1. How to Make a Spiral Tie-Dye T- Shirt

2. Entertaining Kids? Need a Fun, Hands-On Activity? No Fear! Spiral Tie-Dyed T-Shirts Are the Perfect Craft. Making tie-dyed shirts allows kids to: Participate in a social activity Learn the importance of step- taking to replicate final picture on tie-dye kit or box Demonstrate cleanliness when doing a craft Build self-confidence through an artistic outlet Add to their crafting experience in order to recall and replicate in the future Spiral Tie-Dye

3. Goal and Objectives Goal After learning each step of spiral tie-dying a white t-shirt, kids will be able to: 1.Learn skills applicable for future tie-dying and other relatable crafts. 2.Retain and pass on necessary steps for spiral tie-dying a white t-shirt. Objectives 1.Kids will learn basic knowledge of creating a spiral tie-dyed t-shirt including preparation, materials needed, steps, and helpful tips. 2.Kids and caretakers will be able to take all directions and tips given, and apply them for future crafts alike.

4. Complications or Insecurities Possibly doubts of this craft could be… Never tie-dying before Doing it with a rowdy group of kids Not having enough materials Craft becoming too messy to clean Not knowing a good color combo so colors don’t mesh together No worries! All these issues will be addressed throughout the presentation.

5. Step 1: Gather Materials Needed You can purchase individual materials or you can buy a kit that has everything included (dyes, rubber bands and gloves). Pay attention to how many shirts the kit can dye because depending on how many kids there are, you might have to buy multiple kits in order to dye all shirts. In addition to the supplies given in the kit, you will also need white t-shirts (size varies), big garbage bags to cover dying surface as well as large zip-lock bags to store dyed shirts in while the dye is soaking in the fabric. Tip: Materials bought at Michael’s Craft Store for $11.08!

6. Step 2: Pinching, Twisting and Binding Shirt When shirt is laid flat on covered surface (using your large garbage bags), pinch the shirt in the middle and start twisting fabric around until the whole shirt is twisted into a spiral disk (picture a hurricane swirl). Next, carefully wrap rubber bands around the shirt so they’re intersecting in the middle, or the ‘eye’ of the hurricane. Using at least 3 rubber bands, you want the spiral disk to be divided into six or more sections. Tip: make sure your t-shirt is damp before starting the process. This allows the dye to cling to the shirt better. Advice: Kids normally don’t have a problem with this step unless their rubber bands aren’t tight enough or in a secure spot on the t-shirt.

7. Step 3: Dying Your Shirt Prepare surface by making sure you have enough large garbage bags down so dye doesn’t get on actual surface. Once surface is ready, put on gloves and make dyes in bottles given in your kit. Make sure you do this over the sink. Monitoring who gets the dyes, help kids squirt the sections on their shirt. Make sure they are keeping the colors in the lines of the designated rubber bands so the spiral pattern can be formed. Once you see the surface of their disk covered, help them out by making sure the opposite side of the disk is covered in color and open the folds of the shirt to get the inside of the spiral so dye reaches the middle. Notice how trash bag is underneath! Tip: Filling the bottles halfway with water allows the dye powder to dissolve quicker, and then add the rest and shake some more. Tip 2: Worried about getting the color brown? It’s OK if the dye crosses the line of the rubber bands and mixes, but you watching over the kids doing it will allow this to not happen.

8. Step 4: Let Finished, Dyed Shirt Soak Once the shirt(s) is dyed to your liking, put them individually in large plastic bags and let them sit. Depending on the kit, they should sit up to 12- 24 hours in the zip-locked bag, making sure the baggy is zipped all the way and not putting the shirts in direct sun light. Tip: Having multiple shirts, you can place them outside in a shaded spot so they don’t take up room inside but are still not in direct sunlight.

9. Step 5: Rinse Shirt and Cut Off Rubber bands After the dyed shirts have sat overnight, rise the shirt in the sink until the water runs clear. Wring the shirt out of excess water and carefully remove rubber bands. Taking the shirt outside, shake it loose to see how your design turned out!

10. Step 6: Additional Care When washing it in the washing machine, play it safe by washing it by itself because there will still be excess dye in the fabric and you don’t want that getting on other clothing. After that initial wash, feel free to wash it with other things!

11. Practice and Feedback Practice: Your initial time making a tie- dyed shirt is your practice for future tie-dying. You’ll also pick up tricks that can improve other things you might want to tie-dye, including the amount of time for your shirt to soak or the color pattern used. Feedback You can gather your own feedback by: Looking up written steps of tie-dying on the internet. Visual tutorials offered on YouTube. Allowing another parent or caretaker to examine your work and offer tips of improvement or compliments.

12. Assessment Asking a parent or another caretaker to examine your work allows an impression to be sought, and given the kids reactions that can also give a rating of performance. Next time you go to do this craft, you can recall feedback and adjust steps so the areas that might have needed improvement in your tie-dying can turn out the way you originally wanted them to (remember: kids are going to be happy with the final result no matter what!)

13. Sharing this Craft With Others Sharing your knowledge of tie-dying with other caretakers or parents is the most effective way to receive feedback or indirectly give feedback to them if they weren't as knowledgeable with all the steps. Make sure to give enough detail when telling another how to tie-dye so their product can turn out similar, if not the same, as yours. Tell of your faults in the process so they know to pay attention to a certain step, or don’t feel as bad if they accidently do the same thing!