Tie-Dye Beach Towel

I started teaching my craft class to middle schoolers last week. We started off with an apron so the kids could tell me about themselves through their drawings and so we'd have the apron to protect or clothes for our other projects.

I found our project for this week online and it seemed easy, fun and something that any age would enjoy.

The supplies:

• White "beach" towel - I bought 27" x 52" white towels from Walmart $2.50
• Simply Spray Fabric Paint - Hobby Lobby $24.99 - kit says it will make 24 shirts
• Contact Paper (must have adhesive back)
• Pencil
• Paper towel
• Scissors

The first step is to sketch your wording onto the top-side of the contact paper. **I messed up and used a marker that bled once it got paint on it, so make sure to use a pencil or ball-point pen.

After you sketch it out, cut it out. Before I stuck it to the towel, I laid the letters out to make sure I centered it and spaced it evenly.

Next take the backing off and stick it to the towel. Make sure to press down on all the edges so paint won't bleed through.

After all the letters were stuck on the towel, I moved the project outside.

Scrunch up the towel, to get the tie-dyed effect.



When you're ready to start painting, fold up a paper towel and start spraying on it before you move to the towel. This will prevent the paint from dripping.

I painted 3 colors and then spread the towel out to see if I missed any spots. I still had more white showing than I wanted, so I re-scrunched it and added some more color. You can do this several times to get the desired effect.

Paint will pool up on the letters, so you need to wipe the letters off before you peel them off.

Here's the finished product! It needs to dry for at least 30 minutes and you're supposed to wait 72 hours before washing.

This was so fun and easy! With supervision, it would be an easy kid project.