How To Make Colored Noodles

Colored noodles are a great thing to have on hand. You can make a variety of craft projects and play a variety of learning activities with them. Best of all the kids can help you make them, too.

Ingredients Needed:

• 1 package dry noodles
• Sealable plastic bags or containers – preferably something you can throw away or don’t care it gets stained
• Vinegar (1 tsp or less per bag/color)
• Liquid food coloring (5 drops per bag/color)
• Measuring cup (medicine size) or spoon

Directions:

Step 2: Add noodles to each plastic bag or container (about a handful or two).

Step 5: Seal the container and shake it.

Keep shaking until it is evenly distributed!

Step 6: Open the bags or containers and let them air dry over night. If you want to dry it faster, you can lay it out on some paper towels but keep an eye on it so it does not stick to the paper towels. When using the bags most of my bags were dry by the next morning.

Tips to Working with Young Children

I am a believer that these type of craft projects can be made by all ages and can even be a fun sensory activity. These are a few of the tricks I learned along the way.

• Have everything laid out and measured before you invite the kiddos over to help you. The little medicine cups (the kind that usually come with children’s liquid medicine) were perfect to pre measure the vinegar. The little cup is easier for the little ones to hold and pour than a spoon.
• Use snack size bags to mix everything up in. There was no worries with the younger ones if the lid was going to pop off and their version of mixing included tossing and dropping the bog. They could even squish the bag which is extra fun for sensory seekers.
• Use a variety of noodles. I let my children choose which noodles they wanted to put in their bags

And in honor of progress, this is a pic of my 2 young kiddos from the first time we shared this project. This post was one of our first posts on Fun On a Dime and I am so excited of how we have progressed over the years!