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| | I tie dye in a ziplock. I have the kids tie the shirts with rubber bands. Then get the shirt wet it, should be totally wet, but not dripping. Put the shirt in a gallon ziplock bag. With a dropper put drops of ritz dye concentrate (you can buy this at Walmart) of the colors you want. Seal the bag and mash it around. Let the dye soak in. Wash the shirt in salt water to set the color, remove rubber bands and you're done. No mess, no buckets, I've done this many times with great results. The dye is cheap too! Kids stay totally clean unlike other methods I have tried. I am looking forward to trying the sharpie way too. Thanks for the idea. sgill
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| My gosh -- what a truly fantastic idea! How come I didn't think of it?? We did tie-dyed bandannas at BV and it made such a mess that I swore I'd never do it again. This sounds like a much better plan. Can you give more specifics as to the amount of dye you used?
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| | When I did tie die last, I was worried about the hot water too. Then, one of my helpers, a school art teacher, told me that the water only has to be hot in order to devolve the powder dye. She said when they do it at the school they make the dye up the day before then let it cool over night before the kids can use it. That is what we did and we keep using the same pots of dye all week and the ones done Monday were just as nice as the ones done on Friday.
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| The dye is concentrated already mixed in a bottle so it doesn't take much dye, I fill eye droppers with dye so maybe 1 to 2 teaspoons of each color but I let the kids dictate. Older kids can work the droppers after they are filled and inside the opening of the ziplock bag (that way only hands get dirty but I have never had them get the dye on themselves at all this way) younger kids get to say more blue in that spot to their helper. After they mash the bag you can see if there is enough dye on the shirt. If you need more dye or more colors open the bag and add more. I usually let them soak overnight. A bottle of dye should do tons of projects. I have done tee-shirts twice and pillowcases and not replaced any colors yet
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