Skull Cutout Tshirt DIY

With halloween just a month away I'm really getting into the skull spirit. I've always had a lot of skull print t shirts but when I discovered the skull cut-out tshirt trend I fell in love.

They have beautiful versions at Zara (black) and Urban Outfitters (white)

but if you're anything like me you have issues spending upwards of thirty bucks on a shredded tshirt. 

Easy solution- DIY!

Supplies:

-1 old tshirt, preferably baggy/ oversized

-scissors

-newspaper

-1 sharpie 

Step One: Draw the skull on the back of the tshirt. Place newspaper inside the shirt so that the sharpie doesn't bleed through. Remember to add "strings" through the eyes and nose so that the shirt doesn't just have big holes in it. I looked at a reference skull as a drew it (you can find one here).

remember to vary the size of the teeth, and curve them to give the skull face a rounded shape.

Step Two: Cut out the negative space. Cut slowly and carefully. Make sure you don't cut any of the "strings" and space teeth far enough apart so that the cloth between them doesn't get cut or rip. You want individual little teeth, not blobs. Don't get frustrated- this takes a while. Try to cut off all of the sharpie lines.

You can distress other places on the shirt as well by cutting small holes or lines in the sleeves, sides, or whatever for an especially grunge skull tee.

 Step Three: CAREFULLY pull at all of the "strings", in between the teeth, and everywhere that's thin. The fabric will stretch and curl in a bit, making it thinner. This makes it look more like a naturally worn tshirt than one you cut out. Washing the shirt on a GENTLE cycle will help too.

and voila! Now you're the chicest & creepiest kid on the block. 

It can even double as a spooky halloween decoration! (just kidding- but how cool does that look?!)