About

T-shirts are popular clothing because they are cheap, comfortable, and come in many styles and patterns. Children like to wear t-shirts when they are playing sports or with friends. T-shirts are made with by sewing fabric patterns together. A graphic pattern can be added to the t-shirt afterwards. The graphic pattern can have words, pictures, or any shapes and colours at all. Some t-shirts have club names or company names and symbols printed on them.
 

Your task

Design a t-shirt graphic for your school or club or class. Think about how to make your t-shirt pattern look so good that it makes whoever wears it proud. Print your t-shirt graphic to show it. Do this design topic on your own, or together with a classmate.
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Follow the design steps

To design something well, do it step-by-step and use the methods from the Design Thinking for Schools website. There are four design steps. The first step is LEARN. To design something, you must first learn about it. There is much to learn on any topic, and it is always interesting. Learning will help you to understand the thing that you are designing, so you can do a good job. The second step is DRAW. Try to think of as many different ideas as you can while you draw them with pencil on paper. Keep drawing until you have some ideas that you really like. Improve your ideas and combine them into a single excellent idea. Drawing is easy and fun. Enjoy it! The third step is MAKE. Make the thing that you are designing to show your teacher and classmates. You can only tell if your idea works by making it. Improve your idea while you are making it. Making something with your hands is fun too! The fourth step is TRY. Once you have made something, you should try it to see if it works or not. You can also let someone else try it to see what they think. When you try, you will often find ways to improve your design idea. That will make you a better designer.
 

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Note for teachers

Read the guide for teachers on Safety for the MAKE Step for Level II to safely supervise this design task.