For spring break this year we planned a “spring camp” and invited over a few friends. The camp was for 2-hours during the weekdays with pre-planned gender neutral activities and lunch. Food arrangements were made collectively by all the moms.
The first day, the children were responsible for bringing a white shirt to tie-dye. For lunch we ordered pizza, I paid, but you can easily instead split the cost to make it lighter on the pockets. One of the moms brought a box of juice, and we served cold water for the moms.
Activity tutorial-
What you will need:
- White t-shirt
- Tulip tie-dye kit*
- Water
- Extra gloves
* this tie dye kit contains a a few ready to mix colors, rubber bands, gloves and instructions with techniques. If you don’t like the colors in the kit, you can always purchase everything separately.
Directions:
- First, you will need to shape and tie your shirts using rubber bands. The instruction sheet will give you easy to follow directions on how to do this.
- Next, mix the colors by adding enough water to fill up to the line indicated on the bottle.
- Then, just squirt away. There’s no right or wrong way so color till your hearts desire.
- When you’ve finished adding the colors, wrap the shirt in plastic wrap or place it inside a ziplock bag to keep the color from staining other things.
- Keep it wrapped for 24 hours.
- Lastly, rinse with cold water until the water runs clear.
- Finally, put the shirt in the laundry with your choice of detergent. Keep it separate from other clothes incase the colors runs. Wash in cold water and let it air dry.
**its probably best to keep the tie-dye shirts separate for a few washes.
