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!
Stay tuned we will be making Valentine’s Necklaces with the Pasta tomorrow!
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!