Using a Tracer Jr

Do you remember I told you I would tell you how I made that Pin-the-nose on Mickey Mouse I made?  It was really easy.

Have you heard of a Tracer Jr?

I bought mine ten years ago to make very even hand printed posters.  I have awful handwriting and found it easier to project the text I wanted to write on the poster and it made it very even while still giving that handwritten feel.  Don't believe me?  Just look at the handwriting I did on this project or this one.

Although I don't have to do those posters anymore I do still use my Tracer Jr.  Now I use it more for making   party decor or other projects for the kids.  For example, I made really large butterflies for the walls the the Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly party.  Here they are on the wall above the cake.

And here they are on the opposite wall.

These were pretty easy to make.  I just print out the pictures I want on a piece of paper in a 3.5 inch square.

The reason for the size is the opening on the bottom of the Tracer Jr.

I actually made a template in Word that lets me just pop in a picture and I can easily make it the right size.

I don't have any pictures of me actually drawing the final product.  That is because you need a fairly dark room to see the lines well and it doesn't lend to good photos.  I just trace the lines with a pencil making sure that I get every line.  Black and white line drawings are the easiest, but color pictures will work.

I tend to go over the pencil lines with a black sharpie to make them look like big coloring pages, then let the girls color them.  They can be done in all marker for a very crisp look like I did on the Pin-the_Nose on Mickey Mouse.

Here are the other pictures I did for this Mickey Mouse party.

I hung them low so they were at the same level as the kids.  Since this was Boo's third birthday, they were pretty close to the same height as the kids.

These can be easily projected on walls to add characters to a child's room, or even word art.

What would you make with a Tracer Jr.?  Don't have one, check it out on Amazon.

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