I had some dye left over from the candy corn dress I made and I decided to do a little experimenting with dying natural elements. The technique is really simple so let me show you how to dye acorns with regular Rit dye.
I have a serious love for acorns. Maybe because I didn’t grow up with them, or maybe just because they’re so cute with their little caps, but regardless, I think they’re adorable. We have a really great variety of acorns here in Texas, both big and small. The big ones are my favorite.
The other day, Tate and I gathered a pile of fallen acorns and caps {they often separate once on the ground or maybe as they fall} and I dyed them orange using Rit dye.
I let the body of the acorns {without the caps} soak in a dye bath {dye mixed with water} for much of the afternoon, stirring them occasionally to make sure all sides got covered, until they had the orange hue I was looking for …
… then I let them air dry on a paper towel overnight.
In the morning, I hot glued the little furry caps back on and popped them into a glass vase to use as cute fall decor.
I already loved acorns but can you even imagine how I’m feeling about orange acorns, cute little capped decor dyed in my favorite color? They’re so stinkin’ cute!
These are definitely my favorite part of my fall decor right now. Happy little orange acorns with hats. I’m planning on sprinkling them like confetti on our Thanksgiving table.
I’m curious: have you ever tried dyeing natural elements?
For more ideas for acorns, be sure to check out the yellow spray painted acorns I used in my Thanksgiving tablescape …
… and the crochet topped acorns I made with wood beads and yarn!
Seriously why is everything you do so cute?! Can I just sit and admire you?
Great Idea…they look fabulous!
Very cool idea!
And they look great!
Neat! I have an image of you and Tate as those little chipmunks that were part of a cartoon we watched as kids. I wish I could remember their names. It wasn’t Alvin and the chipmunks… oh well, I don’t remember.
The closest thing we are going to do regarding dying natural elements is that we are going to buy white daisies and add food coloring to the water to see what happens. we just decided yesterday.
Those are awesome! i love them too, they seem almost fake, they are so cute!
Randi, these are awesome! I’m so surprised with what you can do with Rit Dye. I love how your acorns turned out!
I love them. They look great with the orange hue! My friend is bringing me a bag of acorns this week. I can’t wait to get my hands on them. We don’t have any around my area. Lots of palm trees but no acorns…
These are so pretty and fun! I love how they turned out! I dyed a wood banner last Valentines and thought the dye gave the coolest effect on wood…but this is stunning!
This is so fun!! I would never have thought of dying acorns but they turned out so cute!! I think I need to start dying unique stuff!!
Cute idea! Those will look great on your table!
What a fun idea, Randi! It really makes them stand out.