Use Your Noodle Playdough Play ​​

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Use Your Noodle Playdough Play ​​

• Uncooked pasta shapes (bowtie, corkscrew, tube shape, etc)
• Food coloring
• Vinegar
• Ziplock bags
• Playdough (we recommend the Basic Dough recipe)  

To dye the pasta:

1. Add desired amount of uncooked pasta to a ziplock bag along with about ¼ cup of vinegar and 10 drops of food coloring. Seal the bag and mix the vinegar mixture around with the pasta until thoroughly coated. Allow pasta to stay in the bag for approximately 5 minutes, turning halfway through. Empty contents of bag onto several layers of paper towels and allow to dry overnight. 

For the activity:

• Place a mound of playdough in the middle of a partitioned tray and add noodles to the other partitions by color.

1. Invite children to play with materials and use the noodles to create a sculpture.

Basic Dough Recipe
**Take precautions when preparing this recipe as it involves the use of hot water**
2 cups of flour
2 Tbsp of oil (vegetable, olive or coconut is fine)
½ cup of salt
2 Tbsp cream of tartar
1 ½ cups boiling water

Mix the dry ingredients well. Slowly add the oil and boiling water and mix. Allow the mixture to cool down and knead until it achieves the desired consistency.