Making Colored Rice ....

Making Colored Rice ....

Colored rice is a fun medium to use for different craft or art projects.  For a Kansas Day project my daughter and I colored rice and glued it to a Jayhawk.

Materials Needed:

• Food Coloring
• Rice
• Ziplock Bags
• 1 Tablespoon of water for each color
• Glue
• Paper Towels

Steps for Each Color You are Making:

• In a ziplock bag add 1 tablespoon of water.
• Add food coloring to the water to your liking.
• Add the rice you would like to color to the colored water.
• Squish the rice around in the bag until all of the rice is colored.
• If the color is too light you can add more food coloring.
• Once your rice is all colored spread out the rice on a paper towel to dry.
  (I let my rice dry over night.)
• Repeat for each color.

Making Your Project:

• Spread glue all over the area you want to add colored rice.  We did one section at a time.  For example we spread glue on the beak.
• Cover the glued section with the colored rice.
• Over a trash can shake off any extra rice.
• Repeat for each section.