days with grace :: 7 (late morning)
Our Tackle-it-Thursday butterfly craft was dyeing silks! I learned about this project and have been thinking about it for quite awhile. I sent away for the white silks. Grace and I used Kool-Aid (shhhh, she never even saw the packages!) and with water and a splash of vinegar we soaked the white silks in the color. We were very surprised how quickly the color absorbed into the silk. We then hung them to dry. After they dry we are going to rinse them in cold water and hang them to dry again. By tomorrow morning they will be ready for Grace to play with. The silks can be butterfly wings, a skirt, water, a leaf, a hat or anything else that Grace wants them to be! We had the best time doing this project. Our house smelled sweet and the COLORS are beautiful.
Our Tackle-it-Thursday butterfly craft was dyeing silks! I learned about this project and have been thinking about it for quite awhile. I sent away for the white silks. Grace and I used Kool-Aid (shhhh, she never even saw the packages!) and with water and a splash of vinegar we soaked the white silks in the color. We were very surprised how quickly the color absorbed into the silk. We then hung them to dry. After they dry we are going to rinse them in cold water and hang them to dry again. By tomorrow morning they will be ready for Grace to play with. The silks can be butterfly wings, a skirt, water, a leaf, a hat or anything else that Grace wants them to be! We had the best time doing this project. Our house smelled sweet and the COLORS are beautiful.
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