Ice Dye 🌈💕
- Emily Carr
- May 2, 2020
- 2 min read
Good evening beautiful people...& by evening, I mean midnight because this momma CANNNNNOT get her crap together this week 😳😂 anyone else feeling me? I feel like the past few weeks have been a rollercoaster of high motivation & then long periods of couch potato status. But here I am, trying once again to get my life together 💕
I found this SUPER CUTE shirt for Stella, but knew that a white t would neverrr last with this girl who plays rough 😂 I knew I wanted to tie dye it, but didn’t feel like making a huge mess with the traditional tie dye. So I decided to give the ice dye a try and I’m so glad I did! It was sooooo easy & almost completely mess free!
(p.s you can use code EMCARR15 for 15% off anything on Gumption‘s website. You’re welcome 💁🏻♀️😘)
Here is the YouTube video I followed. I’m no YouTube star & am not going to pretend to be one 😂 But the steps are SO easy, you really don’t need to watch a video.
Materials needed:
POWDERED dye. Works way better than liquid since the ice melts and dilutes dye
Ice- crushed or cubed. We used crushed!
Cooling rack or any type of grate that lets liquid fall through
Container to catch melted ice/dye- we used a casserole dish
Do any type of folded technique. Any traditional tie dye technique or just bunch randomly. The more folds you have, the more white that will show.
Put ice alllll over the shirt. Don’t leave any part of the shirt uncovered by ice. Also, get your toddler ice of her own if you are doing this craft together or she will try to eat dye ice off the shirt. Not saying this from experience or anything 🤷🏻♀️🙄😂
Then all you do is shake the powdered dye onto the ice. That’s literally it. The melting ice will do the rest! Make sure that the grate is over the dish to catch all the liquid. I set it out in the sun to help speed up melting time. Then after all the ice was completely melted, I let it sit with the dye on for about 2 hours. The longer you let it sit, the more vibrant the color and the more marbled the pattern from melting ice. I wanted a very light pale (watercolor) tie dye. Then rinse completely until water runs clear & wash for the first time separately. I washed in the sink with detergent and dried it in the dryer with no issue 💕 I hope this inspires you to give it a try! I will never be going back to traditional dying again- this was SO much easier & no mess!
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