This easy Hand Painted Baby Pants tutorial will turn a plain pair of inexpensive baby pants into a fun trendy set of pants they can wear on any occasion.
I love unique clothing for my kids. However, it can become pricey keeping up with all the cutest fashion trends. One of my favorite ones are painted pants. If you go through Instagram chances are you will be able to see tons of pictures of the cutest babies wearing the cutest pants and leggings around painted with even cuter designs. So I decided to try my hand at my own pants. Now believe it or not it took me about 4 tries to get this right. I used various paint types and ideas but this one was the one that worked best. I even tried airbrushing it on but that was a whole disaster that resulted in a ruined manicure and black hands for 3 days. Needles to say I got a lot a questions about taking up mechanics and my hubby kept asking why I was spending so much money going to Michaels and Hobby Lobby.
What ended up working:
Any pants will do, leggings, baby leggings pants,etc. The ones below are from onesie and cost about $2.00 at Walmart.
Stencil
Multi Purpose paint (make sure it says for fabric) I went with Apple Barrel but Tulip should work as well.
Sponge brush
To begin (And one of the most important steps) make sure you place paper or newspaper between the pant legs or the paint will stain through. Please don’t skip this step because you’ll ruin the pants.
I used a stencil to make the design. Make sure you hold the stencil down close to the fabric or it will bleed through. Also make sure you put just a bit of paint on the sponge tip or it will bleed through as well.
Make sure when painting the print on you work from the top down so you don’t smear the work because it doesn’t dry too quickly.
When done you get the final product which is adorable! You can stencil or stamp on any fun design making this craft very versatile.
Making your little guy or girl a true little hipster! This craft will cost around $5-6 depending on the stencils you buy. So much cheaper than purchasing and it gives you
Comments & Reviews
what a cute idea. love it, i’ve done it on jeans before, never thought baby clothes
I love this! What a cool idea!
What a great idea and fun
This is adorable!! I never thought of this, but it would make a very cute, unique gift or a fun project for older siblings to help out with!! So fun!
Omg i love this, and is so easy to do.
This is such a cute idea
What a great idea! I love saving money 🙂
This is a great idea! The arrows are so cute and trendy. Using stencils will save a good deal of money, especially since kids outgrow their clothes so fast.
Super cute idea!
Cute idea!
I love that idea for the cheaper/plain pants!
Great idea to find an idea and make your own at home. These are really cute.
These pants look very cute. You made the directions very clear and In,ay just try this for my grandsons.
What an easy DIYer! SO cute and easy!
Awesome! Now off to search for some plain pants!
Oh my gosh I love this idea! I paint wine glasses so I have lots of the materials to do this. I may have to start painting my kids clothes 🙂
What a super cute idea ill definitely have to try this!
What a cute idea! I never would have even thought to paint a cute design on one of my children’s outfits to make it different.
What an awesome idea and a lot of fun. They look good too.
This will be good for Halloween! Thanks for the idea to help complete my daughters costume!
I love doing this to tees. Thank you for sharing this cool and cheap craft!
How fun! what a great project for a rainy day.
I would love to make my own baby clothes! What a cute idea.
So super cute!! I would’ve never thought to do this!! I just pay tons of money to buy them off of etsy lol!! I see Christmas presents in the future 😉
These pants are very cute! I love the idea of using a stencil to hand paint on your kid’s clothes! I would love to get letter stencils and make each of my kids a personalized t-shirt!
I love this idea and anything custom is so cute!Thanks for showing the steps you did so i can follow which makes it so much easier for me to do!!
Ahh!! Those turned out so cute! I want to do some leggings for my daughter with a cat stencil! Hopefully they turn out as cute as yours.
I think the pants are really cute and fun.
Thanks for trouble shooting this for all of us! Glad to know a sponge brush works best 🙂
Very cute idea. You did a great job and for alot cheaper than buying designer. Thank you for sharing
This is a really good idea! I like it!
This gives me so many ideas for upcycling some clothes given to my boys.
Awe these are so cute!
now, that’s a cute idea! You could go with any design to liven up drab old pants!
I need to try this.
Cute. A fun idea to achieve something you may otherwise not be able to afford!
Such a neat idea! Will have to try this out sometime!