Comments on: Coloring Pasta & Making Necklaces

By: Eh

Eh — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:17:30 +0000

I tried this today with my daughter and it was awesome. It was easy and almost mess free. I had checked several websites on how to do this and this was the best.

By: janet

janet — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:45:29 +0000

I appreciate seeing this on your website,as I have forgotten just how neat this activity for kids is. Thanks for posting.

By: Laina

Laina — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:26:34 +0000

I usually just use a teaspoon of water and mine don’t go soggy. Then I dry them overnight. I’ve also used water, white tempera paint powder and glue to make white macaroni for snow.

By: Shira

Shira — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:03:22 +0000

Loved this. In order to speed it up I spread out the colored pasta on paper towels on a cookie sheet and put it in a 250 degree oven to dry it. Took about 10 minutes. Also, I wanted to have deeper colors, so I doubled the food coloring and kept the alcohol to 1 Tbs. My daughter’s necklace is now in jewel tones. Will do this again once we use up all the pasta we made. Thanks

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:33:29 +0000

I’m a school teacher of 5 year-olds and this will be perfect for them to develop their fine motor skills. I’ve wondered for a while how to make it. Thank you.

By: Creating Yarn Art with a Festive Holiday Scene | Make and Takes

Creating Yarn Art with a Festive Holiday Scene | Make and Takes — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:18:42 +0000

[...] really want to learn. But in the meantime, I LOVE using yarn for kids crafts, the uses are endless. Pasta necklaces, spiders, angry birds, [...]

By: Parkway Preschool Center | PreSchool Teaching Parkway Preschool Center | Ideas for teaching your child, prior to schooling

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:38:55 +0000

[...] color with red crayons, play with red cars, maybe have red liquorice or use red food colloring to dye your pasta, as shown above. Reinforce the color as much as possible by asking,” What color is your [...]

By: Amber Passey

Amber Passey — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:32:01 +0000

I just googled “dying past noodles” and of course this post was the first result. I should have known to come to you first for something so crafty to do with my kids :) sound like you’re enjoying Seattle!

By: Marie

Marie — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:01:19 +0000

That is a great question. You can really put in as much pasta as you’d like, but for the amount of liquid I have on the post, it’s for 1 cup of dry pasta. If you want to color more pasta at one time in one color, then you will need to just increase the amount of liquid.

By: Linda Dietz

Linda Dietz — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:44:06 +0000

Attempting to do this for my granddaughter. About how much pasta do you use in each bag w/ the color & alcohol?