Pasta Butterfly Craft
This is such a fun art activity using colored pasta!
Equipment
- Bow Tie Pasta
- Food Coloring Set
- Assorted Shapes Buttons
Ingredients
For dyeing the pasta:
- 1 cup bow tie pasta
- 15 drops of food coloring per color
- 1/2 tablespoon of rubbing alcohol
- Sandwich size baggies zipper closure if possible (1 per color)
- Tray and paper towels
For creating the pasta art:
- 1 cup dyed or colored bow tie pasta
- Cute buttons
- Paper
- Green and black markers
- Glue
Instructions
A. Dyeing the pasta:
- Put 1 cup of the bow tie pasta into a resealable bag.
- Add about 15 drops of whatever color of food coloring into the bag.
- Mix in 1/2 tablespoon of rubbing alcohol to the pasta and food coloring.
- Seal the bag and mix gently until the color is all over the pasta.
- Once done, pour out the pasta onto a tray that is lined with paper towels. Make sure to spread them out so that they can dry.
- Repeat the same process for the other colors.
- B. Making the Pasta Butterfly Art
- Add some glue onto the paper and put the colored pasta on top.
- You can then have the kids draw on antennas to make them look more like butterflies.
- Add butterfly buttons and draw them to look like flowers.
- Set it aside so that it can dry completely.
- Feel free to add the designs that you like.