Tie Dye Shirt and Spray Paint Activity for Kids #SigeSabado

The first activity Sofia wanted to do when she opened her Breeze #SigeSabado Playbox, was to make a Tie-Dyed Shirt. You can read all about Breeze #SigeSabado and the Playbox here. 

The Tie-Dye Kit includes almost everything you need for this project,
including the Activity Instructions. Speaking as an OC mom, I think the
instructions were quite vague, but it's nothing google can't help answer.

The first thing we did was we soaked the shirt in lukewarm
water. 

Note: Some websites tell you to do this, but some don't. Let me skip ahead to the part where our shirt didn't come out so well, so maybe you shouldn't do this step.

Then we started mixing the dyes. Some websites said better to do in
boiling water and salt, so this is what we did. Then we started mixing colors.

We ended up with ROYGBV. All the colors in the rainbow.
Then we tied up the shirt with rubber bands with the desired pattern.
We wanted to start with simple, so horizontal stripes were okay.

The next step includes carefully dipping the shirt in the dye.
Best to start with lighter colors first, but it was easier for us to do things
following the colors of the Rainbow.

ROY - done!

After dying, it sort of looked like OOYGBV.

Then we wrapped both ends in Ice Bag before we put
it in the sealed Freezer Bag so the colors wouldn't mix
while we were waiting for the dye to be absorbed.

Then you wait for six hours...

We were quite happy with the almost-finished product,
after we removed the rubber bands.

But the instructions (and common sense) tells you, that you need to rinse off the excess dye...

So this is what we got instead. A lighter version, but nice and
ombre-ish.

But then, I told yaya to wash it before Sofia wears it. I even told her to wash it separately, just in case there are any more excess dyes.

And this is what we got.
Tie Dye Fail!!!

So it seems like the Tie-Dye Kit is no match for the powers of Breeze. Go Breeze!!! Matitinding Matsa, Tanggal sa 1 Laba!!! Hahaha...

But being the Sige Mom that I am, I refused to accept defeat, so our Shirt Activity had a Part 2. 

We decided to do some Crayola Spray Art using
Fabric Pens.

Sofia chose the designs she wanted to spray on
before we started.

The Crayola toy my mom bought Sofia is so cool. You just need to pump
it, then you can use the spray gun to start coloring in the stencil.

We take our art seriously.

Even the Lettering Book I bought Sofia before came in handy.

Et Voila...
This is Sofia's very faintly Tie-Dyed Spray Art Sleepshirt!

Thank you Breeze for this cool #SigeSabado idea. Even if our version didn't quite work, it taught Sofia that you make things work by being creative. just saying.