P a i n t W i t h S p a g h e t t i Spice your painting activities up by using our new paintbrushes: different strands of spaghetti!

1- Cook spaghetti for a minute or two shorter than the directions call for (The spaghetti should be soft, but not completely limp)

2- Let kids dip the spaghetti into tempera paint and drag it across finger-painting paper.

3- Use a different strand of spaghetti for each color, and help the kids to

experiment with different motions each time. The colors will blend together, and the kids will love their unique creations!

Keep in mind that this spaghetti activity is quite messy, so consider doing it outside and expect the kids to get covered in paint!

Spaghetti Shapes 1- Give each child a piece of paper and help them to write their name neatly.

2- Cook spaghetti, and coat it in glue.

3- Let them glue the spaghetti into the shape of their name, and wait for it to dry. It will dry in the shape of their name! Encourage them to paint their creation and hang it up somewhere that it will not break.

The Longest Spaghetti Chain. Try challenging them to build the longest spaghetti chain ever. Break the kids into two teams, and give each team a package of raw spaghetti, some glue, and some tape. For each team, place a piece of spaghetti on a desk, with a book on top of it. (You might need to tape or glue it on as well, to keep it in place.)

The goal of the spaghetti activity is to stick pieces of spaghetti together piece by piece to create the longest chain possible.

They can use glue or tape (but warn them that, although tape is faster, it weighs down the chain more easily). If they use glue, they’ll need to hold each pair of spaghetti pieces together until the glue dries.

This activity is the perfect way to teach teamwork, as the kids must work together to build their spaghetti chain.

All of these spaghetti activities are perfect for letting kids’ creativity run wild. If you’d like, make one day a spaghetti day, and try all of the activities with your kids. Pasta has never been so much fun!

A pasta collage. Put out a variety of colored pasta (rice would be nice too)...What kind of textured

creations will the children come up with?

Pasta Rainbows.

1- Dye pasta in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. (Directions to dye

pasta at page bottom)

2- Have children use the pieces for making a rainbow.

3- GLUE ON white paper to make a rainbow.

Alphabet Noodle Bracelet Materials:

1- Light weight cardboard such as from cereal boxes

2- Uncooked Alphabet shaped noodles.

1- Cut out a piece of cardboard that is enough to fit around child's wrist.

2- Spell out the child's name -or any other word - with the alphabet noodles.

3- Be sure to place your word in the center of the strip and glue them in place.

4- Allow the glue to dry, then punch a hole in each end of the cardboard.

5- Cut a piece of string each end up through each hole on the bracelet and tie the

bracelet to fit the wrist.You can also dye the pasta first.

Pasta People Materials Needed:

1- A couple different types of pasta and dried beans.

2- A piece of paper

3- White glue

Instructions

1. Glue the pasta to the paper using white glue.

2. Have the kids arrange the pasta on the paper before gluing (to make sure that

they have room for the whole body on the piece of paper).

3. You can use just about any type of pasta (or dried beans) for the body parts.

Make Pasta Stamped Paper... Materials:

1- Plain white paper.

2- Paint/paintbrush/markers/crayons.

3- Pasta shells of different designs.

4- Glitter, sequins.

Instructions:

A- Dip pieces of pasta in paint to make pasta shaped impressions on the

paper.

B- Use markers, crayons, paints and glitter or sequins to fill in the background

Learn To Spell Your Name With Pasta!! SOUP WITH PASTA LETTERS

Challenge kids to find the letters that are in their

name!

This game is fantastic since it helps younger children learn the alphabet.

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Colouring Pasta

It is easy to do and gives kids something bright and beautiful to work with. Once

the pasta is colored and dried, it can be used for crafts, art work,

collages, necklaces and more!

COLOURING PASTA RECIPE N1

Pour approximately 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol into each bowl. Add 10 or so drops of

food coloring into each bowl, one bowl for each color. Drop the pasta into the bowl

and stir gently with a spoon for a few seconds. Remove the pasta from the bowl

and allow to dry for several hours on a paper plate or paper towel. The colors will

brighten as the pasta dries.

COLORING PASTA N2...

1/4 cup of rubbing alcohol 1 tablespoon of food coloring of your choice 2 cups of

pasta of your choice 1 quart zip lock freezer bag and large paper grocery bags,

paper towel, or paper plates to dry the pasta after colored...

1. Pour alcohol and food coloring in a Ziploc freezer bag. Zip it and shake to

mix...when mixed add the pasta.

2. Make sure the bag is zipped; turn the bag over and over on the table to evenly

coat the pasta.

3. Leave pasta in the bag for about an hour.

4. Turn it over after 30 minutes to evenly coat it.

5.Pour it out onto the paper bags, towel or plates... dry over night.

Children can do this for you. Just put the alcohol into the bags ahead of time.

Provide 1 cup measuring cups and measuring spoons. Let the children choose

the color and the pasta to put in their bags. Make sure all bags or closed tight. An

adult needs to pour the pasta out to dry.

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