The 12 Best Tie Dye Kits and Supplies

In our opinion, this Tulip One-Step Tie-Dye Kit is the best all-around tie-dye kit. It's super easy to use, and comes with everything you need (except the t-shirts!)

The kit includes 15 bottles with pre-measured dye powder, 5 pairs of gloves, a whole bunch of rubber bands, and instructions. It also comes with a plastic cover to protect your tabletop.

This kit is perfect for beginners and experienced dyers alike. I really like how the Tulip One-Step dye process eliminates the need to presoak your fabric in soda ash. This makes it so much easier to skip right to the fun part - tie dying!

The best budget tie-dye kit is the 3- Color Tie Dye Kit, also from Tulip brand. It includes three bottles of dye, gloves, rubber bands, and instructions to create 3 popular dye techniques.

It's also very affordable, making it a great choice for those on a budget.

The best part about these One-Step kits? Just add water to dye bottles to activate dye - no extra steps are needed.

If you're just getting started with tie-dyeing, you'll want to choose a kit that includes all of the supplies you need and detailed instructions.

This beginner-friendly kit come with 5 bottles of dye and 5 dye power refill packets - which is enough to dye up to 30 projects!. It also comes with gloves, rubber bands, and a color inspiration guide.

The dyes are permanent and color-fast, so they won't fade in the wash. And, since the dyes are mixable, you can create your own custom colors.

The Jacquard Procion MX Tie-Dye Kit is a great option for anyone wanted to take their tie-dye to the next level.

This kit comes with professional quality, concentrated, fiber-reactive dyes in a full range of colors.

It comes with 13 bottles of dye powder, soda ash dye fixer, and a project guide.

It may be more expensive than some of the other beginner kits on this list - but it's still a great value. All in all, it includes enough material to dye up to 70 yards of fabric!

Kids love to tie-dye, but kids don't love waiting for tie-dye to set. That's why I love this Two-Minute Tie Dye kit from Tulip.

This kit comes with two special microwave containers that you can use to speed up the dye setting process. Instead of 8 hours, your tie-dye shirts will be ready in 2 minutes - and you'll still get the same vibrant results.

This kit is also perfect for parties and school activities, when you want everyone to be able to take home their finished projects on the same day.

If you're looking for a kit that's perfect for large groups or parties, we recommend the Tie Dye Ultimate Summer Bundle from Tulip.

This kit comes stocked with 30 bottles, 10 pairs of gloves, 100 rubber bands, a plastic surface cover, and an instruction kit. With all of those supplies, you'll be able to dye up to 90 projects.

It's a bit more expensive than some of the other kits on this list, but it's perfect for those who want to dye a lot of projects at once.

If you're looking for a kit with a wide variety of colors, we recommend this Tie Dye kit from Tulip.

This kit has an extended rainbow palette of Tulip dye colors: 18 unique colors!

This kit is special because it actually combines two tie-dye techniques in one. First, it has the supplies you'll need to bleach dye a dark t-shirt. Then, it has the supplies you'll need to dye the bleached area in new colors.

It comes with three One-Step dye colors in convenient, pre-measured bottles. No soda ash is necessary - just add water and mix to activate the dye.

Spray tie-dye is a cool technique that you can use to create cool tie-dye patterns that you just can't make with the traditional One-Step squeeze bottles. Spray bottles are great for stenciling, ombre patterns, galaxy tie-dye, and air-brushed looks.

This kit contains seven bottles of dye with color-coordinated spray tops, other essential tie-dye tools, and a technique guide.

This ice dye kit has everything you need to try ice dyeing for the first time! It includes all the dye you need to get started, plus simple instructions and tips and tricks for success. The kit also includes a high-quality 100% cotton bandanna to get you started, and enough dye to make a few other things as well!

Shibori is a Japanese tie-dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting, or bunching fabric before dyeing it in indigo dye. The resulting patterns are often very intricate and beautiful.

If you're interested in trying shibori, we recommend the Jacquard Indigo Tie-Dye Kit. This kit includes everything you need for dyeing: pre-reduced indigo, a reducing agent, gloves, rubber bands, 2 wood blocks, and a quick start instructions guide. This kit has enough material to dye up to 15 yards of fabric or 15 t-shirts.

If you're looking for a kit that uses natural dyes, we recommend the Natural Dye Kit from The Love of Colour.

This includes everything you'll need to dye 4 yards of lightweight fabric with natural materials: alum as the mordant, and tannin powder made from the galls formed on oak trees.

It also comes with logwood chips to make soft purple colors, osage sawdust for yellow, madder root for peach, and cochineal for pink.

Don't worry if you're never dyed with natural materials before. The kit also contains comprehensive instructions that will walk you through the process, step by step.

Some tie dye powders work best when you pre-soak your fabric in a soda ash solution. If you are using Procion MX dyes, you'll probably need to purchase some soda ash. Here's some more information about tie-dying with soda ash.

It's always a good idea to prewash your fabrics before tie-dying them. Prewashing removes dirt, oils, and sizing that can prevent the dye from penetrating the fabric. One of the most-recommended laundry detergents for tie-dying is Synthrapol.

I like to elevate my fabric off the surface of my work table so that it doesn't sit in a puddle of excess dye. These wire racks are pretty affordable, easy to clean, and do the job just fine.

Last but not least, you might want to grab one of these plastic utility bins. I like to set my cooling rack on top of a bin to catch any excess dye. And, these bins work great for ice-dying.