I found a neat recipe for colouring pasta that could be used for crafting. The boys and I gave it a go a few days ago. They helped me measure and pour in the ingredients then squish the bags to mix it all together. A very easy crafting activity that young kids can definitely help their parents do!
Coloured Pasta:
2 cups pasta, quarter cup isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), and 10 drops of food colouring. Mix in a zip lock bag and flip over every half hour for a few hours. Then empty out the bags overnight to dry. I laid mine out on dish towels since I thought it might stick to any paper surface.
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| Six colours of macaroni! |
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| Dry and ready to go the next morning. |
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| Little boys excited to glue macaroni down onto their train pictures. |
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| A great fine motor building activity! |
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| Hunter loved arranging the macaroni whereas Cavan preferred squishing out the glue! |
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| A happy crafter! |
Next we are going to dye rigatoni pasta for necklace making! I might try using the Wilton gel colours in the next batch to see if we can get the colours a bit more vibrant.
2 comments:
Use Kool Aid! That's all I ever do with mine. Use the packs of Kool Aid, put it in a measuring cup and use just a few drops of HOT water to dissolve it. Then pour it over your pasta / rice etc and dry it the same way. Same vibrant colors and they smell yummy!
I used alcohol and food colouring to do my coloured rice. The Wilton gel colours came out VERY bright and amazing. It took only about 5 to 10 minutes to dry and Halia was playing with it almost right away.
Thanks for this idea! I hadn't thought of doing it with macaroni and the girls would love glueing them.
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