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Painting Pasta to Thread

Posted on August 27, 2013 14 Comments

Painting pasta to thread - this was so much fun and the cool fluro pasta made great necklaces!

There are a few ways to colour pasta so that you can play or create with it, but I needed a quick and instant activity so I decided to let my kids colour the pasta themselves and we gave painting pasta a try.

Turns out this was one of those magical activities that everyone loves, from the nine year olds to the three year old!

You’ll Need:

  • Tubular pasta of any size as long as it can be threaded.
  • Water colour paints – we used these cool fluro tempera blocks given to us by Micador.
  • Paint brushes
  • Water to wash your brush.
  • Art smocks/ Aprons and something to cover your work surface.

I set all four kids up on the dining table, dumped some pasta in some bowls and let them lose!

Painting pasta to thread - easy art for everyone!

The nine year olds painted stripes and fancy colour co-ordinated patterns, the six year old loved the way the paint swam down the ridges on the pasta and swirled the colours together, and the three year old just painted, and painted and painted.

Painting pasta to thread - easy art for everyone!

You need to be a little light on with the paint so the pasta doesn’t get too soggy, then spread it out and leave it to dry over night.

Painting pasta to thread - this was so much fun and the cool fluro pasta made great necklaces!

Once the pasta is dry it is time to thread with it!

Painting pasta to thread - this was so much fun and the cool fluro pasta made great necklaces!

Then just put on your super trendy fluro pasta necklace and you’re ready for anything!

Painting pasta to thread - this was so much fun and the cool fluro pasta made great necklaces!

Sometimes it really is the simplest activities that turn out the best. This was so much fun and the results were so cool! I am in love with all the colour combinations and may have snapped 20 gazillion photos of all that glorious colour and then proudly wore my necklace to school pick up!

Have you ever worn a kid-made accessory out in public?

 

{disclosure: We were given some art supplies to try from Micador. I was not obligated to write this post nor compensated in any way. The opinions expressed are purely my own.}

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  1. Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says

    What a brilliant idea! Can’t wait to use this in my classroom! What crafty little kids you have!!!

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  2. Stephanie @ Twodaloo says

    This is such a great idea! We are totally doing this. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  3. Ana says

    Love, love, love the color of these! I am the same way with pics, I take about a gazillion and then have to narrow it down to just a few….such a difficult task. The color of the necklaces is so “photogenic”!

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  4. [email protected] says

    Absolutely love this idea Kate…was just thinking I didn’t have any pasta dyed and the girls really wanted to do some threading….never thought of letting them paint it!! Going to be giving it a go today with some new paints from Micador!

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  5. Debs says

    Ok, this has made me want to get the tempera paints out! The fluro ones! haha. I can’t believe they turned out so well on pasta! Nice one!

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  6. Cassi says

    Such beautiful colors! I just posted about this on The Crafty Crow :)

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  7. Deebi27 says

    Love the colors, questions…will the paint rub off on clothing? Think to spray a sealer on the pasta before threading?

    And YES, I wear all sorts of child’s art in public!

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    • katepickle says

      We didn’t have any problem with colour coming off, but it probably would after a while so maybe a quick spray with hair spray would do the trick?

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  8. gardênia dantas says

    Essa ideia é otima! Já fiz com minha turminha na escola, mas primeiro tingi o macarrão com anilina comestivel, assim não corremos o risco das crianças colorarem na boca um produto toxico. Elas adoraram a atividade.

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  9. Carolyn says

    Ive done colored pasta before as a classroom teacher use a couple of teaspoons of rubbing alcohol and food coloring in a ziplock bag put in pasta and seal then shake just an easier method

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    • katepickle says

      Yes, colouring pasta with food colouring is a great way to get it done quickly, but for this activity the aim was to be creative and to enjoy the process of making fun and funkly coloured pasta to thread.

      Reply
  10. Dani says

    This is such a cool idea. Thank you for sharing.

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