Gishwhes item 181

[tripperfunster]

VIDEO (20 seconds). The 1980s were great for break-dancing and neon clothing. Remember the "backspin?" Have a junker car do a "backspin" (upside down) on a piece of cardboard set to 1980s rap. The car must have some neon decoration.167 POINTS

The parents of my son's best friend run an auto body shop, so I went to them first. But they were away for most of the week at their cottage. *sad face* But … the dad was going to be home a few days early, and the mom (who is my friend) made arrangements to have everything ready three days before the hunt ended. Yay! She and her kids even donned their best neon clothing and did a little rap/dance for me.

We couldn't get the car to spin on it's own, and I assumed it was because it was on grass under the cardboard, but I haven't seen any others online that spun either, even ones on concrete.

Break Dance Car

This one was lots of points, and I was very happy to get it.

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Stellar effort!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

THanks! It was fun to do, despite being VERY hot outside that day!

[synn.livejournal.com]

I have no words. except perhaps that you amaze me, but that's always been true.


Unrelatedly, I am hoping you can help me with some crafty troubleshooting, since you're always good at that. I need to paint a t-shirt w/ a design i'm printing out (iron on already failed for me). Can you think of a way for me to transfer the design /outline onto the t-shirt so that I can just paint over it? It's not very detailed, but I don't want to freehand it. my only idea was the traditional pencil transfer method (graphite one side, flip, pencil the design on the other to transfer the graphite), but the t-shirt is dark, so I don't know how well that will work.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

can you cut out the design and use it like a stencil? Or at least something you could trace around with white chalk, just to get the lines in the right place?

That's probably what I would do. If you just cut out the skinny lines in the design, then draw with chalk. ???

[synn.livejournal.com]

hm, i could cut out the design, though i'm concerned the paper won't be thick enough - I might try cutting it out of contact paper as a stencil...
thanks :D

also, fyi, my team has determined I need to woo you over to our side with promises of fame, glory, and myself as your slave for all eternity.