How To Set Tie Dye

posted on June 24, 2022 in Crafting

Our all-time tips and ideas for how to throw an unforgettable tie dye party for kids and adults, akin!

After leading what feels like hundreds of necktie dye workshops and parties the by 2 years, we've clustered quite a few tips on how to make a tie dye party smooth, fun, and relatively neat, no affair the age of the guests.

In this mail, we're sharing allll of our skilful necktie dye party tips and ideas with you, from decorations to clean-up and everything in between! Whether you're hosting a kids' altogether political party, a baby or conjugal shower, a family gathering, or simply a colorful crafternoon with friends, this mail is hither to assistance!

WHERE TO HOST YOUR Tie DYE Party

Setting up your tie dye party in the right infinite is half the battle of a stress-free tie dye party. Whether you lot necktie dye outdoors or indoors, at your home or in a public space, depends on a few factors including the time of year, atmospheric condition study, and available mess-friendly space. The key things to consider when choosing your space are: ease of clean up (i.eastward. no carpet or fancy furniture that could become stained from dye) and admission to a water source for both filling h2o and dumping muddied dye buckets.

In that location are great options for all circumstances, so you can truly throw a necktie dye party whatsoever time of year! Hither are our recommended places to prepare upwards your tie dye party:

Outdoors

Lawn, either backyard or front yard, or at a public space like a park
Patio or terrace
Driveway or blacktop at a playground

Indoors – Home

Kitchen
Dining room
Playroom
Basement
Garage

Indoors – Public Infinite

Art studio
Rec center
Fitness/dance/karate studio
Political party room at a hotel or flat building

TIE DYE SUPPLIES

Beneath is a checklist of supplies you'll need for tie dyeing at your tie dye party. (Detect suggestions for decorations, food, and goodie numberless after on in this postal service!) You have a few options as to how you can go about gathering all the supplies you'll need for your tie dye political party:

Necktie Dye Political party Box: The Neon Tea PARTY Box includes everything you need for a tie dye party at a discount compared to purchasing everything y'all'll need a la menu. It also includes a Tie Dye Party Host Guide filled with additional party planning tips, plus 27-page Tie Dye Projection Guides for each of your guests. Yous can even add together a live virtual teacher onto your purchase! (FOR Existent!) Learn more & snag your Tie Dye PARTY Box hither!
Order supplies à la menu: Want to supplement your Tie Dye PARTY Box or whatsoever supplies you already accept on hand? You tin notice all our recommended necktie dye supplies here in the TNTP Shop!
Accept The Neon Tea Party come up to you!: The Neon Tea Party offers private arts and crafts parties both well-nigh and in-person throughout the New Jersey/New York/Connecticut expanse. When you book a individual tie dye party with The Neon Tea Party, we provide all the supplies you lot'll need, in addition to expertly-trained tie dye craft TEAchers — plus all the setup and cleanup! Learn more here!

Tie Dye Party Supply Listing:

Tulip® One-Pace Tie-Dye® Refill Packs* (this dye allows y'all to skip the textile prep stride & dive correct into dyeing!)
4oz squeeze bottles*
Plastic table material(south)*
Rubber or latex gloves*
Aprons*
Safety bands*
Items to dye* (make sure they're 100% all-natural cobweb such equally cotton fiber, or at least majority all-natural!)
Ziplock bags* and/or plastic wrap
Sharpie mark* for labeling tie dye numberless
Party bags* to have tie dye home
Buckets or big bowls of water for dampening items
Paper towels (double-ply works best)
Necktie Dye racks (optional simply recommended!)
Deep-sided aluminum blistering pans for tie dyeing with immature children
Pocket-size containers or bowls for condom bands
Paper-thin & pair of scissors (for Shibori dyeing)
Plastic tarp & masking tape, if tie dyeing indoors

*Particular is included in the Tie Dye Neon Tea PARTY Box!

HOW TO Fix

General Prep:

Set upward a table in an area in which you feel comfortable tie dyeing, keeping in mind that dye can drip or splash. (Also keep in heed that dye could accidentally leak through the tablecloth should it tear, so cull your table accordingly!)
Cover the table(southward) with a plastic tablecloth.
If tie dyeing indoors, embrace the floor with a plastic tarp. Hold downwardly the tarp by taping along the edges with masking tape. For more tips on setting upward tie dye indoors, cheque out this blog post!
Fill your dye bottles in accelerate so your guests tin can dive right in! (Or they tin can assist make full bottles one time it's time to dye!) To make your dye, pour a parcel of dye powder into each 4oz canteen, add water and shake well until all dye powder sitting at the lesser has dissolved. Be sure to exercise this while wearing gloves! If you'd like to brand your own custom dye colors (such as pastels and jewel tones), y'all can notice our Tie Dye Colour Nautical chart here! (Annotation: Y'all'll desire to utilise a tie dye scoop when making custom colors!)
Put rubber bands into small-scale containers or bowls for easy grabbing while dyeing.
Fill a bucket or large bowl of water for every 3-iv people and place on the tie dye table or another nearby surface.

"Make clean Phase" vs "Messy Stage"

We recommend breaking upward the tie dyeing process into two phases: The Make clean (or H2o) Phase and the Messy (or Dye) Phase. In other words, y'all tin plan to dampen and tie all items offset, and then move onto dyeing everything. This ensures that you tin prep all your items for dyeing without errant dye on your work surface.

To fix for the Make clean Stage and the Messy Phase, you tin either:

Gear up two tables, or
Use the same table and simply swap out supplies between phases

Here's what yous'll need for each setup:

Clean Phase:

At each guest's identify, put out a set of each of the dyeable items
In the center of the table, prepare out water buckets and minor containers of rubber bands
If you're providing instructions guides, make sure those are handy!

Messy Stage:

At each guest's identify, set up out tie dye racks or two sheets of paper towels layered on tiptop of one some other, plus a fix of protective gear (gloves and apron). If you're necktie dyeing with kiddos, y'all tin can set out deep-sided aluminum baking pans that the kiddos can dye in. The walls of the pans will help catch dye splashes. Line them with paper towel for farther dye containment!
In the center of the table, set out all dye bottles (feel free to remove caps in advance and store them somewhere safe!) and extra rolls of paper towels.
Nearby, put out ziplock numberless for their dyed items and the Sharpie mark for guests to write their names on the bags.
We likewise recommend having a garbage can or trash bag nearby to dispose of dye-soaked newspaper towels and other necktie dye trash.

Tie DYE INSTRUCTIONS

Nosotros've got you covered with dozens of necktie dye tutorials and project ideas! Here are iii different means you tin can access TNTP's practiced tie dye tutorials:

Here on theneonteaparty.com: Find all of our tie dye tutorials here in TNTP'south Online Craft Studio! You lot can also reference our Tie Dye Tutorial videos on our YouTube Channel for actress support! (Check out our Necktie Dye Playlist in that location!)
Project Guides included in the Party Box: Each Tie Dye Political party Box contains five 27-page Tie Dye Project Guides including instructions for: Creating Custom Dye Colors, Classic Necktie Dye Patterns (Scrunch, Bullseye, Swirl & Rainbow Arch), Shibori Tie Dye (Triangles, Squares & Spider), and Dyeing Socks & Hair Scrunchies. These will salve yous the headache of printing instructions for you and your guests!
Have a TNTP TEAcher atomic number 82 your necktie dye crafting: Whether you opt into a Virtual TEAcher with your Political party Box or hire TNTP to host your private Tie Dye Political party, we'll provide you with an expert tie dye instructor PLUS all instructions for your desired tie dye project and other we think you lot'll find helpful!

CLEAN Upwardly TIPS

Tie Dyeing can exist messy business organisation. Follow these tips to proceed your party tidy and make make clean-up a cakewalk!

Start by clearing away whatever garbage such as dye-covered newspaper towels and used gloves.
If using tie dye racks, carefully dump out dye into water buckets or downwards a nearby drain.
Rinse out empty/almost-empty dye bottles in a designated tie dye sink, preferably a utility or bathroom sink. (We recommend avoiding kitchen sinks if possible to forbid dye from getting on dishes & the like.) Leftover dye remains at full vibrancy for upward to 72 hours, then some colors begin to fade (yellow, orange) or dissever (red, blackness) so endeavour to use it up equally soon as possible!
Thoroughly wipe down your tablecloth so that you can utilise it again.
Should dye have splashed onto whatsoever unwanted surfaces, use a bleach-based cleaner to remove it. Any dye on skin will disappear in 1-2 showers.
Caput here for our tips on how to rinse & wash tie dyed items!

Necktie DYE PARTY IDEAS!

Planning a tie dye extravaganza?! Hither are some of our favorite means to add groovy flair to your Necktie Dye Craft Political party:

Tie DYE DECORATIONS

Tie Dye-patterned paper appurtenances (plates, napkins, cups, dining tablecloth, etc!)
Tie Dye or rainbow marble balloons – strung individually or as a garland!
Tie Dyed bed sail photo backdrop
Clothesline strung with tie dye creations

TIE DYE TREATS

Rainbow-swirl cupcakes or cake (here's Baked past Melissa's recipe!) or guild Broiled past Melissa cupcakes!
Snow Cones (It's like edible ice dye!)
T-Shirt-shaped sugar cookies with necktie dyed royal icing
StudioDIY's tie dye s'mores
Rainbow fruit kebabs
Rainbow Goldfish crackers

Necktie DYE GOODY BAG IDEAS

Send them domicile with craft supplies they used during your craft party, or find more supplies hither!
Include actress bottles and dye in a multifariousness of fun colors!
Include extra dyeables!
Include extra gloves & a mini canteen of laundry detergent for washing their dyed items

More than INSPO ON OUR PINTEREST!

Find more than Tie Dye Party inspo our Tie Dye Political party Pinterest board!

Yous are now armed and prepare to host an epic Necktie Dye Party!! Should y'all need whatsoever additional help, don't hesitate to reach out to us at events@theneonteaparty.com! Be sure to post your political party photos on Instagram and tag us @theneonteaparty! We tin can't await to see what you and your coiffure create!

Peace, love & neon,
TeamNTP ✌️

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