Fun and Easy Photo Shoots to Recreate and Share with ibi

This post was sponsored by the makers of ibi as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. We were sent a complimentary unit so we could share our real opinions with our readers.

All of us are social creatures. I don’t think we all realized how much we needed our daily interactions until they were mostly gone. Social distancing has been so hard on my kids. They miss their classmates, friends, neighbors, and especially their extended family. Luckily, we are in the same house as one set of grandparents, but they miss their other set and their cousins terribly. One of the things that we absolutely love doing together is fun and silly photoshoots with my daughters dressed up as all sorts of characters. We love sharing those with our family all the time, but right now it seems more important than ever as we are all apart for so much longer than we normally are. We just received an ibi TM from SanDisk to make it easier than ever to share our photos with our loved ones and have them share their photos with us. In a time where we are socially separated, ibi brings us together.

Why ibi?

ibi from SanDisk is perfect for special occasions such as reunions or weddings and is the best way to keep families in touch miles apart. An amazingly smart photo manager, ibi brings your photos, videos, family, and friends into one place. You can sync your favorites from your mobile phones, laptops, USB devices, cloud storage, and social media into one central place. You can upload content from a USB drive or from the Desktop app for Mac or PC.

ibi allows you to privately share individual photos or entire albums. You can invite others to contribute their photos to your albums as well so it is the perfect way to gather photos and videos from parties, weddings, or vacations! You can invite your friends and family to your own private social media wall, so you can all view your memories from anywhere! [YOU CAN VIEW FROM YOUR OWN HOME OR DEVICE OR VIA APP?] Your ibi device also makes it easy to stream photos and videos to your television with Roku and Chromecast.

My absolute favorite part about ibi? It doesn’t just store your photos it helps you easily organize them. You can search by location or timeline with the companion app on your Android or Apple device. Set up is fast and simple within it [DO YOU MEAN ITS A GUIDED SET UP WITHIN THE APP?]. Plug it in and download the companion app! That is it!

Because we are trying to stay out of the stores and at home, we have come up with some fun photoshoots using things we already have. We have raided our dress-up bin and transformed items we had on hand to create fun, easy costumes to bring a smile to the face of our loved ones right now. Here are some of our favorites and how you can recreate them.

10-minute wizard robes from a t-shirt

Do you have a black t-shirt laying around? Turn them into wizard robes for your kids. It is so easy and literally takes about ten minutes.

You will need:

a black t-shirt – If I were to head to the store to buy one, I would probably have bought an extra-large for my six-year-old daughter to make it a little longer, but she loved the shorter stylish look of the adult medium shirt we had at home.
ribbon – black or silver
needle and thread or sewing machine
fabric scissors
pins (if you want)

Lay your shirt flat on the ground and cut a triangle out of the shirt, starting about halfway up the sleeve on one side and about four inches down on the side of the shirt.

Then slice your shirt open in the front, directly in the middle.

Flip your shirt inside out and bring the sides of the hole you just created together. It should lay flat and nice together. Use a small zig-zag stitch to stitch it close. This will make the body of the robe more fitted and give the sleeve a bell look. Once you have done that for both sides, you can hem the sides of the robe you created when you cut the shirt open.

Add to a piece of ribbon at the top, by the color for each side of the robe. You can then add an iron-on patch if you want! Your robes are finished!

10- minute cloak from a t-shirt

Wizards not your thing? No worries! You can make a cloak or cape from a t-shirt too.

You will need:

a t-shirt – This cape ended up much longer on my 6-year-old because the one I had on hand was a men’s XL
ribbon to match your shirt
needle and thread or sewing machine
fabric scissors
pins (if you want)

Cut the collar off of your shirt right in between the two seams as shown below.

Cut the front of your shirt open and then cut the sleeves off of your shirt, making sure to leave the seam on the shirt.

Flip your cape inside out and pin the armhole together and sew them up. Sew a piece of ribbon to the top of each side of the cape to tie it on.

That’s it! You can also decorate your cape if you want now too!

Cowgirl Photos

These photos are probably the easiest on our list! We pulled the dress and boots from her own closet and added a bandana and stuffed animal! Super cute and they were a huge hit with the family.

We had a blast pulling out old Halloween costumes and we even got the family dog involved.

I know these photos are going to bring a smile to the face of grandparents and cousins alike and they were so much fun to take!

What memorable photos will you take to share on your ibi?

Why ibi?

10-minute wizard robes from a t-shirt

10- minute cloak from a t-shirt

Cowgirl Photos

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