Making Friends & Tie Dye Outing

We had our first troop outing to earn our Making New Friends and Tie Dye patches.  This is on the Making Friends website www.makingfriends.com. Search the products for "Friend" or "tie dye" patch and they will come up.  

We tried traditional tie dye in ziplock bags and an alternative using sharpies and alcohol in a spray bottle.  It was really fun!

With the traditional method, I bought a kit with bottles, powder dye, and rubber bands. Use any kind of gloves. Cover the table with paper towels then put a plastic disposable tablecloth over it. Wear an apron and gloves.  

Empty the powder dye packet into the bottle, add water and shake. Then rubber band your shirt, place in a ziplock bag, as you squeeze the dye on the shirts.  Pinterest and the Internet and YouTube have great examples of how to make different designs.  Then you zip it shut and wait 6-8 hours, rinse the shirts with water until the water runs almost clear and the wash and dry normally.

The sharpie method is so incredibly easy. You take a cup, place it inside the shirt so the fabric lays on top, then place a rubber band over the top of the shirt and around the cup. Then draw designs with the sharpies. Get 70% alcohol and spray the design and wait a minute or two. The artwork will bleed into a beautiful watercolor design.

The Daisies and their moms loved it! We had a great time.

We had a makeup event for those that couldn't make the first one.