Gildan Heavy Blend Youth Hoodie

Custom youth hoodies — the Gildan Heavy Blend 18500B, the youth version of the Gildan 18500 hoodie: an 8 oz 50/50 cotton/polyester fleece with a double-lined hood and a front pouch pocket, cut for kids in sizes Youth XS through Youth XL. 22 colors, every one matched to an adult Heavy Blend color, and full-color DTF printing done on our own equipment. Design yours above, enter how many of each size you need, and the price updates as you go.

What you get

• Gildan Heavy Blend 18500B — 8 oz fleece, 20 singles, in a classic fit with a double-lined hood and a kangaroo pouch pocket
• Heavy Blend's finer face yarn — a smoother printing surface and less pilling
• 1x1 rib cuffs and waistband with spandex, a tear-away label and a CPSIA tracking label — and no drawcord in the hood, the way youth sweatshirts are made
• 22 colors and five youth sizes, YXS–YXL — youth sizes carry no size upcharge
• Full-color DTF print, sized for a youth chest — photos, gradients, fine detail and as many colors as you like, one price
• Four print locations: front, back, left sleeve, right sleeve — one location included in every price below
• Two sleeve shapes: a standard upper-arm print, or a long strip running down the sleeve

How ordering works

One design, one size grid: enter a quantity for each size and the whole run shares the same design and the same quantity price — ten hoodies across four sizes price as a ten-hoodie run, not four small orders. Youth and adult hoodies share one price ladder: a youth hoodie costs the same as an adult hoodie at the same run size. Team order? Add a name and number field to your design and fill in the roster: every hoodie prints its own name and number, in your design's style, at the same per-hoodie price — personalization is never an upcharge here. Ten hoodies with a front print come to $279.50 — that's $27.95 each — and the price keeps falling as the run grows, down to $25.95 at 50 and up. No minimum: a single hoodie is a real order at $34.95.

Order up to 500 hoodies right here — runs above 500 hoodies are quoted — we'll beat the online price. Get a quote or call us on the number at the bottom of the page.

Price per hoodie by quantity

These are the exact prices the cart charges, not estimates — the quantity is your whole size run added together, and the designer above prices your exact run instantly.

Add a second print location

One print location is included in every price above — front or back, your choice. Adding the back costs less per hoodie as the run grows; sleeves are a flat add per sleeve, per hoodie.

New — AI style looks. The designer can convert your artwork or your text into 11 premium decoration looks: an embroidery look, puff print, rhinestones, chenille and more. Every one is a printed effect — full color, flat and soft, no minimums — and your first 5 conversions are free. See all the styles.

Working out a big run? Our published bulk t-shirt price list shows every quantity from one shirt up, front and back, on one page.

Where the print sits

A hoodie is not a t-shirt: the pouch pocket sets the bottom of the chest panel, so a front print stands up to 8″ tall at every size and sits clear of the pocket seam — 8.5″ wide on YXS–YS, 9″ wide on YM–YL, and up to 9.5″ wide by 8″ tall on a Youth XL. The back has the whole panel below the hood — the same widths, and up to 11″ tall. Sleeves take either a 3″ standard print or a long strip up to 8″ tall by 2.5″ wide. The designer holds your artwork inside whichever area you pick, so nothing lands on a seam.

Print quality

We print DTF (direct-to-film) transfers on our own wide-format equipment and press every hoodie in our own shop — full color with fine detail, a soft hand, and a wash-fast finish that works on light and dark fleece alike. Youth prints are sized to youth hoodies: the design is scaled to sit right on a kid's chest, not shrunk-in-the-wash adult artwork.

Turnaround

Orders ship in 1-5 business days, depending on blank availability. Blanks are ordered fresh for your run — colors our supplier has close by go out at the fast end of that range. Local customers are welcome to collect.

Artwork

Use the designer above to lay out each print location — type, shapes, and your own photo or logo. Upload art at roughly 300 DPI at final size for the sharpest press.

About the preview

The design tool shows a mockup, not a proof. Your artwork is placed over a photo of the garment so you can judge size and position at a glance — treat it as a rough placement guide. The finished print can sit a little differently on the shirt than it looks on screen. If exact placement matters for your job, get in touch before you order and we will talk it through.