Crafting Secrets

Kids Delight: Playsilks

I finally worked my way into a friend’s house with a microwave to dye some playsilks with Kool-Aid…

Fun, F-U-N,  -F U N . . .

We thought we’d dye two scarves at a time in each color, but it turned out that there was just room for one at a time.

And the color from the Kool-Aid was gone from the water after one silk was dyed so we couldn’t reuse it.

Here’s the gist of the project: First soak all undyed silks in hot water with a dash of vinegar (we used distilled white vinegar) for half an hour.  Then for each silk, mix 2 cups water, 1/2 cup vinegar, and 3 packets of Kool-Aid in a glass bowl–the kids helped with this part.

You’re supposed to let it sit for three minutes, stir, then repeat the microwaving and sitting three times total for each silk.

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Make Kool-Aid Playsilks with Your Kids

Others had commented on how dark the silks get and I wanted to try for a lighter playsilk, so I just did the whole process once for my silks.  Rachel wanted to try two rounds of microwaving for hers, although I don’t think the color was appreciably different.

Get ALL the details in this article: Kool-Aid Playsilks