If going with just one color, make sure to leave some small empty splotches of white to ensure you get enough negative space between your monochromatic scrunches! MINI BULLSEYE TIE DYE PATTERN

Add the dye to each of the points first, making sure to point them away from the rest of the hat so the dye doesn’t drip onto it. Once all the points are dyed, add dye to the rest of the hat. SOAKING, WASHING & DRYING The tie dye Scrunch pattern is a classic choice that’s the most understated tie dye pattern, in our opinion. You can use multiple colors to bring this pattern to life, like we did here, or keep it extra simple by using just one color. To scrunch, start by laying out the hat totally flat round-ways — in other words, stand the hat up as if you were about to put it on, then smoosh down the top so the hat lays flat and round. Begin scrunching the center of the hat to create lots of little squiggly folds. We’ve broken down this tutorial by pattern instructions, including step-by-steps for how to tie then dye Accordion, Scrunch, and Mini Bullseyes patterns, which you’ll find lower down in this post.Place each hat in its own plastic bag and let it sit 6-24 hours (we usually just let our items soak overnight). Once your items are done soaking, remove the rubber bands and rinse them thoroughly under lukewarm water, then wash them in a washing machine on a normal cycle using detergent. Let the hats air dry to prevent them from shrinking. If you’re using Tulip® One-Step Tie-Dye® along with us, awesome!!!! Follow along the instructions here to activate your desired dye colors… Here are the color “recipes” from our Tie Dye Color Chart we used in this tutorial. (Note that the “scoop” size is 1.25ml or 1/4 tbsp, which we added to 4oz squeeze bottles): Pastel and/or custom color: Use a 1.25ml scoop or 1/4 tbsp and consult our Tie Dye Color Chart to create your desired colors! Scoop the indicated dye powder amounts into 4oz squeeze bottles, top off with water and shake well until all dye powder is blended. Scrunch in part of the brim as well and bind up one side of that by zig-zagging your rubber bands. Do the same thing on the other side then add another rubber band or two to the middle section. The key is to consider exposed surface area, so just make sure enough of the hat’s fabric is exposed so that you’ll have plenty of fabric to take the dye!

Once you’ve accordion-folded your entire hat, it’s time to bind it up! Start by wrapping a rubber band just below the top point of your folded hat. Add another rubber band close to the middle of the hat, then a third band along the seam above its brim. The Accordion-fold method is a really easy and fool-proof pattern for this style of hat! If you’re wanting to start with the “easiest” pattern, this is the way to go.