TIE-DYE

Nikki had a lot of fun with this tie-dye activity. Nikki is not really into arts and crafts so I let him try things that would be easy yet interesting for him. Since I did some tie-dye before, I thought of introducing the activity to him. I decided to use the color red because it's really bright. We also made use of 2 of their house sandos so we really did not spend for this lesson. =D

Here are some photos:

The materials: Shirts, colored dye, rubber bands, vat of hot water over the stove.

Nikki thinks of a design and Mommy attaches the rubber bands to the shirts.

Nikki wets the shirts thoroughly.

Nikki puts some colored dye in the hot water.

The shirts are added to the bye bath and Nikki stirs the shirts.

After several minutes, the shirts are removed and allowed to cool slightly.

After rinsing thoroughly, the rubbers bands are removed and voila!! tie-dye shirts!! This one is Nikki's.

This one is Ethan's.

Mommy put them in hangers to let them dry.

"New" shirts for the boys!! =D