Tulip One-Step Tie-Dye Kit Ice Dye, 4 Cool as Ice Colors

This was so much fun. Tulip's One-Step Ice Tie Dye kit is easy to use and has minimal clean-up. It comes with two pairs of plastic gloves, a nice amount of rubber bands, an ice-dye grate, and 3 bottles of dye powders. All you need is your t-shirts, aprons, or canvas shoes! There are two fun ways to go about tie-dyeing your items—using the ice method or adding water to your dye powder (there's a line indicator on the bottle to show how far to fill) and pouring it over in liquid form. I tried both methods but I'll admit, my family had more fun using the ice method. My kids especially loved watching the ice melt over time and seeing the colors blending together. Here are a few things we learned about this ice-dye kit overall: One, the plastic gloves will not fit a large man's hands. My 6' 1” 200 lb husband wanted to join in the fun and couldn't slip his fingers past the hand holes. Two, the mint powder is a subtle color. Now this applies to the ice method only. The mint color mixed with water came out bright. Anyway, I sprinkled the mint powder directly on my canvas shoes, then apply ice over it and then added an extra amount of mint powder over the ice to add more vibrancy. And three, use crushed ice, not ice-tray cubes. Believe me, it works infinitely better. I used regular ice from my freezer trays and stark straight lines formed on the fabric where the freezer tray ice cubes melted. A small bag of crushed ice will definitely avoid getting those obvious lines! The royal blue powder turned out to be a tad dominant. It can easily overpower the other two dyes. Be careful how you layer and blend the lilac and mint powders to avoid seeing only heavy splotches of blue. There is one Con, and that's regarding the directions given with the ice method. Directions recommend washing the items as soon as the ice melts. Instead, I advise placing your dyed items into a plastic bag for 8 hours or longer. In fact, at least a full day to allow the dyes to settle in completely. The reason is that we discovered the dyes will rinse out completely in the washer, leaving a lot of white space where beautiful ice pastel colors should have remained. Again, this is only regarding using the ice-dye method. Overall, it was a fun adventure with colors. My family tie-dyed 2 kid sized cotton t-shirts, a pair of women's canvas shoes, and 4 large men's cotton t-shirts with this kit. Definitely recommended, it's a lot of fun for the entire family!

I actually did not know this dye used a different technique. The package contains a grid, then you lay the item on the grid, place ice on top, then sprinkle dye on ice, then let it melt. I don't think you could do many projects with this small amount of powder. I chose to use the dye normally and filled the bottles with water. It worked as normal.

My grandkids are in Florida so I introduced 2 of my little neighbors to tie dyeing. A girl and a boy, 9 and 10 yrs old. The colors were great for both of them....blue, purple and green. It was fun, easy and the shirts turned out really neat. Same colors but both were so totally different.

This one step tie dye kit is really fun with minimal mess. It was great for me and my four year old daughter to do together. I found the directions a little confusing. For instance, the instructions say to use the dye powder dry and sprinkle it on the ice. However, the bottles that contain the powder have instructions on the back of the bottle that say to add water. In the end, I ended up using the powder dry. It comes with a tray to put your shirt on top of but you also need a bucket that you can lay the tray on top of so that the water from the ice runs into the bucket as it melts. I had trouble finding the right size bucket to hold the tray. I had to kind of bend the tray and bucket a bit to get the tray to stay on top of bucket. I also used a dry shirt, though the directions say using a wet shirt would be better. It did take a long time for the ice to melt but I was surprised how the dye ended up soaking through to the other side, as each banded part was pretty thick. It's a simple kit but the melting of the ice could be slow or fast depending on the temperature inside and it is more ideal if the ice melts slowly. If this holds up through a few washings, I would definitely try it again!

My granddaughter has rediscovered the "what was old is new again" with the latest tie-dye craze. To be honest, while wanting to indulge her creativity, I didn't want a big liquid mess in my kitchen, and with her being 10 years old wanted something that was definitely non-toxic and could be used with minimal supervision. The Tulip Ice Dye kit checked off all those marks with no mixing or water involved, you simply use regular ice. It comes complete with 3 bottles of powder (several color variations to choose from - pastels, brights, neons), along with the ice dye grid, 20 rubber bands, and even 2 sets of plastic gloves. All you need to furnish is the garment - we chose inexpensive 100% cotton bandanas as the first project and following the instructions, I have to say they turned out very bright and cute. Would highly recommend as a fun, family crafting project!

Received for review. I was skeptical at first using the ice but it made some interesting effects with the dye. We did a shirt for our son, 3, and his grandmother. I ended up not using all of the dye but now I wish I had. We bound the shirts, added some dye, placed the ice, then more dye. It took replenishing the ice a few times more. I had to bind the shirts a second time upon open them up as some of the dye was still powder form and parts of the shirts were still white. Now that I have better knowledge working with the ice I would definitely buy this kit again. Tips: make sure you have plenty of ice. Crushed covers more without falling off and melts a bit faster. Make sure to set the rack on top of a bucket or something the water and dye can drip into. Don't be shy with the powder dye.

The colors are so bright! My pictures won't do it justice. It came with everything I needed. I am going to wear my shirt on Saturday to my great grandsons 1st birthday party. I can't wait for everyone in the family to see it. I am totally amazed. This was my very first tie dye project and it looks great.

This was my first time making a tie dye shirt using the ice method. This kit was SUPER easy to use! I love that it came with a little rack to put everything on as the ice melted, which I will definitely be using in future tie dye projects! The colors are so vivid and the shirts turned out fantastic!

So I messed up with the ice dying method, I skimmed the instructions and ended up filling the dye bottles with water. They had a fill line on them so that's what I thought you had to do. The instructions gave 3 options for design patterns and I tried the swirl and bunched options. They did turn out good. So I used the bottles and squirted the dye making sure they soaked through to the bottom. I already messed up so I still put ice on top to dilute the colors a bit. Let it sit 6 hrs. I followed the washing instructions and it came out surprisingly well. The down side is the mint color is very faint and the blue has a purplish tinge which I like. The instructions are a bit scattered, but that's due to user error. If you mess up the project is very salvageable. Using the "wet" method there was enough dye for 3 medium t shirts, just make sure to use the ice on top to dilute the colors if you think its too dark.

I love this brand of tie-dye but not this product. There isn't enough dye in these bottles to actually be able to use for multiple things. The dye did not spread throughout the shirt as the ice melted. It does have beautiful colors and they are vibrant. I just didn't like how the dye didn't spread like it was supposed to.