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Pasta Necklaces and Bracelets with Dyed Rigatoni Pasta

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Make these fun Pasta Necklaces and Bracelets with Rigatoni Pasta for a fun Rainy day craft with your kids. 

Making pasta necklaces is by far one of our daughter’s favorites, and I think mine, too. It’s quite easy and the big pasta we chose makes it easy to hold and thread. I went to the store to find large beads for my toddler to thread into bracelets and necklaces. Unfortunately, all the beads I saw were so small, they looked like choking hazards. After giving it some thought, I came up with the Rigatoni necklace idea instead of the beads. Not only are the Rigatoni Pasta pieces large enough for her to play with but they are safe to eat. My daughter would not mind munching on hard pasta. . . although she may not care too much to eat them colored.

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Making Necklaces from Pasta

Making necklaces from pasta is a fun and a safer option for toddlers and smaller children (as far as if they decide to eat a part of it), rather than inedible items you may purchase from the store. Although the pasta itself may be hard because it’s left uncooked. . . so it may not be so fun to bite into after all. But if they do bite into it, you know it’s food from the pantry. Always be sure the things you place before your children for crafts are age appropriate. So how do you do you make a pasta necklace? Let us show you.

How to Make Necklaces from Dyed Colored Pasta

To make:

  • 1 box Rigatoni pasta (16 oz)
  • assorted food coloring of choice
  • Ziplock bags
  • a baking sheet
  • fuzzy craft sticks (or thick yarn)

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What to do:

  • Decide how many different colors you want to dye.
  • Here I chose 5. Place a large handful of pasta in each Ziplock bag.
  • Pour drops of food coloring in bags.
  • Seal bags and shake until the pasta is dyed.
  • Pour pasta from each bag on a baking sheet and place in a corner to dry or place outside in the sun.
  • Pour out pasta in a bowl. Look how pretty that looks (photo below).

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Using Fuzzy Sticks Instead of Yarn to Thread Pasta

Now it is time to use the fuzzy sticks to make necklaces or bracelets. I chose fuzzy sticks because they are thick enough to keep the a pasta from slipping out.

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Simply grab a fuzzy stick and a few different colored pasta and thread through, leaving enough room at both ends of the stick for twisting.

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After threading is complete, twist the ends of the sticks together. The necklace or bracelet is now ready to wear or kept safely until the child is ready to wear it.

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Pasta Necklaces and Bracelets with Dyed Rigatoni Pasta

When ready, your child can wear their creations (if they are long enough for wearing) by placing around risk or neck, then securing them by twisting at the ends (with parents helping and monitoring).

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How to Store Your Colored Pasta for Other Crafts

For coloring the pasta, I used about 3/4 of the box of pasta, then separated them into two bags. One bag got stored away for later use.

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Create a Quiet Time Bin Using Colored Pasta

You can create a Quiet Time bin from the colored pasta by adding it to a Ziplock bag along with some Fuzzy sticks. Place them in a small bin for quiet play. The child can create, and recreate Pasta necklaces and bracelets during quiet time. I love it!!!

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So far, we have played with the pasta necklaces and bracelets a few times now and they are still holding up very well. Not one has been broken yet:)

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