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Tie Dyed T-Shirts

Material

T-shirt
Rubber bands
Dye

Instructions

Lay the shirt out flat and grab a smallpinch of it in the middle. With this small fingerful, starttwisting your hand so the shirt is twisting like a snail. Whenthe whole thing is in a sort of snail pattern (and very tightlycoiled) you really need two people to do this next step, takesome large rubber bands and start putting them on the shirt tohold this snail shape. You will need three to four rubber bandsand when you have finished putting them on the shirt, they shouldlook like and asterisk * or a color wheel. Put your colors of dyein those plastic bottles that you use for hair dye (the ones withthe pointed nozzles) and very carefully apply to your shirt usingone color between each set of rubber bands. This part is reallymessy so be sure that everything is covered. Don't be afraid toreally soak each section to make sure that you get an optimumamount of color. Leave the shirts in their coils and rubber bandswith the dye on for eight hours. Just put each shirt in a plasticbag and let it set. After eight hours, take all the shirts intheir bags to the bathtub, undo them and rinse them out untilmost of the excess dye is down the drain. Then, put them in thewasher and wash and dry them and they should be ready to wear.

This pattern will give you a seashellpattern on the front and back of the shirt. If you would prefer astriped motif, lay the shirt out flat and fold it lengthwiseaccordion style very tightly and apply your rubber bandscrosswise so that it looks like a segmented worm. Then apply yourcolors between the segments and follow the rest of the directions.

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