How to Tie Dye Shirts with Water Guns

Painting shirts with water guns to create a tie dye t-shirt was a blast. Learn How to Tie Dye Shirts with Water Guns through our easy step by step tutorial.

How to Tie Dye Shirts with Water Guns

Last week I had my teen girls Bible Study class over for some fun…if you saw my story on Instagram I asked you all if you thought I was crazy…but we made tie-dye shirts using water guns. Talk about a blast and a new twist to tie-dye t shirts!

Materials you need to make Tie Dye T Shirts with Water Guns

T-Shirt for each participant
Different size water guns
Tie Dye Kit
Gloves (extra gloves even though the kit comes with some!)
Rope/Clothes pins to hang up t shirts.

I saw this tie die with water guns activity on Skip to my Lou and she suggested putting wax paper in between the t shirts – but said that didn’t work so well…I saw where someone suggested putting cardboard between the shirts…well we opted out of both! I don’t know if it was a good idea but I don’t know that it was necessarily a bad idea either – that we opted out.

How to Make Tie Dye T-Shirts with Water Guns

Wash and Dry your t-shirts prior to making them tie dye.
Hang each t-shirt up on clothes line/rope with clothes pins.
Put on GLOVES! Some of the girls thought they didn’t need to…others were smart!!
Follow your directions on your tie-dye kit to mix up your dye and water.
Put one mix of dye in squirt gun or water gun.
Start spraying on your t-shirt and have fun!
Let your t-shirt fully dry.

We loved how easy and fun this activity was! A perfect tween or teen activity for sure! All of their t shirts were so colorful and different which I loved!

Get a variety of different water guns…they all created a different look to the tie-dye which made it super fun.

Hi I’m Erin a Southern mama from South Mississippi, owner and chief editor of Sixth Bloom a blog helping mom-tographers capture their kiddos and life, as well as talking all things home, parenting and how we navigate through life. You will find me living life to the fullest with my mister (aka husband) and our little three year old preschooler, Miss E, in our 500+ sq foot cottage as we build our dream house on our two acres! We are blessed beyond measure… we love to travel and love being involved in ministry opportunities at our church.