| Kids love to play with pasta! Who knew something so | | | | Pour approximately 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol into each |
| simple andinexpensive could be so interesting to young | | | | bowl. Add |
| children. | | | | 10 or so drops of food coloring into each bowl, one |
| Dried pasta comes in a variety of sizes and shapes. If | | | | bowl for eachcolor. Drop the pasta into the bowl and |
| you don'talready have some in your kitchen cupboard, | | | | stir gently with a spoonfor a few seconds. Remove |
| you can find avariety of different pastas to choose | | | | the pasta from the bowl and allow to dry for several |
| from in the bulk section ofyour grocery store. Let your | | | | hourson a paper plate. The colors will brighten as the |
| child go with you to pick it out. | | | | pasta dries. |
| Pasta can be used for a variety of craft projects, and | | | | Your kids will enjoy playing with their colorful pasta. |
| it is veryeasy to dye. It takes only a few minutes to | | | | They canuse it to create macaroni necklaces or they |
| dye the pasta, and acouple of hours for it to dry. | | | | can glue pieces ofpasta onto a sheet of paper for a |
| To dye the pasta all you need is: | | | | creative work of art. |
| - Pasta in different shapes and sizes | | | | Children as young as two years old will enjoy counting |
| - Food coloring | | | | andsorting the pasta into different piles. Have them |
| - Rubbing alcohol | | | | separate thepasta by color or shape. They will have |
| - Several small bowls | | | | fun moving the pieces ofpasta from bowl to bowl. |