Sunday, August 17, 2008

Tye~dye fun

Jessica has decided she wants to do a tye~dye party for her birthday. So we have been searching a way to make an invitation. I came across this idea:

Use a regular coffee filter


flatten it

color it using Crayola washable markers
(we also used the RoseArt washables, but the color did not come out as bright)

fold it in half


keep folding it until you get a small triangle (3 folds)

drip water on it
(I actually wanted to use a spray bottle, but couldn't find one so we just used a straw)

unfold it

lay it on a flat table to dry


Look at how many we have done!


The plan is to cut them, paste it to the front of an invitation and taadaa! A Tye~Dye invitation!!
I will let you know how that comes out!

15 comments:

Tamara Mitchell said...

Very cool! She should have a lot of fun doing that! How old is she? I think she around Mason's age, 11! Mason just did a back to school tye dye party and had a blast.

Nanny Debbie said...

WOW they came out really cool and what a great idea for a party.

Renata said...

What a great idea - very effective! I love the fact that each invitation will be individual as well! Enjoy your party planning!

Frizzy said...

Great idea I might have to steal it in the future! I also like the fun pics between Friday and now. Wish I hadn't missed them. Now I won't because I finally got you on my blog roll. I don't know what was happening before. Go ahead, take a look and you'll see you're there now.

Jenn H said...

What an awesome idea!!! That is so creative!!

The Corradetti Clan said...

Great idea! They look great so far.

Cindy @ Marriedtothemilitary {dot} net said...

verry cool. How many peole is she inviting?

The jones Family said...

Uh Oh! A Ty-Dy party? You may just see this appearing on another blog in the nearish (around dec 15) future!! This is so cute...you don't mind a copy cat do you?

Nancy said...

That's so creative!! Very nice :)

Deanna said...

Those came out really good!
What a great idea!

debi9kids said...

I tried to leave comment yesterday and darn blogger wouldn't let me!
These are TOO COOL! What a GREAT idea! Jess is going to have the best party!
You need to send this idea in to Tip Junkie!

The Romero-Schroeder said...

Cool idea and very IN

Tabbatha said...

That's a pretty cool idea!! Also a fun project just because for young kids. Good job Mom!!

Anonymous said...

Terri , you are very creative....
You should start a business .."party planning". Ther are plentyu of Mom's that need help in this area. The invitaions look great. I loved Scott's shirt for the Jimmy Buffet concert that was tye dye. Wish I could be there.

Debbie Moore said...

What a great idea, I love it, a tye dye party, I love it, how fun that will be!