My niece Emmy loves to paint. It’s really cute to see pictures of her going at it on her easel. So for Christmas last year, I made Emmy an art smock.

Three different art smocks made for my kids to take to school using a men's old shirt, bias tape and stash fabric and a self drafted pattern.

easy no sew art smock for kids... just made three of these in literally minutes.

My children love painting, so much that they can cover almost every surface in sight including there clothes!

Sew a Quick Toddler Smock!: Download the full-sized PDF version of the pattern at here on my blog post.

Keep your little artist and your home clean with a child's art smock and mat. Complete this project in 3 easy steps!

OK so here is the Art Smock tutorial as promised. I have included it in PDF format for you to download as I would have been here until next week trying to get Typepad to cope with it! It was...

Make the colourful and reversible artist’s smock for your little one. It will keep your kids clean while they do their artwork, cooking, etc.

MATERIALS: 1. Rectangle vinyl tablecloth 2. Bias Tape 3. Large paper 4. old t-shirt STEP 1: Cut the sleeves off the t-shirt and fold it in half. Fold your paper in half. Place the t-shirt on top of the paper with both folded edges touching. Pin the shirt onto the paper to keep it from moving. Trace the outline of the shirt onto the paper using a pencil. Cut the outline. My shirt was bigger than I wanted, so I cut the paper a little shorter. I pinned the paper on top of the shirt afterwards…