Use Your Noodle

I made a big batch of colored noodles for necklace making with my preschool kids.

Do you know how easy it is to dye noodles?

SUPER EASY!

You will need:

-dry noodles (keep in mind who will be using them, there are some smaller noodles that are about the size of those plastic E Beads, but I was worried they'd be too difficult for my preschoolers to string, so I got a larger, fatter type of noodle) I used two boxes to make 1 gallon size bag of colored noodles.

-food coloring (just the old school liquid kind)

-white vinegar

-gallon sized ziploc bag (one bag for each color, or be like me, and start with yellow, then reuse the same bag with the next darker color....yellow, orange, green, red, blue, purple...)

-something to pour the noodles out onto to dry (newspaper, an old box, jelly roll pan, etc. I used the cardboard trays from the cases of bottled water.

This is so easy, I did the entire gallon sized bag in like 20 minutes, and they were dry within an hour.

1) fill a bag about 1/3 full with noodles and add 2 tsp white vinegar

2) add 10 drops of food coloring

3) shake and massage baggie until liquid is absorbed and color has spread evenly

4) pour noodles out onto tray to dry. I try to stir them every 5 minutes or so so they don't stick together

5) repeat process for each color

6) Enjoy making necklaces with your little ones!