Cakes has been in birthday party preparation mode for a few months now. Late last year she decided she was going to have an art party. With one of her new interests being bead threading, she suggested we do some at her party. With most beads being tiny, threading can be very difficult for young toddlers. With that in mind we decided to use pasta for threading. The best thing about this is it meant we had an extra activity to do in preparation. With yellow being Cakes favourite colour it was inevitable we would do primary colours. We set out following a simple procedure.
First we separated the pasta into three ziplock bags and then added a spoonful of vinegar, spreading it by shaking or rubbing the bag. The vinegar gives the pasta a nice coating that softens them allowing the colour to stick a little better.
The next step is to add a few drops of colour and shake like crazy (and rub to get an even spread).
Lay out to dry on paper towel and bright coloured pasta ready for threading.
Tonight while cooking dinner Cakes set up an invitation for me to supervise. She alerted me to the fact we did not have any secondary colours for the threading activity at her birthday party. So between dinner and bedtime tonight we had to spend a small amount of time colouring more pasta. Now we have two packets of coloured pasta ready for her 3rd birthday art party. I hope this activity is a hit or I might have to research more pasta activities. If you have any suggestions for the left over pasta please share them with us. |
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