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HOLIDAY SHAPES
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Cut out cardboard shapes. |
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Give your children uncooked, uncolored pasta to glue onto the shapes. |
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When dry, have children paint their pasta shapes and add glitter. |
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Punch a hole in the cardboard and hand the shapes up in your room. |
Variations: Shapes could be hearts, shamrocks, flowers, trees, etc.
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PASTA NAMES
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Write children’s names on a large sheet of construction paper. |
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Give them some cooked spaghetti noodles. |
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Have them lay the noodles along the lines of their name. |
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Supply small butter knieves for cutting pasta to desired lengths. |
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CUTTING SPAGETTI
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Cook up some spaghetti noodles for your children. |
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Add some oil to the water, so that the noodles will not stick together. |
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Give your child a pair of child scissors and have her cut the noodles into small pieces. |
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These small pieces could be glued to construction paper to make objects or designs.
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COLORING PASTA
Here are a few different ways to color uncooked pasta.
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The most common way, is to mix some food coloring with rubbing alcohol. |
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Another way is to add ½ cup water with 1 Tbs. cider vinegar and some food coloring. |
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Or you can mix 1 tbs. water with 1 tsp. tempera. |
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And finally you can just use food coloring. |
| Place in a plastic container or zip-lock bag with 1 cup uncooked pasta and shake. Then spread the pasta out on waxed paper to dry. |
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PASTA FRAMES |
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Cut out cardboard frames for your children. |
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Give them colored pasta shapes and some glue. |
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Have children glue the shapes around their frame. |
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Frames can be given to others as gifts, with a picture of the child attached to the back.
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PASTA NECKLACES
Rigatoni pasta works great for this activity.
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Set out some colored pasta. |
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Give your child a 12 – 14 inch length of yarn. |
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Wrap tape around one end of the yarn for a needle and tape the other end of the yarn onto the table (to keep pasta from falling off). |
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Have children thread the yarn through the pasta pieces. |
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Help children finish their necklace by tying the yarn ends together. |
| CAUTION: Do not let children play with long pieces of yarn unsupervised. |
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PASTA BRACELETS
You will need an empty paper towel roll for this project.
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Using a steak knife, cut the paper towel roll into small one inch rings. |
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Give your child a ring and first have him paint the ring. |
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When the ring is dry, have him glue colored macaroni onto his ring. |
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When the macaroni is dry, cut the ring, so that it will stretch a little and your child can slip it onto his wrist.
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PASTA PLATES
You may want to use a variety of different kinds of pasta for this activity.
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Give your child a paper plate some glue and some uncooked pasta. |
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Have her glue a picture or design on her plate using the pasta. |
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When the pasta is dry, let your child color her pasta plate using marking pens. |
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SPAGETTI DESIGNS
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Cook spaghetti and add some oil to the water so that the noodles do not stick together. |
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Drain and place in a small container for your child. |
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Set out 2-3 plates filled with different colors of tempera paint and some white paper. |
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Show your child how to drag a piece of spaghetti through the paint to create interesting designs on his paper.
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SPAGHETTI ART
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Purchase some letter stamps or sponges at the craft store. |
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Give your child an ink pad or paint pad and some paper. |
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Let your child stamp any letter he wishes on the paper or a specific one you would like him to concentrate on. |
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