It's been a tough week physically, but I have a lot of really happy kids.
There are six shirts left to be dyed because of family scheduling issues. I won't deprive the kids of the experience just because they weren't there. My goal was to make sure it wasn't a three week crazy drawn out process, and I think I managed that.
Here are a couple of photos.
I wish I could show you the kids wearing their creations, they are so proud and so excited.
Yesterday morning I accidentally sent the wrong shirt home with a boy. It was actually a shirt belonging to a little girl.
So I called his mom and left her a message. Let her know that I would wash her son's shirt if she'd do the one for the little girl, and that we'd exchange them this morning.
Worked out great. And an added bonus for the little girl's family, they did not have to rinse the shirt. :)
Everyone was happy.
Here is her shirt and a couple pictures of the process.
I will try to get more shirt photos for you.
There are six shirts left to be dyed because of family scheduling issues. I won't deprive the kids of the experience just because they weren't there. My goal was to make sure it wasn't a three week crazy drawn out process, and I think I managed that.
Here are a couple of photos.
I wish I could show you the kids wearing their creations, they are so proud and so excited.
Yesterday morning I accidentally sent the wrong shirt home with a boy. It was actually a shirt belonging to a little girl.
So I called his mom and left her a message. Let her know that I would wash her son's shirt if she'd do the one for the little girl, and that we'd exchange them this morning.
Worked out great. And an added bonus for the little girl's family, they did not have to rinse the shirt. :)
Everyone was happy.
Here is her shirt and a couple pictures of the process.
I will try to get more shirt photos for you.
| This was tied and dyed by a six year old. Yes, I helped, but she did most of it herself. She's very, very artistic and confident. |
| Work in progress |
| Another work in progress. This child surveyed the carnage of red dye all over the tabletop after dyeing and said, "It looks like someone murdered a turkey." |
I love that you do this with and for the kids, they must love it ! I have been pretty absent lately , hope all is well
ReplyDeleteI was hoping the same for you. :)
DeleteThey do love the tie dye. It's an awful lot of work, but the end result... happy, happy kids is worth the effort.
Added bonus is when we have 'wear your tie dye' day, the visual impact through the whole school is amazing. :)
I'm not sure I could deal with the mess, but the shirt turned out AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteIt's necessarily messy, but not out of control messy. I monitor the kids working with the dye, I wipe up spills immediately, remind them to place their work in the center of the table so dye doesn't run down the front of them, and I am the one who places the shirt in the bag and takes off the gloves, turning them inside out as we go. The two shirts I have seen so far were amazing, hopefully will have more photos this week.
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