Create a tie-dye piece of attire. Only god knows where the desire to add this project to the list came from. It was added long before I had children, so I cannot even use that excuse. However, it was during a brainstorm for ideas to keep my daughter entertained during lockdown when everything aligned.

My daughter was very excited about creating her own tie-dye t-shirt, and we already had everything we needed to deliver on this project. The dye was bought from Amazon a few years back and arrived with a bundle of rubber bands. Both me and my daughter had old white t-shirts that required a new lease of life. And finally, I had an old decorators sheet to protect the surface where we completed the tie-dying.

A simple Google search and we came across instructions on different tie-dye techniques to achieve different patterns. It was a simple process with great results on both my daughters and my own pieces. Check them out at the bottom of this post.

Tie-dying is a simple and fun activity to be completed with children. My daughter thoroughly enjoyed adding the dye in the garden sun, and she has not stopped wearing the t-shirt since.

As a parent, it would be great in the comments section to see other ideas on how to keep young children entertained during such challenging times. I will also look to cover this topic with some more of my own success stories in the next blog post.