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How to make a Tie Dye Heart T-shirt

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Perfect for Valentine’s day or simply year-round, this is an easy step-by-step tutorial to make a heart tie-dye design. It’s even in rainbow colors!
It also includes a free template to make it easy to make the perfect heart.

Looking for Tie Dye kits? Our prefered bran is Tulip Tye Dye kits with strong vibrant colours that last.

To make a tie-dye heart t-shirt, you will need the following materials: a white t-shirt, tie-dye kit, plastic gloves, rubber bands, and a heart template (which can be found online or made by hand).

Step 1: Lay the t-shirt flat on a work surface and place the heart template on top.
Step 2: Use the rubber bands to secure the template in place and create the heart shape.
Step 3: Put on the plastic gloves and mix the dyes according to the kit instructions.
Step 4: Apply the dyes to the t-shirt, making sure to saturate the rubber-banded areas thoroughly.
Step 5: Once finished, remove the rubber bands and template, and let the shirt sit for at least 6-8 hours, or according to the dye kit instructions.
Step 6: Rinse the shirt with cold water until the water runs clear.
Step 7: Wash the shirt in the washing machine and dry it.

Your rainbow heart tie-dye t-shirt is ready to wear!

Note: The instructions may vary depending on the tie-dye kit you are using, please follow the instructions provided in the kit.

 

 

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Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

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