Pleat and dye prints

Pleat and dye prints

Materials

• containers (three)

• food coloring (blue, red, yellow)

• newspaper

• paper towels (white)

• water

Before you start this project, cover your work area with layers of
newspaper. Cover yourself with an old shirt.

1. Pour a little of each food color into different containers. Add a
   little water to each color.

2. Tear off a paper towel. Pleat the paper towel (see pleat,
   page 36) in large, even strips, the long way. Keeping the towel
   folded, pleat it again, the short way.

1. Hold the pleated towel in the middle to keep the pleats together.
   Dip a corner into one of the food colors.

The color will spread quickly, so take the towel out as soon as the
color starts to spread.

Now dip a second corner into another color. Then dip a third corner into
the last color.

1. Unfold the towel very carefully and lay it on a layer of newspaper
   to dry. When it is dry, you can use it as gift-wrapping paper. Or,
   glue it to a piece of construction paper to make a greeting card.