What can you do with a 50 Cent T-Shirt?

I recently visited an after school program in Roslindale, MA to read from Old Red Shoe and do one of the activities in the book. Each kid brought in an old T-Shirt and sewed it into a pillow. I loved how at first they were all "I thought sewing was for old people!"... and then these tough inner city kids got totally involved in making their projects. 50 cent pillow anyone?