Once I did the hit-it-here, it wasn't long before the jersey idea popped into my head. I knew I wanted jerseys, but I wasn't sure what to paint on them. I considered all my favorite players, but narrowing it down to four was a little hard. Then I thought about going with my parents and my in laws last names and birthdays. Which, would be cool...until I though about how much cooler the boys would think it was to have their own names and birthdays on the wall. So that won out. We took them to Lowe's and let them pick the color for the name and number. They liked that a lot and took their time picking them out. For my wife's jersey, I mixed a little red with a lot of white and got the perfect shade of pink. I used the green from the scoreboard for mine.
As for the actual painting itself, it was kind of hit and miss. I though about making a huge stencil for the jerseys, but ended up just doing them all freehand. I used a thick brush to get the basic shapes outlined, then used a roller to fill them in. The numbers and letters are all freehand as well. If I would have taken more time....
Anyway, it turned out good enough to put a smile on the boy's faces to it was good enough for me.
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