Back to the 60's

A week or so ago--they are blending together now. We did a tie-dye project with our students. Yes, we are nuts. So we used the kit that you see above. The dye can be used on cotton, wool, viscose, rayon and silk. It comes with five squeese bottles w/ dye powder, five dye packet refills, eight gloves, forty rubber bands and instructions and idea sheet. All you do is add water and shake CAREFULLY! As you see above, we rolled our shirts in a sausage shape and then banded it into sections. You can also then roll it up to look like a cinnamon roll. That's what I did. Each of us picked our colors and then got squirting. Wear OLD CLOTHES and your GLOVES then start squirting the dye on the shirt. Have fun and get CREATIVE! After each shirt was finished, we placed them in individual zip lock bags and our primary class teacher took them home to do the rinse and dry process.

Here we are on Park Field Trip day!

Everyone's is different and it was

fun to see how they all came out.

I will say the the squeeze bottle

idea beats the tubs of water and

dunking the shirt in the dye! You

really have more control of the

dye. It really was more fun than

I anticipated!

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According to the Tulip website:

Colors vary by theme. This kit sells

online for $14.00--some sites higher.

Ours came from Wal-Mart in the craft

section.

~Keep on Dreaming~