"Keep it Simple, Sweetie", with Craft - How to make home-made noodle necklaces.

This is such fun and you can make them in any colour you like.

 Ingredients:

Dry Noodles (we used small Macaroni, but if the child is young, use the big ones so it is easier to thread.)

White vinegar (about a tablespoon per colour)

Food colouring (a few drops per colour)

Some snap lock bags.

We made 5 colours so I will work with these numbers from now on but you can make as many as you like and as many different colours as you like.

Method:

Add 1/4 cup of dry noodles into a snap-lock bag.

 Add a teaspoon of white vinegar. You need enough to coat the noodles without making them soggy. So add a bit more if you need it. (A teaspoon worked for us but a few of our noodles didn't take their colour as well as others, a bit more would have been better).

Close the bag and shake it and smoosh (techical team) it around to coat all the noodles.

Add a few drops of the food colouring you want.

Smoosh it around again to get them all coated in colour.

 Do this to all the bags.

 Open the bags so they can dry and leave them for a few hours. (We left ours overnight which worked well.)

Done. Colourful noodles.

Now get a string; you can use a needle or thread for this. We used a plastic string that you can buy from craft shops. You could also use a piece of wool. It's a good idea to put some glue on the ends so they don't fray will they are threading.

 And we are done. A gorgeous colourful necklace. Cheap and easy. xx