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Tips for Doing Tie Dye with Very Young Children

July 24, 2015 By Sarah Westover McKenna 1 Comment

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*I received these supplies free of charge from Tulip so that I could have a little summer fun with my kiddos.  All ideas and opinions are my own.

Tips for Doing Tie Dye With Very Young Children

Remember tie dye shirts? They were all the rage when I was growing up. I don’t think it was possible to go to a summer camp during the early nineties without making a tie dye shirt! Tulip offered to send me a tie dye party kit to try out, so I decided to be brave and cautiously endeavor to make tie dye shirts with my 6 and 3 year old children.

Tie Dye with Kids

If you want to tie dye with kids this young, PREPARE EVERYTHING AHEAD AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO STAY CLEAN. Get all of the supplies prepped and laid out, including plastic tubs for the actual tie dye process, put out a plastic table cloth, put on clothes that no one cares about, top with bibs and aprons, and USE PLASTIC GLOVES!! There were gloves in this kit (it was designed for use by 6 people), so we used those. They were way too big for the kids, but they worked.

As I’m sure you know, to prep to make a tie dye t-shirt you need to twist and bind the shirt with rubber bands. Now place the shirt in a plastic tub in order to minimize the mess. This makes a HUGE difference in clean up!

Tie Dye with Kids-2 How to Tie Dye with Kids

What I liked about this kit was the bottles! I have memories of dipping t-shirts bound up with rubber bands into buckets of dye. What a mess! These bottles were full of dye powder. I added water, shook them up, and then let the kids spray away!

Tie Dye with Kids-3 Tie Dye with Kids-4 How to Tie Dye with Kids-2

Put your shirt(s) into plastic bags, seal them up, and let them sit overnight. In the morning we rinsed the excess dye out (I did it with the hose because I was paranoid about dying our white kitchen sink) and wash. I would suggest washing with junky clothes or at least darks. There is probably still some excess dye lingering in there!

Tie Dye with Kids-5

Now proudly wear your fun shirt! My kids are O-B-S-E-S-S-E-D with their tye dye t-shirts. They think they are the most fashionable things that they own! Haha!

How to Tie Dye with Kids-4

Have fun!

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Sarah Westover McKenna

Sarah is the scattered creative mind behind Bombshell Bling. A former elementary school teacher and a current stay-at-home mom, she loves developing her creativity through her blog and her jewelry design business, Bombshell Bling Jewelry. Sarah is a lover of all things vintage, colorful, and BLING. She is also a sweets addict with a major obsession with s'mores.
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  1. Kody Loveless says

    July 21, 2016 at 6:56 am

    Thanks for the tips. I really like how easy you made this whole process look. I really like the bottles of tie dye instead of dipping them into dyed water. It I think it will save having to clean up a huge mess. I will have to show this to my sister and see if she wants to do it with her kids.

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