An important aspect of each sky art creation is how we form the color of the image. Often this is done with special t-shirts purchased by parents for their student. Another option which some schools choose is to feature the final created image on the shirt and for the school to sell these at a profit to help pay for the project or raise funds for other reasons. T-shirts in one form or another are encouraged and most schools find a way to do this, for they do such a good job in creating community and provide students with a long lasting way to tell the story and remember the teachings of this adventure.  They love to point out on their shirt just where in the image they were and they have a history of becoming a child's favorite tee. Certainly they promote school-team spirit!

     Art For the Sky is dedicated to no harmful impact upon the planet and thus, the T-shirts we use are probably different than any you have ever purchased. We feature state-of-the-art-Earth-friendly shirts (organic cotton, no sweat shops, no plastics and American made) with the chosen design upon them, for $12.00 each which includes a 4x6 "sky card" photo of the image, perfect for the frig! The shirts are produced in a unique process, called Rehance, which makes them the softest, longest lasting, most Earth-friendly T-shirts on the planet guaranteed! (Ask me for samples) The motto of the award winning company (TS Designs) that supplies Art For the Sky shirts is "change the world one t-shirt at a time!"

      Yes . . . cheaper, organic cotton shirts can be found, but I assure you, they are far less in quality, result in tacky, plasticy images on the shirt that stick to your body on hot days, are uncomfortable against the skin, cannot be ironed and over time . . . flake off in the wash affecting the very animal the school took a stand for out in the field. Worst of all, these cheaper shirts are generally NOT American made which frankly, given these tough economic times, is just not right. It's certainly natural to want the cheapest price and yet the Earth almost always suffers when this is the bottom line. It is time we all step it up and do the right thing for the Earth and Sky and future generations . . . who will be wearing these shirts! The integrity of what we create on the field with 100's of heartbeats taking a stand for an animal and for the Earth and Sky will simply not be compromised by printing the image in the wrong way. This is our policy. And thus, each t-shirt becomes another teaching in this program and displays a small "badge of honor" on the sleeve like the one below.

     Ordering Shirts: These shirts are pre-shrunk in the dye process. We suggest the following: Pre-school, youth small. K-1st, youth medium. 2nd-3rd, youth large. 4th-5th, adult small. 6th-7th, adult medium. High School and Teacher sizes should be individually ordered! Finally, civic groups like the Rotary or Lion's Club have often subsidized or covered the entire costs of the t-shirts so it helps to be creative in your scheme to get them funded.

Happy family with photo printed on their shirts

See some T-shirt design examples.
Download  sample letter that goes out to parents about the residency and T-shirts

Tally, the therapy dog at Schwegler Elementary in
Lawrence, KS wears a Tree of Knowledge shirt. You can
see his "badge of honor" on the sleeve of his right leg.