| Rainy days don't have to be gloomy days. Jazz | | | | all around the text. Selotape the words back |
| up the winter months with a | | | | together as necessary. Balance the 'up' |
| | | | umbrella on the backs of two dining table |
| home-made personalised brolly. Express | | | | chairs back to back but parted. Sit a lamp on |
| yourself and shake off those rainy days | | | | the floor beneath the umbrella so that it |
| blues. Add pictures, phrases, names or | | | | shines up through the brolly like a |
| symbols to your umbrella. You don't need any | | | | backlight. This is so that you can see the |
| artistic skills, just a steady hand.All you | | | | text through the fabric of the umbrella.Using |
| need is a computer with a printer, an | | | | the selotape, stick the slogan to the |
| umbrella, fabric paints, a lamp and some | | | | underside of the umbrella ink side up.Using |
| selotape.Choose a plain umbrella to work | | | | fabric paint trace around the text, filling |
| with. Patterned umbrellas distract from the | | | | in the appropriate parts in paint. Because |
| design and drown it any colour brolly will | | | | the text is traced it is neat, all the same |
| do, even dark colours such as navy or | | | | size and constant and looks professional.The |
| black.The umbrella should be made from a | | | | same principle can be applied to images. Find |
| nylon plastic and not PVC. The fabric paints | | | | a simple bold picture in a |
| used to decorate on the umbrella are not as | | | | |
| effective on PVC umbrellas.Adding a slogan | | | | Google image search, or Hello Kitty is a |
| onto the umbrella. | | | | great example. |
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| To do this, write a slogan onto a word | | | | Print out the image and then trim off the |
| document on a computer. Make the font as | | | | excess paper.Selotape to the under side of an |
| large as possible and chose a font for your | | | | umbrella panel, ink side up. Shine the lamp |
| slogan. I chose the slogan | | | | up through the paper and the brolly and trace |
| | | | the picture with fabric paints.You could have |
| "It's raining again..." Which I thought was | | | | a whole array of characters in a freeze |
| appropriate and would be great for any | | | | around your brolly, the sky's the limit. |
| Madness fan, and I chose font "Goudy Stout" A | | | | Rainy days will forever be funky vibrant |
| bold chunky font.Print out the slogan when | | | | days!S. Roberts write for a free educational |
| you are happy with it. Due to the size of the | | | | resource packed with creative things to do |
| text the words may get broken up onto | | | | and make including traditional, religious & |
| different lines, don't worry about this | | | | 21-century activities. Visit to see photos. |
| because they can be selotaped together.Cut | | | | SantasPostbag is in association with |
| out the words leaving a good couple of cm's | | | | Together keeping Christmas magical. |