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This is one of the projects I tackled for the baby shower. I was taken with the idea of using disposable bamboo utensils, but unwilling to fork out the dough for the pretty painted versions I kept spotting ’round the Interwebs. Enter: DIY Dip-Dyed Bamboo Utensils.

I purchased them in bulk from here. $5.50 for 100 forks? Yes please! Then I selected three small vessels of acrylic paint in the party’s color palette, and during an evening watching marathon episodes of “The Tudors,” I made 30 forks and 30 spoons for the festivities (10 of each color).

MATERIALS:
Acrylic paint
Painters tape
Bamboo utensils
Paint brush

DIRECTIONS:

1. Using the painter’s tape, wrap the paint around the stem of the utensil as far up as you’d like the color to go.

2. Paint a layer of paint on one side. Allow to dry, flip over and paint the other side. If you’d like a more saturated hue, apply a second coat of paint. Once fully dry, remove tape.

3. In order to keep the line relatively consistent for each utensil, I layered them on top of one another as I applied the tape.

4. In review, tape, paint, dry, remove, VOILA!

I realize that this isn’t proper dip-dying, but I would have used a lot more paint and it would have been far more difficult to control the process if I had. But the final effect is pretty dang close, eh?

Photos & Tutorial: Courtesy of Ashley Weeks Cart