Summer project #3: Fake tie-dye
As the third child, Callum has a lot of hand-me-down clothes that are getting pretty raggedy. That includes a lot of perfectly serviceable 100% cotton onesies that are stained with the various horrors that come out of children.
The solution? A kid-friendly fake tie-dye project.
You just take some Sharpies…
section off an area of the fabric with a rubber band over a cup and draw a design.
Then you dribble rubbing alcohol onto it. The alcohol breaks down the dyes in the marker and makes the colors run together interestingly.
The result:Â new life for stained onesies and an hour spent reasonably educationally with the kids.
When you’re done, it’s a good idea to iron the fabric and/or put it in a hot dryer for a while to set the color.
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