Watercolor Dyed Flowers
When you were a kid, you probably either saw or did a science project where you add some food dye to water, add a few white flowers, and BAM! A day later, you have custom dyed flowers. I wanted to try this but with my current craft supplies which led to the question “Will this work with watercolors?!”
The answer is yes. Sort of. :)
Materials List
The following list has all the supplies and tools you'll need to make this project.
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Note
Please use sturdy cups that will not tip over. Definitely don’t use plastic cups because they will easily tip and you’ll have a big (colorful) mess everywhere!
Step 1
Prep the flowers. Cut flower stems to 8 inches or less. Remove all leaves by snipping them off with scissors (ripping them will further damage the flowers).
Step 2
Fill vessels with 8 oz. of water each and add 10 drops of concentrated watercolor paint in each vessel.
Step 3
After a couple of hours, you will notice the flowers changing colors. After a day, the flowers will be as colorful as they can get. Enjoy :)
Further Notes
This project was a bit of an experiment so I didn’t know exactly how it’d turn out. Originally, the flower stems were over a feet long and I left the leaves intact because I didn’t want to hurt the flower. As it turns out, this will delay the color absorption and your flowers may be wilting by the time the colors take effect.
Even after trimming the leaves and stems, the flowers didn’t turn out as colorful as I thought they’d be. The blue ones are a soft turquoise but the red dye ones are practically white with a hint of pink in the center.
I want to redo this experiment with less water, even shorter stems, and less flowers per vase. Just keep this in mind when trying it out yourself :)
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