![]() Fun resources for crafting with cotton balls If so, you may be wondering what some fun and interesting ways you can use them are, I did some searching around and found some good places to check. If you do share it, I do require a “do follow” link to this post when embedding it within your website or however you share it, so please keep that in mind. If you would lik e the shareable YouTube version of this cotton ball coloring video, you can find that here. Hopefully between the “how to” card, and the video tutorial I gave you enough information on how to color a cotton ball, to get you started on some pretty awesome crafting projects. If you would like to do a dye bath to color your cotton balls instead, please refer to my note on dye bathing cotton balls towards the end of the post. To do a large batch of colored cotton balls I suggest making a whole pan of the same color at a time to make the process as easy as possible, you may want to use a larger spray bottle if so. Your cotton balls will dry a little harder if you used a gel-based food coloring than if you used a liquid food coloring so keep that in mind as you are choosing which food coloring to use for your project. Just make sure to plan ahead so that your cotton balls have plenty of time to dry properly before they are needed for crafting, and you can run a fan in order to hasten the drying process. This is due to varying humidity levels and air flow in each individual persons home. Please note that the amount of time that it takes for your cotton balls to dry will vary greatly. If your cotton balls did not dry as bright, or as dark of a color as you were hoping that they would, just give them another coating of color by re-spraying them with darker food coloring in the bottle and allow them to dry fully again. If you would like the cotton balls to be a little bit fluffier, just pull them a part a bit to fluff them back up but remember that they become a softer hue of the color the more that you fluff them. Tips for troubleshooting your cotton ball dye job: Once the cotton balls have completely dried they are ready to use for your various crafting projects, you could even use them in place of pom poms.You can speed up the drying process by running a fan pointed at the cotton balls, just make sure it's not blowing too hard or they will blow away.Once you are done spraying the cotton balls with the food coloring/water mixture, allow the cotton balls to air dry.Use tongs, or wear gloves, and flip the cotton balls to spray on the other side (you may want to wipe the tongs on an old rag between colors).Spray your cotton balls the desired color (as evenly as you can, try spraying from different directions to get even color).Twist the caps on and shake gently until well mixed (do this over the crafting area so it doesn't get all over). Fill the bottles with water (leave enough headroom for color), then add the desired amount of food coloring. ![]()
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