Crayon Melt...

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Dyeing Pasta or Rice

Materials Needed:
Rubbing Alcohol
Pasta or Rice
Food Coloring or Liquid Water Colors
bowls or Ziploc Baggies
Drying area
Paper towels or paper bag (to soak up excess liquid)


Directions:
1. Portion out your pasta/rice into equal amounts for color distribution. Place the pasta/rice in bowls or ziploc baggies.
2. Cover the pasta/rice in rubbing alcohol you don't want the pasta/rice to be floating just cover to the top
3. Add food coloring/ liquid watercolors. STIR.
4. Let set for several Hours I let this batch set for 5 hours usually I let it set for 12-24 hours. Make sure that your bowls are covered with plastic wrap or your ziploc baggies are closed securely
5. Drain the liquid and place the pasta/rice on a drying area put papertowels/ paper bag underneath them to soak up excess liquid
6. Let dry for at least 2 hours
7. Enjoy! The alcohol does not absorb into the pasta or rice so they stay dry and crisp even after soaking.

Variation: This can be done with cooked spaghetti noodles for a fun sensory tub experiment!

Color Explosion!

Materials Needed:
Wide Mouthed Jar (we used a pickle jar)
Oil
water
food coloring
tooth pick or skewer

Directions:
1. Fill the jar with water around 1/2 to 3/4 of the way
2. Pour a thin layer of oil on top about a 1/2 inch thick
3. Take food coloring and squeeze a few little droplets on top of the oil
4. Take your toothpick or skewer and push the food coloring through the oil as soon as it breaks through the oil layer it will explode into the water
5. Make sure you use standard food coloring (it is water soluble) you do not want to use a lipid (fat) based dye (cake dyes) they will dissolve in the oil which defeats the purpose of this fun experiment.



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Scrape Painting

Materials Needed:
Paint- biocolor works best but tempera works well to
Scrapers- these can be premade scrapers or make your own using plastic lids to margarine, cool whip etc: use scissors to cut different edges for scraping
paper- thicker paper works best
paint dropper

Directions:
1. Have paint ready in droppers or tubes tell children a small amount goes a long way
2. Have children drop small amounts "drops" over paper
3. Use scraper to create beautiful pictures
4. Ask questions: Do colors mix? What happens with different edges of scrapers
5. What will happen if?

Making Kaleidoscopes

Materials Needed:
Thick colored cellophane sheets
Paper towel/ toilet paper tubes
masking tape

Directions:
1. Have the colored cellophane cut to smaller square sizes
2. Allow the children to attach one or more sheets of cellophane to the tube to create a colorful viewing experience