P3H are continuing to make great progress with their juggling balls craft and design project. This week, they learned how to tie dye to give their juggling ball material an interesting pattern. The tie dye will be the background for their circus-themed drawings on the balls that they designed last week.

We learned about the different knotting techniques used when tie dyeing to give a different effect. The effects include: spots, spirals, stripes and grids. It is important to tie the elastic bands tightly around the fabric before dyeing as this is what stops the dye from staining the fabric and creates the brilliant patterns.

Here are the class having fun with tie dye!