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every year i go through this with my kids. the oldest always gets the newer clothes because she grows out of them first...then her sister inherits her hand-me-downs. When they were younger, it was easier because they didn't really care what they were wearing to school.
Now I find my youngest wanting to fit in with the latest fashion, but i cant afford to buy an entire new wardrobe for both kids. I try to be fair, but lets face it...the oldest needs the new clothes because she can't fit in her old ones! I do buy a few things to help the youngest out...
But enough about my rant...I found a solution.
I went online and found a way to make my younger daughter feel better. Instead of looking at her clothes as hand-me-downs, we look at them as a start to an entire new look. I bought some stencils and fabric paint and we got together and made all the clothes look different. Now she looks forward to being creative and I think it is great. Here's the place we got our ideas from and downloaded free stencil designs www.simplyspray.com

That is a great site. Thanks for posting it.

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Usually I hate posting sites, but when they offer FREE stuff...how can you not??? LOL
I was pretty happy with the designs, they were far better than we could find at the craft stores. Really, I wish there were better stencils out there. Its hard to persuade your daughter that apples and chickens will be in style! lol

These are great. Another great place for graphics to make your own stencils is coloring books or online coloring pages. Google what your looking for plus coloring page.

thanks- that is a good idea.