DIY: TIE DYE

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Good news mommas, Tie Dye is BACK!!!!! One walk through the stores is all you need to see that you can raid your attic and dig out all your mom’s tie dye shirts and totally fit in this summer. If you don’t have any vintage tie dye to fall back on and you don’t want to spend a fortune this summer getting trendy pieces for you and  your kids to wear {read destroy}. I have got you covered! 

I braved the world of DIY tie dye with my kids one afternoon and they turned out GREAT!!!! 

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Here is what you will need: 

  • Tulip One Step Tie Dye Kit {I got the Carousel Colors, but they have lots of color combos to choose from} I got mine from Wal-Mart but you can go to any arts and crafts store and find them. 
  • Protective Gloves {The kit comes with gloves but I got some heavier duty latex gloves to be on the safe side}
  • Pan to catch the dye or you can do it over the sink. I covered a cookie sheet in Glad Press N Seal which made for EASY clean up! Then I put my cooling rack over the pan and it worked perfectly! 
  • Shirts or whatever clothing you want to dye. {Tip: I liked the way the white t-shirt came out better than the colored shirts we tried}
  • Plastic bags to put the shirts in once you are done dying them, they have to sit for at least 8 hours. {For me that meant using one of the millions of HEB bags I have shoved in my bag cabinet. Tell me I’m not the only one with this cabinet?!}
  • Willing helpers!

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Steps to getting your fun new Tie Dye shirts: 

Step one, get you and your helpers in clothes and aprons that you don’t mind getting dirty if there is an accident. {Surprisingly we stayed really clean but since the dye is in bottles there is very good potential for over spray} You will also want to prep your counters, this is something I did NOT do and although it all came off the granite I probably should have put more plastic down.   

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Step Two, wet your shirts/clothing being dyed, they need to be damp. {we made this mistake on the first shirt and it took a lot more dye and time to get the dye to stick to the shirt} 

Step Three, fold the shirt/clothing and place rubber bands to hold in place. Depending on what kind of design you want will depend on how you are going to fold the shirt. This is where YouTube becomes a good resource, I watched this video and tried a different fold on each shirt. {The best by far was my sons where I swirled the shirt from the middle and put rubber bands to hold it. He got a nice circle pattern on his shirt}

Step Four, place finished shirts in separate plastic bags and set aside for at least 8 hours. {I let ours go over night since we did this close to dinner time} 

Step Five, remove the rubber bands , and rinse until water runs clear. 

Step Six, ENJOY your new Tie Dye clothes!!! 

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Our finished products. The kids love them!