Dyeing Pasta for Crafts & Play
How to Dye Pasta with food coloring to create the brightest variety of pasta, excellent for kids crafts and sensory bins, EASY way to dye!
Servings: 4 pounds
Ingredients
- 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol
- food coloring
- 1 pound pasta 4 boxes of varying shapes - suggested farfalle medium shells, penne rigate, rotini, macaroni
Instructions
- Divide pasta equally into 5 separate resealable bags.
- Add 1 tablespoon rubbing alcohol and 10-15 drops of color to a bag.
- Seal and knead gently to evenly distribute color Let set for 2 minutes.
- Repeat with remaining colors.
- Dry pasta on a baking sheet for a minimum of 2 hours, or overnight to ensure full drying of food coloring.
- To use, mix together pasta and play!
Notes
Store pasta in a dry environment like a mason jar, sealed Tupperware, or gallon-sized plastic baggie. If it gets water in it, it will bleed dye.
This particular recipe is not for eating. Please see the full article to a link of dyed spaghetti that you can eat with different ingredients.
Substituting 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol for vodka or vinegar is widely used, however, the results can be soggy or less bright, therefore I do not recommend it at this time for these results.