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Yes, I know. You’re thinking- this isn’t really a novel idea. Everyone Tie Dye’s during the summer its a standard activity. BUT its what we used that makes it so cool. Instead of the usual Shirts, tanks, socks, and shorts- we opted to do towels and face masks.
Now for the rest of the summer our kids have their very own towel creations to take with them to the pool etc, and they LOVE them. They don’t forget them like they do other towels. Additionally, we have some personalized face masks that they are proud to wear, and they know belong to them.
Ok let’s get down to the nitty gritty.
What you need:
- Towels
- Vinyl
- Glitter Vinyl
- Rubber Bands – The kit comes with some but towels are large so its always better to have more.
- Dye Kit
- Face Masks
- Plastic Bags (or saran wrap)- we just used food store bags, but have used saran in the past)
Got our towels and vinyl from Hudson Valley Vinyl but you can also order from Amazon if you would rather (affiliate links to items are the list above). We like to support local so we went with HVV.
Once you have all the items its easy-
The kit comes with some ideas for how to wrap up your towel, (E) chose a swirl and (A) chose two bullseyes.
Then we added the dye. As it got down to about 2/3 we added water again to get a little more out of the small bottles. When you do this the color gets a little lighter over time, but it wasn’t bad. I might opt to get larger bottles (like these) since the towels take so much though next time for more vibrant colors.
Upon completion, we wrapped them up in plastic bags and left them for 24 hours (it says you can do as littlea s 6). WE opened them and laid them out to dry in the sun (not necessary but what we do).
Next step is to wash the towels. I washed each seperately so the colors didn’t run.
Kids then picked a color vinyl and a shape to add. If you can’t cut vinyl because you don’t have a machine reach out we know people like Hudson Adrift who can handle that for you.
Viola! Our Tie Dye Towels (and mask)!!!
