hottest setting for 30 minutes. Or ask an adult to set an iron on cotton and iron the reverse side back and forth for 4 minutes.

6. Whenever you have sweet dreams, thank your friends' good vibes!

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.

Adult Assistance is required for this arts & crafts project.

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Crafts

crayola supplies

• Fabric Markers

household supplies

• recycled newspaper
• white paper
• pillowcase
• iron (optional) (for adult use only!)

"This activity was wonderful for my son's moving-away party. Seeing names on his pillow prompts him to e-mail friends."
Monica L., mom of 9-year-old.

"Girls decorated pillowcases at a pool sleepover. A dryer was handy, so they slept on their pillows that night."
Robson G., girls' club volunteer.

Since the 1940s, illustrator Al Hirscheld has hidden (at least once) the name of his daughter, Nina in every drawing he does. Often, after his signature, he will add the number of times he hid her name in that drawing.