Supplies: "the basics" plus a clean, pain, light-colored T - shirt, blank canvas bag, cotton or canvas cook's apron.

Optional supplies: personal computer with scanner and ink jet printer.

Getting started: Kids can start by- you guessed it - working from a theme, or by just drawing. Sometimes the best artwork happens without any game plan. Any media will translate well - crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint - but the completed image needs to be highly saturated with color. Anything washed out or "scribbly" might produce less then pleasing results.

Once the image is complete, you can do one of two things: one, take it to the copy shop and have them print it IN REVERSE (especially important if written words are involved) on iron-on transfer paper. Or two, if you have a computer with scanner and ink jet printer, you can do this at home. Scan the image in to your computer's photo editing program and size to the desired dimensions; next flip the image so that it will print reverse. Before you print this reverse image on to the iron-on transfer paper, make sure you know how to load the paper and how your printer feeds paper for printing. Once the image has printed, place it face down on the surface of your choice - clean T-shirt, canvas tote bag, or cook's apron (all available at craft stores between $2 - 10 each) - and follow the paper manufacturer's instructions for transferring the image.

Note: kids love showing off their artwork. Wearing their work will garner comments, encourage the child to keep being creative, and will boost their self-esteem in the process.