Pasta necklace

[Panders]

Anyone? Best way to paint the pasta for the necklace.

[playgroup1]

I usually paint the pasta with a brush and acrylic paint and them rest it on skewers over a box to dry. I use rigatonne as its big enough to thread. Very time consuming but its does work well as a special treat.

[Guest]

fill a bowl with water with lots of food colouring in. put pasta tubes in. leave for a while till colour absorbed. drain - keep coloured water for next batch! - leave to drain on kitchen roll

[Guest]

for the children to paint or the adult?

We did pasta necklaces last christmas using festive pasta from Lidls (keeping my eye out for some more this year) and I sprayed it with gold, silver and red decorators spray. No residue and dried instantly (more of less) and ready to use

[finleysmaid]

i just use food colouring (paste) add to a small amount of water and stir in bowl until covered leave to dry. We do pasta threading a lot! i have a group who love it ...so have been to the italian shop to gets loads of different sorts...spagetti hoop type was a big hit, small macaroni, penne.wheels etc

[wellerkaren]

The children usually use felt-tips to colour the pasta then they make the necklaces after