My children participate in AWANA at a local church. (AWANA is a scripture memory club for kids ages 3 to 6th grade. You do not have to be a member to attend. Churches all over the US host them, and the website will give you the location of the closest church offering AWANA.)
My children absolutely love it. It is one of the highlights of their week. They talk about what they did there all week long and look forward to the next week from the moment we pull out of the church parking lot.
This Wednesday, the AWANA program is doing "Silly Sock" Night. My son suggested we tie dye socks since he received a tie dye kit for Christmas. I thought this was a good idea. (Before I tried it. It was messy and took DAYS to complete the project.)
The end result turned out rather nicely, though, and the kids had a great time. They also love their socks. We made tie dye shirts to go with the socks. They plan to wear them tonight, too.
My children absolutely love it. It is one of the highlights of their week. They talk about what they did there all week long and look forward to the next week from the moment we pull out of the church parking lot.
This Wednesday, the AWANA program is doing "Silly Sock" Night. My son suggested we tie dye socks since he received a tie dye kit for Christmas. I thought this was a good idea. (Before I tried it. It was messy and took DAYS to complete the project.)
The end result turned out rather nicely, though, and the kids had a great time. They also love their socks. We made tie dye shirts to go with the socks. They plan to wear them tonight, too.
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| I kept the youngest busy with watercolors while we worked on the tie dye. |
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| These are the original shirts and socks we used and the kit. The shirts and socks are shown after we soaked them in sizing overnight and then air dried them. |
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| I am helping my middle daughter mix the colors to tie dye her socks. |
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| Tie Dying Socks. |
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My son working on his tie dye..jpg)
The tie dyed clothing air drying. (I grew weary of this and look online for
instructions for dryer drying.)
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One of the tie dyed shirts.
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My son's finished tie dyed socks.
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The youngest got hold of a (non-washable) marker while I was
finishing up with the others. She thought she looked "Pretty."
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My middle daughter's finished silly socks.
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I've never seen the tubes you are dying in. How interesting? Did they help contain the mess?
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is messy, messy work....and always takes longer than one might think. At our new house Matt has a tie-dye workspace in the laundry room. Sink, counter, shelves for supplies, washer. All handy. I am so excited to not have my kitchen taken over with dye for several days at a time!
Good work on your project and I am glad it was such a success.
The tube was very helpful. With it, the mess stayed in the tube (except when the kids missed and squirted it on the table.) The one problem I found was that the tube was a little too small. A man's XL T shirt wouldn't fit inside with the tube entirely closed. We worked it out by putting one end of the tube over one end of the shirt and the other end over the other end with very little overlap.
DeletePerhaps you can show Matt the pictures and he would be able to figure out a way to make his own version with a bigger tube.
I am glad you guys have a specific work space for tie dying now. That's a great blessing.
What is the kit called, like company, and where did you get it? They came out great!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I don't remember the brand and I no longer have the kit. I know that it came from Walmart, because we received it for Christmas from someone who works there.
DeleteThanks for stopping by, and thanks for saying they came out great. The kids still wear these things.