Friday, February 4, 2011

Think pink!

Today was pink day at preschool. Luke was supposed to wear something pink and bring a pink toy. Now, I try not to assign gender stereotypes to colors. Still, my 3-year-old doesn't own any pink clothes.

So I set out to make him a Valentine's Day shirt. I thought about a heart or the word "love."

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In the end I settled on a simple XO and made the X black in hopes that it would be more punk than princess.

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I used raw-edged applique. Super easy. It took me maybe 20 minutes, and he was proud to wear it to school!

7 comments:

Elizabeth Dackson said... 1

Super cute!

Claire said... 2

that's awesome!!!

did you freehand draw the "X" & "O" or did you print them off the computer??

so does he have any pink toys??? i know my boys don't, but that's cuz society doesn't make pink toys for boys!

Becca Quilts said... 3

Don't feel bad, my nephews would be at a loss if they had to wear pink to school - especially if I was the one dressing them :-).

Lara said... 4

Adorable! Great idea... you've got me thinking!!

Robin said... 5

cute, cute, cute. Both the shirt and that adorable boy wearing it.
Love, Grandma

Kaye Prince said... 6

That shirt is super-cute Katie! That is so odd that pink would be the requirement - I don't gender stereotype in this was either but seriously (!) most little boys don't have pink in their wardrobe. Why not pink and/or red?

Stephanie said... 7

Your kid and that shirt are rad.