Many people love to make stationery paper, featuring tie-dye patterns. Read on to make some.
Steps
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You need paper. Take a rag, get it wet, and splotch it all over the paper. This helps the colors really get in the paper.
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Take out food coloring.
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Under the paper you are dyeing, put dots or dye.
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Pick up the paper, and tap it on the table .
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If you like, when it drys put one - only one - squirt or perfume on the table.
Using Dye or Food Coloring
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Take your paper and put it over a surface that you don't mind getting the dye on.
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Take a color of dye and put a drop or two on the wet paper.
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Lift up your paper so it's facing vertically and let the dye drip off, and let it dry.
Using Coffee
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Make some coffee and pour it into a bucket.
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Make sure the coffee is cold otherwise it will shrink the paper
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Push your paper all the way down into the bucket full of coffee
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Lay the paper out to dry.
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Enjoy your dyed paper
Using Washable Marker
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Get multiple colors of markers and scribble all over the paper.
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Dip the paper in water.
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Let the paper dry.
Tips
- Have something under the paper you're dyeing!
- If you get dye on your skin, use rubbing alcohol to get it off.
- Try experimenting with the marker and paper. What does a dog look like tie-dyed?
- If you dyed your paper in coffee, dipping it multiple times makes it darker.
- Make sure to get a parents permission to do this, as coffee can be hot.
- Dye can stain your clothes.
- To make scented tie-dye, spray on a hint of perfume.
Warnings
- Coffee can burn if it's hot.
Things You'll Need
- Clothes you can stain
- Something to put under the paper your dyeing
- Paper (lined or not)
- A rag
- Food coloring
- Perfume (optional)