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Rice or Salt Glitter,
Sugar
Sprinkles,
& Pasta Necklace Beads
Sierra came across this recipe years ago. It's a
fun project to do with kids. They help choose the colors, mix the
rice, and bake it. Then it's glue sticks and messes!
I have also used this with salt and sugar and it
works great. The sugar is especially useful for making your own
sprinkles for cupcakes and cookies. You can get the exact color you
want without paying $4 a canister.
One more fun use is dying pasta to make necklace
beads. One bag of pasta makes dozens of necklaces. I made some
years ago and the color is just as bright as it was the day I made it.
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| Preheat the oven to 250. Set
out four bowls. |
Add 5 drops (1/8 t) and 1/2 t
vinegar to each bowl. Mix to combine. |
Add 1/2 c rice to the first bowl,
mix immediately and well. Repeat with the remaining colors. |
2 c
rice
4 colors of food coloring
2 t vinegar
If it is
not mixed right away, the rice at the bottom will soak up all of the dye.
If it is mixed immediately, it will evenly coat each piece. |
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| On a large rimmed
baking sheet, add the rice mixtures in seperate piles. |
Gently spread
without mixing colors. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool completely.
Transfer to seperate containers for use and storage |
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| Pasta Necklace
Beads |
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| Follow rice glitter
instructions, using small pasta in place of the rice. |
Tightly wrap a
small piece of duct tape to the end of a piece of yarn. |
String pasta beads! |
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Rice Glitter
makes 2 cups
2 c
rice
4 colors of food coloring
2 t vinegar
1.
Preheat the oven to 250. Set out four bowls. Add 5 drops (1/8 t)
and 1/2 t vinegar to each bowl. Mix to combine. Add 1/2 c rice to the
first bowl, mix (1)immediately and well. Repeat with the remaining
colors.
2. On a large rimmed baking sheet, add
the rice mixtures in seperate piles. Gently spread without mixing
colors. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool completely. Transfer to
seperate containers for use and storage.
Notes
1. If it is not mixed
right away, the rice at the bottom will soak up all of the dye. If
it's mixed immediately, it will evenly coat each piece.
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