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DIY Patriotic Tie Dye Clothing

Lindsay Aratari

I had so much fun making these DIY patriotic tie dye clothing for the kiddos!

Looking for some more 4th of July inspo? Check out my front porch a couple years ago, HERE.

These DIY tie dye clothes are so easy to make for 4th of July and now I want to dye more things!

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I decided to try my hand at tie dye and it was so easy! I was a bit intimidated, but it really is super simple!

I wanted to make some shirts for the kiddos for the 4th of July! I decided to do some tie dye shirts for them using RIT dye.

After researching a bit and looking on the RIT website, I hopped right in to making their shirts. I’ll share exactly what I did below!

SUPPLIES:

  • Clothing of choice: I did a tee shirt for Dominic and a bodysuit for Giulietta

  • Large buckets

  • Hot water

  • Stirring object such as a spoon or tongs (something you don’t mind getting dye on)

  • Paper towels

  • Rubber Bands

  • RIT Dye: I used Denim Blue and Scarlet

  • Gloves

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Fill buckets with hot water

  2. Add desired amount of dye to the water

    • The RIT website has exact measurements, but I just added a little to start and tested the color by dipping a paper towel into the water

  3. Add rubber bands to the clothing in whatever design you like!

    • For Dominic’s circles, I grabbed the middle and added a rubber band and then added rubber bands on top and on bottom

    • For Giulietta’s stripes, I just added rubber bands going down the bodysuit

    • There is kind of no rhyme or reason, if you just want it to be random

    • Just make sure the rubber bands are secure and tight so that they create the white parts on the clothing

  4. Place clothes into the dye while wearing gloves

  5. Keep in the dye for as long as you want—I did about 10 minutes

    • The longer you keep the clothes in the dye, the darker the color

    • I kept stirring the clothes and checking on them every few minutes to see the color

  6. Remove the clothes from the dye baths and rinse off—since we did this outside, I used the hose

    • Rinse until the water runs clear

  7. Remove rubber bands to reveal your design!

  8. Wash in the washing machine then dry in the dryer

    • I added an old towel with the clothes to catch any color coming off

  9. DONE!

Note: mine did fade a bit because I did not use the RIT dye fixative, but I don’t mind at all! I wanted a more muted color anyways so I love how they turned out

Now, I want to dye all the things! I want to do some neutral dyeing next, I think! It’s so fun playing around and seeing your finished product. It’s a quick DIY that is completely different each time which makes it even more fun!

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