Pocket chart, 5 gallon bucket, plastic cloth, hot water, black dye (in a box), 1 cup of vinegar, glovesįill the 5 gallon bucket halfway with hot water. Since this round worked, here are the specifics. This blogger had done it slightly differently than me. I mean I couldn't help but love this blog. Into my life enters an angel named Christina that sends me this link The Very Busy First Graders. I fell into the group that thought they could outsmart the chart and instead ended up with an ugly chart (see picture) and needing to order a new one, well at least that's what I thought. I pulled it out and the chart was an epic failure. I tossed it in the washing machine so maybe the dye would move around. As I'm holding it, my fingers are starting to turn black because this girl didn't think about the fact her gloves were in her craft room. I would say it looked more like a camouflage shirt gone wrong. well, black with a lot of blue splotches. Now, the next morning (Day 2) I took the bucket outside with the chart still in it and pulled the chart out. I left the chart to soak overnight and went to work on something else. I came up with fill up a milk jug with water, but once I fiddled with the chart I got it to stay under water. In the beginning, my hubby and I spent a few minutes trying to figure out how to get it to stay under water. I took it to the tub and filled it halfway with hot water, placed the bucket on the plastic table cloth, poured the bottle of dye in and some salt (True fact - I never measure), stirred it up, and put my pocket chart in there. I'm not sure why, but a 5 gallon bucket just sounded easier. The blog post I read said to throw it in the washing machine. Once I got home, I grabbed a 5 gallon bucket and a plastic table cloth. Sorry, but there was no way this girl was going to have dyed arms. It only called for one, but you never know, right? I also grabbed a container of salt, and some heavy duty cleaning gloves. First, I ran to the store and grabbed two dye kits. Thursday was Day 1 of creating a black pocket chart. Oh, and know that you will laugh hysterically at me and you may even snort.
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