Comments on: How to Dye Pasta the Easy Way!

By: Jeanine

Jeanine — Sat, 28 May 2022 19:12:20 +0000

Jackie! As usual, u come in with the SAVE! My youngest that was raised using MANY of Your Blog Acticities has far surpassed playing w coloured pasta in her teen years now ‍. However, I have started finally working with children again, post-COVID & am so happy to to find u have a NON-rubbing alcohol recipe for dying pasta! A million thanks, from, a long time Canadian subscriber

By: Jackie Currie

Jackie Currie — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:33:31 +0000

In reply to agreso. I think the colour would leach out into the water.

By: Jackie Currie

Jackie Currie — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:34:39 +0000

In reply to Sara. Yes, that's what I use, Sara.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:57:41 +0000

Can you use white wine vinegar?

By: Supriya Kutty

Supriya Kutty — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:52:42 +0000

So happy to see this I got to know so much from this post of yours I am really very thankful to you. Before I could not do this properly but now you made it possible for me. Please do share such posts they are really very helpfull.

By: agreso

agreso — Thu, 06 May 2021 02:41:23 +0000

Once the pasta is colored can you then cook it without the color coming out as it cooks?

By: Jackie Currie

Jackie Currie — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:23:41 +0000

In reply to Maggie. No, it doesn't break the pasta up at all, Maggie.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:49:24 +0000

Hi! Love colored rice, my girl and me. Wondering, shaking in container doesn’t break up the pasta? Thank you for the post and so many ideas! Maggie

By: Jackie Currie

Jackie Currie — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 13:30:43 +0000

In reply to cherry. Yes, it sets the colour, Cherry.

By: cherry

cherry — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 03:45:54 +0000

Hi , can i know why must put vinegar? Is it for the colour to stay?

By: Jackie Currie

Jackie Currie — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:36:32 +0000

In reply to Maureen. I don't think so, Maureen. I believe the colour would probably leach out into the water.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:36:40 +0000

Once the pasta is colored can you then cook it without the color coming out as it cooks?

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:45:15 +0000

In reply to Janelle Durham. Super! I'm so glad my post came in handy, Janelle!

By: Janelle Durham

Janelle Durham — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:43:37 +0000

Thanks for this post! I was working on my “ultimate guide to sensory tables” and needed good instructions for dyeing pasta that I could link to – yours was perfect. Thanks!

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:14:47 +0000

In reply to Sheryl D Arvayo. No, not for this activity, Sheryl. You can dye cooked pasta for fun sensory activities, but we wanted to be able to store and keep this pasta indefinitely, so we didn't cook it.

By: Sheryl D Arvayo

Sheryl D Arvayo — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:11:19 +0000

Do you cook the pasta first?

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:00:51 +0000

In reply to elizabeth. The pasta you see in this post is uncooked, Elizabeth, but you can certainly make some fun sensory bins with cooked, coloured pasta too!

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:33:44 +0000

Cooked or uncooked pasta?

By: Magen

Magen — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:10:11 +0000

I was able to dry my pasta in 10 minutes in the oven at 350 degrees F, on a cookie sheet on wax paper, let cool for 15 and my granddaughter was ready to play.

By: Aletta

Aletta — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:34:54 +0000

In reply to happyhooligans. many thanks for the quick reply (by the way, I couldn't make the reply work, so here a new entry... :(). I meant whether the colour would come *after* the pasta/rice is colored, while playing that is. I got myself a tint, we'll be trying it this weekend! Thanks again.

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 03:44:45 +0000

In reply to Aletta.

If you get the concentrated food colouring, straight out of the bottle or jar on your hands, they’ll stain, but by the end of the day (after a few hand-washes and doing dishes) mine are always clean. If you’re using liquid watercolours, there shouldn’t be any staining – they’re child friendly paints.

By: Aletta

Aletta — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 21:15:50 +0000

Hi, nice stuff! I was just wondering if the colour comes off on the hands. I am not used to food colours, so I don’t know how they behave really. Thanks.

By: Claire farmer

Claire farmer — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:34:29 +0000

Thanks for the reply I meant brown vinegar. I tried it yesterday and it worked fine. Looking forward to playing with it tomorrow.

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:06:50 +0000

In reply to Claire farmer. Yes, that's what we use, Claire - ordinary white vinegar.

By: Claire farmer

Claire farmer — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:00:11 +0000

Can you use ordinary vinegar?