Make a Wall Hanging with Roz Wren
Channel: Moonah Arts Centre MAC
Date: 2020-04-22

Make with MAC! In this online workshop, artist Roz Wren will guide you through making a wall hanging using recycled materials and homemade dyes. 

Recommended for ages 3–8 (with some help from parents) 
You will need: 
- an old T-shirt, scissors
- a stick or disposable chopstick
- some string
- 2-3 bowls
- a spoon or folk 
- 2-3 homemade fabric dyes, or more if you like (see different recipe options below) - Roz will talk about how to use these in the video. 

HOMEMADE DYE RECIPES

Food colouring dyes
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 tsp food colouring
Use more colouring for a darker colour, OR less for paler colours

Yellow
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1 teaspoon tumeric 
Be careful, this stains everything!

Brown
- 4 teabags
- 1 cup boiling water
Place tea bags in a bowl and pour on boiling water (ask an adult to do this). Leave to soak for 10 minutes.

Pale purple
- 1 cup dried black beans (also known as turtle beans)
- 2 cups boiling water
place beans in a bowl and pour on boiling water (ask an adult to do this). Leave to soak for 30 minutes at least.

Share your creations and tag us @moonahartscentre #makewithmac