How to dye Bunny Tails (with sanitiser)

I just love a field of bunny tails. Little cotton balls everywhere. What I love even more is colour.

I seriously went for a bunny tail walk to pick a bunch for my vase. Most of the time my vases are empty because I just don't get around to buying or picking flowers.

The nice thing about bunny tails is that they last... Like, forever.

I've experimented with what I had around the house (and work) but I also bought some food colouring for this little project. In my opinion, my hack works best!

Here is what you need:

Food colouring (R6.99 at Pick 'n Pay)

Bunny Tails

That's it!

What I also used:

Hand sanitiser

Whiteboard markers (from work!)

So it's really simple.

Mix your food colouring with water to get desired colour shade. I wanted a less vibrant hue. The more concentrated the food colouring, the more vibrant the colour. I also mixed red and blue colouring to get purple. Don't be afraid to mix colours.

Swish and swirl the bunny tails in the food colouring to really saturate them. It tends to be quite waterproof.

Leave to dry. I left it to dry overnight.

Voilà!

Now for my little hack with sanitiser (... Because, COVID) and whiteboard markers. Honestly, food colouring will work with sanitiser as well, if not better! I used markers because I wanted a larger variety of colours.

I used a bottle cap with sanitiser in it to really work the ink out of the marker. Colour the bottom, use the ridges of the cap to extract the ink, cut the marker and squeeze. Whatever you need to do to get the ink out. You can use permanent markers as well. The sanitiser, because it is alcohol based, is a great carrier for the ink. It also absorbs really well into the bunny tails and dries much faster.

Repeat the swish and swirl, dry, and done.