How to Transfer Your Child’s Art into Gifts with a Cricut

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This is an easy demo of how to turn a drawing into a mousepad.

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Your child can draw their art on Sublimation Paper with Infusible Ink Pens

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Make sure to mirror words/images as needed on the sublimation paper.

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Preheat your Easy Press 2 Settings to 370F and 80 seconds.

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Use a lint roller to clean off the top of the mouse pad.

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Place your mouse pad face up with the sublimation paper face down on it.

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Press for 80 seconds. Do not move the press.

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Once cool, remove the butcher paper and the sublimation paper.

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For more tutorial on how you can transfer art into gift, visit DIY Danielle

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