Make your own Dip Dyed Fall Leaf Banner with this easy tutorial!
Ever have one of those good ideas that comes to you when you’re half asleep? This was totally one of those. I had these wood leaf shapes sitting around and I knew I wanted to use them for something. I usually paint them. But I know I get tired of doing the same thing. And I’m sure you get tired of seeing it. So I was lying there half asleep and I thought to myself, hm, you know how when you eat a popsicle, the stick is dyed a color when you’re done? Well, what if I somehow got the wood leaf shapes to absorb color instead of painting them? And guess what, it totally worked! So here’s what I did.
Diy Dyed Fall Leaves
12 wood leaf shapes
small bowls
1. First dip one of the leaves into some water. I tried this process with and without pre-wetting the wood and the colors blended much more nicely when I started with wet wood.
2. In the small bowls, mix water and food coloring until you get a color you like. I would estimate for the yellow I used about 1/2 cup of water and 6-8 drops of yellow food coloring. Let the wood shape sit in the dye until the color starts to spread and you like the color. You may need to rotate it to get all sides.
3. In a second bowl, mix up some red dye. For this I used approximately 1/8 – 1/4 cup of water with 10-15 drops of red food coloring. But again, mix until it’s a color you like. Then dip the tips of the leaves into the red, you may do that in more than one place around the leaf. For the second color, you probably don’t need to leave it in as long. 
3. Let the leaves dry fully. When mine were dry, I wanted a little more red so I gave the tips of the leaves a second bath in the red dye.
5. Then I punched holes in the top of each bunting flag and hot glued one leaf on each flag.
6. String the flags on some twine and you’re done!
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chanelle says
This is darling! I need more fall decor and I love this idea.
Theresa @DearCreatives says
Cute banner idea! I just love fall and crafting pretty banners. Thanks for sharing @DearCreatives party!
Katherines Corner says
This is so sweet. Thank you for sharing and for linking up to the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. xo
JaneEllen says
Your wood leaves look so much more natural and real dip dyed. How smart of you. Where did you find the wood leaf shapes? Haven’t seen any in our neck of woods. This is such a great way to color wood leaves or any wood shapes. Appreciate the great tutorial how to do this. Have got to try this using something most people have in their house. Food coloring is awesome. I got mine at $tree last year when I needed it to dye some jars. Happy weekend
Cassie May says
I bought them at Michaels!