Okay I'm the dummy around here.  I don't understand the recipe for dying toys using rubbing alcohol and frosting.  Why frosting and is rubbing alchol safe?

 

Just the thought of those two combos is yucky to me!

 

Someone please explain those two to me!  LOL!  I'm blaming it on old age again!  LOL!

 

Indy

 

 

I think Nan's typo fairies got hold of her fingers again. I bet that was Wilson's cake frosting coloring.

I want to know how you set the dye so a freshly bathed bird doesn't turn some brilliant cake frosting color when he jumps onto the rope. Those colorings dye our tongues when we eat them. Ugh.

Annie

 

Mine surely don't. I wash the rope toys before use even if they are in sealed bags because of the dyes running. They look awful after just that one handwashing. Colors bleed together and some fade badly. I never buy colored stuff except the small wooden toy parts. We have lots of ancient stuff that I recycle all the time. Mine couldn't care less what color I give them. Murphy grey's favorite thing is heavy white cotton cord tied on a ring. It hangs outside his cage and he only plays with it from inside. Prevents so much worry about him getting tangled.

Have you seen those disposer covers made of heavy white plastic with holes? Prevents spoons from getting lost down the disposer. I bought a bunch many years ago as bird toys and they still play with them. Few bite marks but no breaks in them. Even my macaw didn't break his.

Annie

 

 

Are you using something as a form or just winging it. Gee, that was a clever play on words.

Annie