Friday, July 25, 2014

Tie Dyed Fireworks Tee


So. 

We don't often go out in public in matching shirts. For that matter, we don't usually do it at home either. 

BUT when an arts project results in awesome shirts like this...then, yes. We're going to strut around town in them.


Please ignore my we-are-going-to-be-late-and-lose-our-good-spot-mom hair. With a pen sticking out of my ponytail, too. *sigh* It's a miracle my family allows me to be seen in public with them.

Anyway, yesterday was Pioneer Day! And if you live anywhere other than Utah...you probably don't have a clue what I'm talking about. 

It's a lovely day full of bonnets, wagons, throwing candy and remembering the hard work and sacrifice of the Mormon pioneers who made the long trek to settle in Utah. Yep. Because nothing says, "Thank you, pioneers!" quite like chucking candy at small children. 

In celebration of this important holiday we made fireworks tees. We tried this technique at Art Club recently and I thought it would make a fun patriotic shirt, too. This idea came to me on July 4th when I was perusing their aisles and saw the t-shirts on sale. Too bad I didn't think of it, say, on the 2nd, eh? Oh well, there's always next year. 

(If you want to skip past all the chatter to the instructions for making these awesome tie dyed fireworks shirts, go ahead. I won't judge.) 


One of our fun traditions for the fourth of July and Pioneer Day is to go a little bit early for the parade, grab our favorite seat and then eat a picnic breakfast together. This year it was bananas, yogurt, juice and powdered donuts. 



I think Molly liked the powdered donuts.



That picture is what happens when I let my teenager use my phone. Wow. Such a nice and flattering shot of me, son. Thanks. 



I love watching the sweet relationship between my oldest and my youngest. Imagine a world where every teenager had to help take care of a wee little sibling AND was also fiercely loved by that small creature. That would be amazing. 

Ok. Onto the instructions....

Tie Dyed Fireworks Tee

Supplies: 
Cotton shirt
Red and blue sharpies
Rubbing alcohol
Rubber bands 
Eye dropper or snot sucker (hmmm...I'm not sure what the real name is of those things) 
Disposable cups or yogurt containers in various sizes

This is such an easy project. Take the cups and put them into the shirt, maybe about three at a time. Pull some of the fabric over the cup and then use a rubber band to hold it in place. 

Now color the fabric circle with the sharpies. Try lines, squiggles, dots, hearts....anything you can dream up! 




After you're done with a circle, drop rubbing alcohol on in the middle of it. Start with a little and go from there. The alcohol will probably spread farther than you think it will.


Let it dry, take cups out, move to a new spot and repeat until you have as many fireworks as you want. 


We found that lines and dots end up looking like fireworks the most, once they've had alcohol put on them. But random scribbling is fun, too!



Now, to set the colors. We tried heat setting some different shirts we did and then washing them. But....sadly, some of the colors faded. So, I'm going to try ironing our fireworks shirts really good to see if that helps set the colors better. 

Every now and then we even get my cute husband to do art projects with us....

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