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How To: Dye Pasta For Crafting.

by on Aug 13, 2008

First, there was just plain old semolina yellow. Then, they got fancy (tacky?) and developed the tri-color by using spinach and tomato products to tint you rotini. Now, embrace the rainbow by coloring your pasta ANY shade you may choose with vibrant, punchy results. This is a great medium for kids, or for some tongue-in-cheek nostalgia…perhaps some macaroni macrame?

A baking pan with many different colored pasta noodles.

Materials

  • food colouring
  • dried pasta of any shape
  • rubbing alcohol
  • ziploc bags

Just fill the bags with the pasta, and cover with the rubbing alcohol. Mix in the food coloring, and dye away…

Read the full instructions from Crafty Crafty.