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Halloween Tees to Dye For…

Get into the Halloween spirit by wearing this cute Jack-o-lantern shirt.

jackolanternshirt

Here’s What you will need:
White T-shirt in your size or size of child
Box of Rubber bands
Orange fabric dye (we like Rit dye)
Sink or bucket for dye
Rubber gloves (unless you like orange skin)
Blunt ended scissors
stiff cardboard (for inside of shirt)
Black permanent marker 0r
Black fabric paint
Small paintbrush

How to make them:
Pinch and gather up a portion of the T-shirt fabric, then add a rubber band 1 or 2 inches from the point of the pinch. Wrap the band around several times until it’s nice and tight. Create similar sections with rubber bands all over the shirt and sleeves.

 Prepare the dye bath according to the instructions on the package. Thoroughly wet the shirt with water. Wearing rubber gloves, submerge the shirt in the dye. Let it soak until it looks a shade darker than you want it to be.

 Still wearing gloves, rinse the shirt under warm running water. As the rinse water becomes less orange, change the water temperature to cold. 

 Once the water from the shirt runs clear, carefully cut off the rubber bands. Dry the shirt.

 Insert cardboard inside the shirt,
then use a permanent marker (spot check to make sure it doesn’t bleed really bad)  to draw jack-o’-lantern features inside each circle. Fill in the shapes with the marker, or use black fabric paint (which stays black longer).

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