Tulip One-Step Tie-Dye Kit 15-Color Party Kit, Standard, Rainbow

I bought the dye so my students can create tye-dye socks and t-shirts for World Downs Syndrome Day. The kids had a lot of fun twisting and tying and putting color on the material. We let it all sit for 24 hours and then washed the products. (Cotton t-shirts and socks) When they came out of the wash ALL of the socks were white and blue only. All of the red, yellow, and green colors were washed out. I re-read the directions (I am a teacher) and made sure that the instructs that came with the product were followed to the letter. We prewashed the fabric and dried it and added water to the dye bottle, filling to line. (note how it does not say a particular temperature) Then it says to apply dye to the fabric (doesnt say anything about using rubber bands to create the tye-dye effect). We then wrapped and covered the fabric overnight and rinsed it well with water as instructed. Here it says to cut rubber bands (note, nowhere before does it say to wrap the fabric using the bands). Not even in the tips does it suggest anything. So before you lose money on this product as I did - according to their website it says: 1) Use WARM water to mix the dye. Hot water will break it down, and cold water will cause it to undissolved. 2) Use rubberbands on fabric to help create a nice pattern. 3) SOAK MATERIAL IN VINEGAR to saturate BEFORE you apply the dye. 4) Use dye to create patterns 5) Let sit overnight or up to 24 hours. 6) Rinse in COLD water thoroughly to remove the excess dye. 7) Washing in WARM water is the final step. Hope yours works out well using these revised steps from the internet. I am truly disappointed in the Tulip brand that I came to know and love for years.

I bought a set of these after watching a youtube video. I had done some tie dying in my youth but mainly one color using standard dye and a bucket. The Tulip dyes are super easy to use, and the kit includes gloves and rubber bands. The dye is already in the squirt bottles ready to be activated with water, just shake and squirt. I used the classic twist method for 3 shirts (grab in the middle and twist into a tight puck, then rubber band into pie-like sections). It was very easy to direct the dye into the sections. Once the puck was completed, I turned over and repeated on the back side, then put them in plastic bags to proof for 24 hours. A quick rinse, wash, and they turned out great. The colors are very vibrant and looked amazing when they were done. I have washed the shirts 4-5 times and they have held up pretty well, faded only slightly. The only thing I might improve on this kit is to include extra dye. There is really only enough color in one bottle to do one shirt (I used 3 colors per shirt and used the entire bottle of each color on that one shirt, front and back). In other words, you can generally only use a particular color on one shirt if you are really looking to get good color and penetration. Fun kit for the kids, just make sure to protect surfaces as this can stain.

Easy to follow directions and so much fun.

I bought 2 of these for a sleepover party of 6 six year old girls. I knew it would be messy so we set it up in the driveway and the kids LOVED it! It took a little time to set up (fill the bottles with water), but I liked the squirt bottles. The gloves are a bit useless, but half the fun is getting dyed yourself. The dye requires a good bit of saturation to get the desired effects, but overall I recommend. I also did not need to even open the second box I bought.

This dye was so easy to use. Instructions were clear to understand & I appreciated that it came with all the material needed. Wide variety of colors in the dyes & very vibrant. This turned out to be such a great & fun family activity.

This an excellent set of tie dyes with various colors. Easy to use with well written instructions and diffrent ideas of how to tye dye. There was lot of diffrent shades of pink and reds , but only 1 green, 1 yellow and no gray or orther earth tones. This was a great for a bunch of us ( 6) to have fun and tie dye. I wanted to do more so i ordered Rit dye in diffrent colora so i could chose the colors I iike. Kit comes with rubber bands and a few sets of plastic gloves.

I was able to dye 3 items. Fairly large items

This kit was so easy to use! I got it for Easter to get creative in quarantine with the family. No one else had tie dyed before this except for myself. It was so fun to see everyone get into it and this kit made it super easy to facilitate a low stress & low mess activity! All the colors included are gorgeous—we were so impressed with the color selection and vibrancy. I wanted to note that after rinsing the items on day 2, we laid the shirts out to dry in the hot Texas sun (unintentionally because it took minutes lol). Then, we did an extra step of heat setting the items by ironing them before sticking everything in the wash. I think it really helped set the dye prior to first wash & resist color bleed. Note, Blue based colors seems to have the most bleed so be sure to rinse them extra well! We loved it so much, we may make this a family tradition every Easter!

The kit gave us everything we needed. We had a lot of fun making our shirts with our two young kids!

Excellent tie-dye kit!! I put the shirts we dyed in zip lock bags. The directions say to keep the dyed shirts in a bag for 6-8 hours before hanging to dry. My kids had so much fun dying their shirts. We did tshirts and tank tops. My kids ages are 4, 6, and 8. I had to help the 4 year old a little bit. The older two did just fine on their own. This is very messy so be prepared to have dye all over. We did this outside in the grass which worked out well. Dye got on our folding table, but came off instantly with a magic eraser sponge. Great experience! :)