Pasta Necklaces

While trying to tidy up the house I found some interesting plastic string that I thought would make a quick and easy necklace for Imogen. What better way to procrastinate than find something fun to do with the kids. The cleaning can always be done later, but later the children might be too tired.

A quick check of the cupboard assured me that we do have pasta suitable for threading. We could just thread the penne pasta onto a string, but that would be BORING! Why not colour the pasta first and then let the kids loose with the pasta and string.

First we divided the pasta up into 4 ziplock bags and poured in a few drops of food colouring, closed the bags and shook them until all the pasta was covered.

Then we tipped the pasta on to a tray and put it in the sun to dry. 

Once the pasta was dry, we were able to make our necklaces. The necklace is adjustable to fit over the head and then be shortened to an appropriate length. What  do you think of our efforts?