Say that 10 times fast! The other day was Hippie Day at school and we had no tie-dyed shirt, so we made our own! The total amount of hands-on work time was less than ten minutes.
Start by gathering your supplies. You will need:
An old t-shirt
Several Stamp Pads
Rubber Bands
Foil or some other thing to protect your work surface
Spray bottle with water.
Place a few rubber bands around the t-shirt. I decided to do it at regular intervals length-wise rather than all over the place.
Rub different colors of ink onto each section, all the way around. Now that I think about it, you could use Stampin' UP re-inkers, too. Those probably would have worked better, actually.
Spritz each section with water generously. We want to wet it so the ink spreads.
From here you can do one of two things. You can leave it as is, sitting on the counter overnight to dry. It will probably be a little wet where the rubber bands were. Or you can do like I did since I needed it for the next morning and wanted it to be 100% dry and ready to go. And I wasn't about to put that thing in my dryer! I wrapped it in foil and baked it in the toaster oven for a half hour or so at 300 degrees. Make sure the shirt is totally encased in the foil. You don't want to start a fire!
It didn't get totally dry, but it was dry enough that it didn't drip everywhere when I hung it up. In the morning, it was ready to go. I just left it wrinkly. I think it added to the hippie charm.
Now, I'm not 100% sure, but because I used Stampin' UP Classic Ink pads, I believe this will be able to be washed out! Hence the word 'temporary' in the title. I haven't tried to wash it yet as I'm waiting to wash it by itself. I don't want to get it mixed up with our regular clothes by accident.
Too clever! I bet those little bottles of food dye would work too! Great project.
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