Half Term Fun: How to Make Pasta Gems Jewellery #FloraFamilyFun
I can’t believe how quickly this week has gone by. We have been making the most of half-term by baking delicious chocolate chip cupcakes, making sock puppets and enjoying family days out.
As previously mentioned, Flora Buttery has created a funspiration guide with award-winning parenting author Tanith Carey. The activities are easy and quick to do, they can be completed with everyday items found around the house.
The baking and crafting activities in the Family Fun Guide are perfect for keeping children entertained at home during rainy days. According to the weather forecast, it is due to rain all day again tomorrow, so I thought I should share another lovely activity from the guide, in case you are running out of inspiration towards the end of half-term.
Little man tried to make pasta gems jewellery and had so much fun!
How to Make Pasta Gems Jewellery:
You will need:
- Tube-shaped pasta
- Hand sanitizer gel
- Sealable plastic sandwich bags
- One or more shades of food colouring
- String, ribbon or thread
Instructions:
- Select any type of tube-shaped pasta with a hole running through it and gather 6 to 20 pieces – enough to make a necklace or bracelet.
- Prepare a separate sandwich bag for each food colouring.
- Divide the pasta into each of the bags for each food colouring.
Making Coloured Pasta Gems - Divide the pasta into each of the bags, add a few drops of hand sanitizing gel, close the bag and jiggle about until it is all covered. This will help the food colouring to distribute evenly.
- Next pour a few drops of each colour into the different bags and shake until the pasta has changed colour.
- Empty the pasta onto paper towels and let it dry in the sun or on the radiator. Be careful, as food colouring can stain.
Pasta Gems Drying - Whilst waiting, tie a large double knot in one end of a 10-20cm piece of string or ribbon to stop the pasta dropping off.
- Check the pasta is touch dry, and start threading.
Little man loved making pasta gems. He found that the green and blue pasta gems were quite similar, so he also used natural pasta (without food colouring) in his designs. He already asked me to get more food colouring so he can create other pasta gems styles and patterns.
Check out Flora Buttery’s Family Fun Guide for half-term inspiration onhttp://www.flora.com/baking/family-funspiration-guide and check out our Instagram page to keep up with our activities this week.
How do you usually keep kids entertained on rainy days?
We received a Boredom Busting Basket to try Family Fun Guide from Flora Buttery, however the opinions expressed in this post are honest and my own.