Dyed pasta has entered our lives. So fun!
How to Dye Pasta
Materials Needed
- Pasta of various shapes and sizes (tube pasta such as ziti make the best beads)
- Rubbing alcohol (or white vinegar)
- Food coloring
- Freezer bags
Instructions
- Divide pasta into freezer bags. Use one bag for each color, but you can mix and match the pasta shapes.
- Working with one bag at a time, add 1 teaspoon of rubbing alcohol to the bag. Close the top and scrunch it around in your hands to distribute the alcohol.
- Then add your food coloring to the bag. Again close the top and scrunch it around in your hands to distribute the color.
- Spread the dyed pasta out on a cookie sheet (you may want to line yours first with wax paper or aluminum foil) and let dry overnight.
- Make as many colors as you like!
- Once your dyed pasta is completed, you can string them as beads, glue them in collages, or decorate playdough creations with them.
P.S. This works great for dyed rice as well!
We spread them out to dry overnight, then sorted them into jars.
Maia and I strung the pasta beads onto yarn for necklaces.
And strung some more pasta beads.
And kept on stringing. Maia enjoyed it long enough to make two necklaces before moving on. I, on the other hand, became obsessed and made at least a dozen necklaces! What is it with me and preschool crafts?
This dyed pasta thing is addictive. I want to buy all kinds of fun pasta shapes and dye them in a rainbow of colors!
