Tie Dye T-Shirts

This summer school age children got to tie dye t-shirts at the Hobart Library and at the Lake Station New Chicago Library. Hobart did theirs on June 18th and LSNC did theirs July 22nd. Each participant had to bring their own t-shirt or other clothing to tie dye. The rest was provided by the library. We didn't tie dye in the normal fashion, we did something different and used sharpies. You read that correctly, we used sharpies. Who knew, I certainly didn't. What a cool and less messy way to tie dye.

What you need: rubber bands, sharpies, rubbing alcohol, water, and clothing to tie dye.

How do you do it: First start by rubber banding off sections that you want to color. Color in the sections with whatever color sharpie you want. Then you spray the colored sections with rubbing alcohol. This makes the color spread. Dip it or spray it with water and then let dry.

To try varied methods click on the links: www.instructables.com/id/TYE-DYE-made-with-sharpies/ and http://blog.sharpie.com/tag/tie-dye/

The pictures below are from the LSNC program. We forgot to take pictures at Hobart.