I am really into 70’s stuff so creating the Sharpie tie dye shirt seemed like a no brainer! I’m always looking at my parent’s old yearbooks and seeing how everything was 40 years ago! The Earthbound store is probably one of my favorite stores to find hippie type stuff or thrifting! So the other day I realized my only tie dye shirt was starting to fade (it was almost completely white! Yikes!) I decided I would make a new tie dye shirt! Since I am only a high schooler, I don’t really trust myself with real dye. I figured I needed to find an alternative way to create a tie dye shirt that didn’t involve going out and buying one. After some creative thinking, and Pinterest searching I decied instead of dye I would use Sharpies to tie dye!! If you want to create easy and fun Sharpie tie dye shirts too, here’s how!
Materials Needed:
White shirt
Rubbing Alcohol
Colorful Sharpies
1. To begin, place a hard surface underneath the white shirt to prevent bleeding on to the other side. Next, I used a can of soup to trace out where I wanted my different circle patterns to be. Once you have your ideal pattern laid out, Use sharpies to create circular patterns on shirt.
2. Once you have your desired design drop alcohol onto circles. The less alcohol you use the better result you get in my opinion. Wait for alcohol to completely dry then enjoy! Two different results are shown below depending on the design you make and how much alcohol you put on your shirt.
Now you have a Sharpie tie dye shirt! This project is mess free and easy to do with kids! If you’re worried about washing the shirt I suggest handwashing with color-protecting detergent! I personally use Downy when I wash mine.