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We love crafts. It is actually something that ALL of the kids will do. We love all kinds, but we really love to tie dye, well, just about anything. We decided to spend an extremely hot, I meant melt in the street hot, day, together, in the house making some new shirts and bandanas. I had heard of dyeing yarn with Kool-Aid so I figured it should be the same to do Tie Dying with Kool-Aid
We headed out to Walmart to grab our supplies. The kids were having fun trying to decide what colors they wanted to use for their shirts , and what colors are for Kool-Aid drinks.
Then we came home and got everything set up.
You will need a clean work place. You might want to put something down to protect the area. Remember Kool-Aid stains. Get as many bowls as the colors you are using.
Add in the Kool-Aid packets, about a cup or 2 of hot water. Hot works best. Then add a capful of white vinegar to each bowl.
Take whatever it is that you are tie dying and bunch up sections and then rubber band it. That is what will make your designs.
Then add the sections into the Kool-Aid. Flip it and then you can add it in another color. But don’t do too many colors or it all gets muddied together.
Put the shirt in a bag and let it set overnight, or longer. The longer it sits, the better color holds. The next day, take it out of the bag, remove all of the rubber bands and wash. Because of the Kool-Aid, I recommend hand washing. Every time I gets washed the colors will fade slightly and it will last longer with the hand washing.
I also recommend using the favors that make for really bright Kool-Aid. Blue worked the best for us, being the brightest. And yellow was awful. Almost impossible to see.
We added some iron-on Big Time Rush decals that we were saving from a cereal box on Serenity’s.
Also, when you spend $6 on Kool-Aid products, and use the Shoparoo app, available from iTunes and Google Play, to scan the receipt, you are going to get a great return. First, you are earning money for local schools. You pick a school when you sign up, then earn rewards for that school as you scan the receipts. But you can also get a discount code to use at TicketMaster to use towards a family 4 pack of concert tickets to see Big Time Rush! Get the tickets for $50. That is an amazing deal.
Then if you make a Kool creation like we did, and upload it the Walmart’s Summer Creation site,you are entered to win a special Meet and Greet with the Band! Serenity would lose her mind.
So what Kool Creation are you planning to make? Is there someone around you that would love to go see Big Time Rush?
Come by and see our shopping trip and making our shirts on Google Plus.
Dawn Lopez
How adorable.. that is a super fun and fantastic idea! I have a bunch of Kool Aid on hand…. my son would love this.. and he is perpetually bored.. so I thank you BIG time for this idea!
Pam
What a cool craft! I hadn’t thought of doing that but it is such a neat idea.
Daisy
I didn’t realize that Kool-Aid had so many uses. I think that this would be a great weekend activity for my son. I like that it is relatively inexpensive too – I can let him pick out a few fun colors!
Stefani
What a great idea and a cool idea for using Kool-Aid. I have never made anything tie dye (yet). Maybe I will do this with the kids.
mel
What a creative idea! I remember the days of tie-dying!
Matthew's Mom
Our HOA had a pool party for the 4th of July and one of the door prizes was a kit to make tie dye shirts. All of the kids were jealous of the little boy that one. It was so funny. My son wants to tie dye and I am loving this idea to do it with Kool-Aid.
Emily
I had no idea that kool aid could be used as tie dye – that is so cool.
Robin Wilson
I didn’t know that you could tie dye with kool-aid. Though I shouldn’t be surprised the way that it can stain a counter top! LOL! I have scrubbed many a stain there. It is hard to tell in the picture, but I love that this can be done as a family fun day and so inexpensively. Thanks for the idea!
Susan
Tye Dying with Kool Aid? I would have never thought of that~! and it came out great!
Melanie a/k/a Crazy Mom
what a cool idea… I love to use cool aid to clean but never thought about dying shirts…they turned out super cool…LOVE it…thanks for a great tip..guess what we are doing this weekend 🙂 …loved your pictures
Jennifer
I didn’t know you could dye with Kool-aid. How fun! This is a great idea.
Kristyn
how fun! i need to try doing this with my daughter.she would have a blast!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell
Who would have thunk it? Those came out so darn cool!
Jenn Desrochers
We just tie dyed with Kool Aid too! I loved how many different colors there were to choose from!
Shannon (The Mommy-Files)
Sounds like your family had a blast making the Kool-Aid Tie-Dyed shirts! They turned out so cute too! Thanks for sharing.