Rotorua children left the Children's Art House on Saturday wearing brightly coloured, handcrafted T-shirts and even brighter smiles.
About 60 people visited the art house by noon yesterdayto decorate a T-shirt in preparation for Loud Shirt Day, a fundraiser to help deaf children learn to listen and speak.
Sisters LoraliePackham, 6, and Emily Packham, 4, had fun turning their white T-shirts into colourful masterpieces.
Loralie said her favourite thing about the day was creating her T-shirt using pink, gold and silver paints and putting love hearts and stars on.
Emily said the best part was painting her name on her T-shirt.
Their mum Jenny Packham, who is an audiologist, said it was a fun activity for her daughters to take part in but she also wanted to support the charity because of her line of work.
Everyone who decorated a T-shirt made a gold coin donation and the proceeds would go to The Hearing House and the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme.
Rotorua Museum events and engagement co-ordinator Tori Williams said it was the first time the museum had partnered with Loud Shirt Day, and the day had been a success.