Today was our 2nd annual tie dye Easter egg adventure.
What you need
100% silk ties (Goodwill and Salvation Army, our choice)
A thin sheet (I usually get a sheet from the above places to cut up)
Eggs
1/4 c. vinegar
bread ties or floral wire
Cut the ties open and remove the inside form and the silk end pieces
Wrap the egg with the design side touching the egg and tie tightly with wire
Then cover again with piece of sheet
Bring eggs to a boil and let sit for 20 minutes
Remove from water allow to cool and then unwrap the surprise!
Here's the snapshots from my phone:
Here are the ties with the insides out and ready to use. Our selection wasn't that great this year, we need to start collecting them earlier. The brighter and bolder the design the better. The second from the left and the brown tie in the middle were the least favorite of the group. The brown one is the ugly mustard color you will see below. You just have to take a chance and see what you get!
All ready to go into the water!
Tada!
This is from a maroon tie
A red tie
This one was from a crazy spotted tie that all the colors looked alike, it made a cool design.
This is from an awful tie that had birds and sky on it. We planned it out for the bird's face to transfer and it worked and turned out pretty cool!
We usually get two eggs out of a tie, if you have the eggs and time you can try to get three!
The original blog I got the idea and information from.
