After a totally exhausting Saturday, I decided that at some point we had better think about Halloween. Typically, I am the Mom that everyone rolls their eyes at... because who makes Halloween costumes anymore! I do love to work with the kids and create something fantastic... but if those people only knew how close I always come to not finishing! The afternoon of October 31st usually finds me at my sewing machine, desperately trying to complete the costume of the year. This year, with my kids getting older, I have only one to dress up... and at 11, he certainly has his own ideas! He wants to be a hippie... with a tie dye shirt. Weeks ago, we searched for just such a shirt for a party. Without having any luck, we turned to Walmart and their $10 tie dye kit. The kit came with three colors of dye, rubberbands, gloves, and easy directions with great design tips. So we laid trash bags out on the table and we let the fun being!
Freshly washed white tees swirled and tied with rubber bands, vivid dye seeping down through the folds, zipped up neatly in plastic bags. I was surprised- not with how easy it was (very!), but with how tidy it was! I fully expected a mess, but we successfully dyed two shirts in the dining room without mishap.
It wasn't until later that I realized why there were two sets of gloves... they surely would've come in handy when it came time to rinse the shirts. But the blue dye is fading from my skin, and I'm sure it will be gone by tomorrow. And the trade off was certainly worth it-I'm sure the brightness of the dye is only outdone by the smiles on the faces of my kids.
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