Friday, April 9, 2010

School holiday crafting

Tie-dyed t-shirts.
Thought the kids might enjoy getting involved ....

First, tie up your nice clean white t-shirts.
(The kids actually helped with this bit)


Dip half into the dye colour of choice



Give a bit of a stir every now and then


Once dyed, dip the other half in a second colour.

Admire the results



Untie those ties. (Not easy to do!!)


With a bit of help from Mum and Rosie


Soak in a salt bath



Hang on the line


Happy little people



Andi :-)

20 comments:

One Flew Over said...

They look thrilled!

You are so good to get dye and children involved, recipe for disaster in my house!

Kate said...

They look BRILLIANT!!

Jodie said...

LOL - I love the half-dressed dye stirring...beats wearing an apron !

Julie said...

I remember doing this at school, great idea for the kids.

Willow Grove - Kez said...

Love it Andi. It think my girls would love to do it too.

Jo said...

How cool are they! What a great idea.

Marit said...

Great shirts on two cute kids!
You made it look kind of easy...
; )

Krafty KJ said...

WHat a lot of fun and they llok very proud of their efforts too! Well done getting that all into action...

CurlyPops said...

Ooooh now that looks like lots of fun!

Quilts on Bastings said...

Cool, great fun - I have memories of making tie died t-shirts when I was little!

Leslie said...

these look awesome. i love the picture of the shirts on the line.

Copper Patch said...

Looks like great fun!
Wearable memories :o)

Anonymous said...

Too cute!

Adele said...

They look great! We've still got two more days of school holidays - thanks for the excellent idea!

Tania said...

While I don't think I ever quite managed to pull off the tie dye look myself, those t-shirts are little rippers! And I thought I was brave setting 'em loose with the PVA and fabric last Friday...

michelle said...

the tee shirts look great-the smiles on the kids look even greater

audreypawdrey said...

Tie dye is such fun! They turned out great.

Danielle said...

looks like lots fun and the kids look really great in them

alobsiger said...

The shirts turned out great! I love a good tie dyed shirt -- never done it myself though. Wonderful stuff!

missi mu said...

The t-shirts look fantastic, and the kids look pretty chuffed too!