No wasteful ziplock bags are involved, and I don’t use rubbing alcohol, instead I use containers with lids and white vinegar. You can use this recipe for dying rice too.

Materials Needed

Pasta

White Vinegar

Food Coloring

Tupperware Containers

Instructions

Mix the food coloring and the vinegar together in a container. 

Add the pasta and seal with a lid. Shake the pasta around until evenly coated with the mixture. Your child will enjoy shaking the containers.

Pour the pasta out onto a lined baking sheet and let it sit until dry. Move the pasta around a few times during the drying process to ensure the pasta doesn’t stick together. I recommend leaving in a warm, sunny place to dry but the drying time will vary by the amount of rainbow pasta you make (could be overnight).

Continue to store your dry, dyed pasta in a sealed container for use at any time.

Ta-da! Your child will enjoy making collages, jewelry, etc. with their beautiful new rainbow pasta.

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Cloud Dough

Easy to make, all you need is conditioner, corn starch and food coloring. (1 part conditioner, 2 parts corn starch) 

Frozen Ocean Animal Rescue

Grab a few containers, submerge objects in water and freeze. Remove from containers and drop into larger bin. Invite your child to rescue the animals.

Kinetic Sand Letter & Number Hunt

Using wooden puzzle pieces, I had Wesleigh dig up letters and numbers. As she discovered the pieces, I asked her to identify the numbers and letters.

Letter Matching

With paper, trace letters and/or numbers and have your child match the stenciled letters with corresponding magnets. You can remove and add the quantity of letters your child is matching from. Alternatively, try this with stickers or puzzle pieces if you don’t have magnets.

Salt Painting

A simple, no frills painting activity. All you need is glue, salt, paintbrush watercolors and paper plates (cardstock paper or similar). Use the glue to create shapes on the paper, add salt to the glue (shake off extra) and paint the salt with watercolors.

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Ingredients                        

1 cup flour
1 cup water
Food coloring
*add a drop of essential oils for scented version such as Eucalyptus, Lavender, Orange (optional)
1/2 cup salt
3 tbsp cream of tartar
1 tbsp oil

Instructions

In a pot on the stove top add water, food coloring and flour

Stir in salt, cream of tartar and oil

Heat the mixture, stirring constantly

You will notice the ingredients thicken

Remove from heat and knead dough until smooth

*store in an airtight container

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