Silk Scarves
One of Kalina's Christmas gifts was silk play scarves.
Oh, and she got that cute little basket for Christmas as well.
A local momma sells them - fair trade & hand made in Ghana.
I purchased the silks un-dyed (white) and then dyed them myself.I found a tutorial online and dyed them with Kool Aid!
(I knew there must be a purpose for that stuff...)
I did one square scarf for each color of the rainbow. And, then one long rainbow colored one...
Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos of the coloring process. The little tubs of color were gorgeous, and the kitchen smelled fruity and divine! 
I think we'll get a lot of use out of these :)
Silk scarves are wonderful for children to play with. Dress-up, magical creatures, puppet shows, nature tables, seasonal lessons, princess hats...so many ways to use them!
(and as you see, they also make great dance partners!)
I think we'll get a lot of use out of these :)
posted by Erin @ 11:47 AM
2 Comments:
I love these!!! The color's turned out amazing, but it really makes me wonder how good it is for the stomach when it can dye fabric that well! Mickey and I were just talking about how it seems like such a fun project and toy for young ones... I might be coming back to this blog post in the future!
Yeah, probably shouldn't be drinkin it, but the colors are beautiful :)
I got her some colorful scarves when she was younger, but now that she has the silks, I realized how much better they are. Wish she had them sooner!
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