After searching for the perfect "BIG BRO" shirts for my two sons who are about to welcome our newest little addition into the world in just a matter of days, I turned to pinterest!
"When in doubt, Search pinterest"
This lately has become my new motto! I was interested in finding something that was relatively cheap and easy to make without the mess! This past summer I had looked at our local Wal-Mart and was amazed to find how expensive tie dye cost! ( I was originally going to make our "Big Bro" shirts in the summer) But not at that cost! So I searched pinterest and found this blog http://www.sunscholars.com/2011/01/sharpie-tie-dying.html
It was a DIY tie dye using simply sharpies and rubbing alcohol! I was so excited I went straight to the store! I knew Rubbing Alcohol was cheap but was not sure about sharpies but to my surprise I found a 12 pack for 5 dollars! Yay!!!
With just days away from baby boy number three being here and my baby shower being that Saturday. I knew if we were going to make these shirts we needed to make them now! It was simple! I made the design I wanted on the shirt "Big Bro" and let Kalob my older son (5) color what he wanted in with sharpies of his choosing. I made Carters myself (he is only 19 months and was not in a very good mod that day!)
Then I took a medicine dropper and splashed all over with the rubbing alcohol. Next time I may use more caution on how much I use simply because it ran a lot! so drip wisely :]
Last, I let the two shirts dry over night then threw them in the dryer by themselves and let the dryer run for a while to heat set them! I washed them and didn't have problems with them running! I thought they both looked super cute wearing there brand new DIY tie dye shirts they helped make that Saturday at my baby shower!
