The Dykhuizen family is counting down the days till Baby Nolan arrives. He will be the first of the next generation for our family, so he is bound to get a lot of shit.

So far Nolan has racked up a DinoSweater, Baby Bobbie Bear, Sheldon the Turtle, and a Socktopus, all before he is even born.

What else does he need? Onesies! But you know me. I can’t just give the kid some onesies. And you know I’m not going to buy fancy onesies I know are just going to be puked on a million times.

Solution? Buy cheap-o onesies ($8.99 for a pack of 5 at Target) and snazz them up.

Ready To Start!

How To Make Personalized Onesies

1. Get some fabric paint in basic colors. They are between 45 and 99 cents a tube and can be found at any craft store. Make sure you don’t buy the puffy kind! It’s really ugly.

Fabric Paint

2. Cut a piece of cardboard to slide inside the onesie. You want it to be snug so it’s holds the fabric taunt to make an easy painting surface.

3. Find an image to copy! Do a google image search for anything. I like searching ‘cartoon’ or ‘coloring book’ along with the object I’m looking for so I get a clean, easy image.

Dinosaur!

Dinosaurs are fun and a great way to use silly colors. You can see I searched ‘dinosaur coloring page’ to find this little guy.

4. Print the image and trace it onto your onesie, or just eyeball it.

Image Outline on Onesie

My printer is really annoying to hook up, so I just eyeball it. I like to start in the center of the image and built it out from there.

5. Start painting with your main color. If you are right handed, start at the top left and work your way down diagonally.

Start in Top Left Corner

This way you won’t be laying your hand in paint! If you are left handed, start in the top right corner.

Taking Shape!

It's Almost a Dinosaur!

6. Let the paint dry a little before adding any additional colors.

Dino Spikes!

7. Let the paint dry to the touch before adding any while or outlines. White paint blends everything and is really hard to use! Your outline colors will look a lot better on dry paint as well.

Dino Face!

8. Let the onesie dry for 24 hours before giving it away or packing it up!

Finished!

Some fabric paint instructs you to iron it once dry, so be sure to read the bottle.

9. Make four more onesies!

Old English D

Nolan will be a Tigers fan. I resisted the urge to paint ‘Yankees Suck’.

Go Blue!

My original design was a buckeye with an X through it.

Lion Fan?

Subtle Lions fan. Like the rest of us.

I Heart Aunt Allyson!

Too much?

10. Add up your savings! Dinosaur Onesie = $15.99. UofM Onesie = $17.99. Tigers Onesie = $9 ($17.99 for 2). Lion Onesie = $15. I Heart Aunt Allyson Onesie = $12.

Bought Onesies = $69.98.

My Onesies = $8.99 (onesies) + $5 (paint) = $13.99

Total Savings = $55.99! Holla!

So get out there and make some adorable, personalized onesies! I can’t wait to see Baby Nolan rocking these cute outfits.

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