DIY Pasta Dyeing
For a lot of crafts, especially making pasta jewelry dyeing plain pasta is a great way to make it more exciting, and prettier. Also, let’s face it if our kids are going to make us a necklace and expect us to wear it, we may as well choose the colors! DIY Pasta Dyeing is a snap, to boot!
This is an adults-only activity- the one time I did it with kids many many years ago, I had some very angry parents. Their kid’s faces and clothes were red, purple and yellow for days. Live and learn!
- Gather your materials. You will need some water, white vinegar , food coloring , some bowls, pasta and paper towel.
- Put a little water ( I put about 2 table spoons) in your bowls and some food coloring in it. Add about a tablespoon of vinegar .
- Add Pasta- you just want to coat it, don’t let it soak long enough to get at all soft.
- Transfer the pasta to paper towel , mine is 4 layers deep. Stir them a bit on the paper so they don’t dry stuck to the paper towel. Let dry for 24 hours before using it for a craft. Also I like to test it for colorfastness before making anything, just in case .
- Oh and you might want to wear gloves, even after 10 years of doing thins I forget, and look! This is after 4 hand washings!
*** The same process can be used for rice too!
lizapest says
The method we use at my child care is a bit less messy.
1. put the pasta/rice in a zip lock bag
2. put a teaspoon or so of food colour & Vinager
3. zip bag shut
4. shake until colour is all throughout pasta/rice
5. slowly spread over papertowel to dry (doesn't take that long to dry because there isn't as much liquid involved_
Allie says
Great- forget my dyed hands!
I am going to be using this method for some xmas colored pasta!