I had stocked up on food colouring and wanted to use them straight away, of course!! I had an activity colouring penne pasta on my list, but no penne pasta in the cupboards! Rummaging through I found a big bag of rice and thought it was perfect!
NOTE: I had natural red food colouring... I would not advise using this for this type of activity; where the other food colouring dries and doesn't stain, this red food colouring did not and came off on our hands.
Jake's finished pictures:
When Jake had finished sticking he wanted to play with the rice, mixing the colours, pouring from one bowl to another...
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| What does it feel like? |
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| And pouring of course! Lots of mess! |
A fab creative activity all about colours and patterns - you can add other things to stick, or add paint too? For older children you could draw a picture and they can fill it in with the colours to make a textured scene! And a fantastic sensory idea too - you could make a whole sensory bucket with different coloured rice, pasta, lentils and seeds? Or take an egg box or some small bowls and make a simple sorting activity! Endless possibilities...
