{"id":47,"date":"2012-04-18T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/?p=47"},"modified":"2017-07-13T21:33:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T11:33:26","slug":"how-to-dip-dye-wooden-cutlery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/how-to-dip-dye-wooden-cutlery\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Dip Dye Wooden Cutlery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56490\" src=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dipdyewoodencutlery.jpg\" alt=\"Dip Dye wooden cutlery - mypoppet.com.au\" width=\"600\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dipdyewoodencutlery.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dipdyewoodencutlery-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dipdyewoodencutlery-330x448.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dipdyewoodencutlery-339x460.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nI acquired a ton of this &#8216;disposable&#8217; wooden cutlery recently which was crying out for a fun and colourful makeover. With Emma&#8217;s birthday approaching I thought it would be a pretty alternative to the usual plastic fare widely on offer.<br \/>\nTo ensure the cutlery would remain &#8216;food safe&#8217; I used food colouring rather than paint or fabric dye for this project.<\/p>\n<p>You will be able to find this wooden &#8216;eco&#8217; cutlery and most good party supply stores and some supermarkets. The rest of the materials you probably already have sitting in your cupboards.<\/p>\n<p>Liven up a party, barbecue, picnic or even lunchbox with these colourful eating accessories.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s how&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>You will need:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wooden cutlery (uncoated)<\/li>\n<li>Food colouring\/dye (liquid or paste)<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<li>A few bowls or containers<\/li>\n<li>Paper towel<\/li>\n<li>A protected work surface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to:<\/h2>\n<p><em> **protect your clothing and work surface as food colouring will stain everything, including hands. Mop up spills promptly**<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56489\" src=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycollage1.jpg\" alt=\"Dip Dye wooden cutlery - mypoppet.com.au\" width=\"600\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycollage1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycollage1-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycollage1-330x381.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycollage1-398x460.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Make up some strong solutions with your food dye and a little water. The stronger the solution the deeper the colour result.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Place the cutlery in the solution, it will be absorbed up the wood by<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capillary_action\"> capillary action<\/a>. Get the kids to place bets on which will win the absorption race!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Once you are happy with the colour result, rinse off the excess dye on the handles under running water. We don&#8217;t want our guests to go home with stains on their hands.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Allow to dry on some paper towel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56487\" src=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlery3.jpg\" alt=\"Dip Dye wooden cutlery - mypoppet.com.au\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlery3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlery3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlery3-330x439.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlery3-345x460.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t they just look so pretty?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycake.jpg\" alt=\"Dip Dye wooden cutlery - mypoppet.com.au\" width=\"600\" height=\"819\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycake.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycake-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycake-330x450.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cutlerycake-337x460.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And if you are wondering what happened to the cake&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cakeem.jpg\" alt=\"girl eating cake\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cakeem.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cakeem-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cakeem-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cakeem-330x330.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cakeem-460x460.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I acquired a ton of this &#8216;disposable&#8217; wooden cutlery recently which was crying out for a fun and colourful makeover. With Emma&#8217;s birthday approaching I thought it would be a pretty alternative to the usual plastic fare widely on offer. To ensure the cutlery would remain &#8216;food safe&#8217; I used food colouring rather than paint or fabric dye for this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[81,236,223],"tags":[8,3],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/how-to-dip-dye-wooden-cutlery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To: Dip Dye Wooden Cutlery | My Poppet Makes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I acquired a ton of this &#8216;disposable&#8217; wooden cutlery recently which was crying out for a fun and colourful makeover. 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