🥣 Fake Mac and Cheese Craft
Why buy play food for your kids' imaginative kitchen when you can just make it right at home?! Our Fake Mac and Cheese craft will keep kids playing for hours!
Servings 1 cup fake mac and cheese
Equipment
- Cookie sheet
- 1 cup Medium shells or less
- 1-2 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1-2 drops gel food coloring
- 1 Ziploc sandwich bag
- Hot glue gun
- 1 Paper plate or bowl
- 1 Toothpick
Instructions
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl, combine 1-2 teaspoon of white vinegar with 1-2 drops of yellow or orange gel coloring. Whisk together.
- Place uncooked shells into a Ziploc sandwich bag. Pour vinegar-color mixture into bag and seal shut. Shake bag of pasta vigorously until shells are evenly colored, but make sure that bag is sealed!Â
- Pour colored noodles onto parchment paper. Allow noodles to dry for 10-15 minutes.Â
- Next, place droplets of glue onto paper bowl or plate. Glue the noodles one-by-one onto the plate. To make this more challenging, have kids count their pasta and make enough droplets of glue to match their number of pasta pieces. Allow glue to try and start playing!
Notes
- Protect your space- We recommend lining your surface with parchment paper and having wet paper towels handy for spills and messes.
- Consider wearing protective gloves to protect your hands from food dye.
- Spread out pasta as it dries- Spread the pasta as widely as you can on parchment paper so the individual pieces will dry.Â
- Allow dyed pasta to completely dry before gluing it onto a paper bowl or plate.
- To learn more about coloring pasta for kids' activities, check out our posts on how to dry pasta for crafts.