For today's activity the ButterBalls got to play with spaghetti...rainbow colored spaghetti!!!
'We get to play with our food??? Yeeeeaahh!!!'
Coloured spaghetti is pretty simple to make:
Boil pasta as normal and when cooked, divide the pasta equally into 4 (or 100) ziploc bags - depends on how many different colors of pasta you want.
Add a few drops of food colouring to each bag and mix well by shaking the bag
(perfect, no stained fingertips!!) Adding a few drops of oil prevents the pasta from sticking together.
Serve rainbow pasta in a deep bowl/bin/container (its bound to get messy!!).
Also try to do this activity outside (easier to clean up)
I gave the ButterBalls a few kitchen utensils...tongs, spoons etc ... then stood back and watched the pasta fly!!!
At first the ButterBalls refused to use their hands, they preferred to work with their 'tools'.
Ethan trying to figure out how to use the tongs!
Lots of fine Motor Skill practice going on here.
The ButterBalls eventually succumbed to the temptation of slimy pasta squishing!
Their descriptions were priceless, ranging from : sticky, yucky, cold and floppy to... 'Ewwww! it feels like slugs!!' (this from Tamlyn of course!)
Lots of messy fun...
Now, what do you do with smooshed left-over rainbow pasta?
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