Tie-Dye Watercolour.

After seeing this post on Pinterest (everything starts on Pinterest!), I decided to change it a little to do as a Valentine's Day craft with my kids.

We simplified it, and did heart flowers.

The kids had such fun doing it, that we decided to try other stuff. We made stationary, and the kids wrote letters to people they loved.

Here's how we did it:

First, mix water and food colouring. Using a medicine dropper, squeeze little droplets all over your paper.

Then, iron directly onto the paper until just damp. Make sure to use an old iron you don't care about! Be careful, it splatters hot water as it heats. Before drying completely, inspect your work.

We decided it needed more green. We added more drops, and ironed again. 

This time, iron until completely dry (I found turning it over and ironing the back helpful too.)

We experimented with different patterns, like a spiral,

A heart,

And a butterfly...which we decided needed a face :).

We tried a variety of different things (including just sticking a bunch of stuff in the middle). The kids had a great time seeing how they turned out, and had fun writing on their stationary :).