Crafts with Real Food

Why throw away those dinner scraps when you can make beautiful art with them? Our real food crafts will also help teach your kids about what they're eating!

We love these popular pasta-based crafts: How to Make Sunflowers with Paper Plates and Pasta, DIY Play Food Mac and Cheese and Gratitude Words Craft. And be sure to read our simple instructions to dye pasta for crafts.

Crafting with Food Scraps
Felt Turkey Craft with Squash
Fruit Turkey Platter
Strawberry Santa Hats
Bok Choy Roses
Egg Yolk Paint
Fake Mac and Cheese Craft
Marshmallow Snowman Craft for Kids
Fun with Melting Crayons on Pumpkins
How to Dye Pasta for Crafts
Peach Pit Rainbow Stamp Art
Paper Plate Sunflower Craft with Pasta
DIY Witch Decor with Eggplant
Easy Pancake Shapes
Peppers Art For Kids
Color Tortillas with Edible Paint
Sweet Potato Heart Stamps
Homemade Trail Mix
The Best DIY Cardboard Frame with Pasta
Falling Leaves Tree Craft
Rainbow Rice Letters
Butter Lettuce Necklace
Bow Tie Pasta Butterflies
Asparagus People
Rainbow Spaghetti Art with Words
Adorable Boat Craft with Avocado Skins
Homemade Shaker Instruments with Pasta
Quinoa Handprints
Ms. Potato
Lemon Volcano Experiment
Draw a Shrimp with Noodles
Gratitude Words Craft
Easiest Paper Snowflake with Pasta
Ghost Puppets with Rice
Sweet Roasted Chickpeas with Sugar and Cinnamon
Simple Painted Toast
Skeleton Veggie Tray
Adorable Snowman Candy Cane Holders
Sensory Cornmeal Sandbox