Playing with rainbow spaghetti can be a delightful and multisensory experience that engages the senses in a unique and captivating way. The colorful strands of spaghetti give way to a world of vibrant textures and vivid colors any child is sure to love with this taste safe sensory play.
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What is Sensory Play with Noodles?
The pasta noodles are dyed in a spectrum of brilliant colors, resembling a magical rainbow right at your fingertips. Running hands through the mound of spaghetti, anyone can appreciate the beauty of the intertwining colors, each strand blending with the others. Just the sight alone bring on a sense of playfulness and wonder, inviting you to dive in and explore further.
Plunging your hands into the cool, slippery tangle of noodles, you can immediately feel the tactile sensations. The spaghetti wriggles and squirms between your fingers, offering a unique texture that is simultaneously smooth and a bit slimy as we squeeze, twist, and squish the noodles. It’s both soothing and stimulating.
Playing with rainbow spaghetti stimulates several senses including your vision, touch, smell, and even taste. It is an experience that engages the senses in fun and imaginative play.
Supplies needed to make Rainbow Spaghetti
- 1 box of spaghetti noodles
- a pot
- water
- colander
- olive oil
- food coloring (rainbow colors)
- red
- orange
- yellow
- green
- blue
- purple
- 6 plastic zipper sandwich bags
- large pan
- sensory bin
How to make Rainbow Spaghetti
Cook the spaghetti according to the directions on the packaging.
Drain the spaghetti using a colander.
To prevent the spaghetti from sticking, use a small amount of olive oil and mix around in the noodles. Start out with a few drops at a time, so you don’t add too much.
Transfer the spaghetti noodles on a sheet pan and allow the noodles to cool down completely.
Once the noodles are cooled down, separate the noodles equally into the six sandwich bags.
Squirt a different food coloring into each bag. You’ll be using about 20+ drops of food coloring for each bag to color the spaghetti well.
Close the bag well and gently shake the bag around to color the noodles. If you notice that some of the noodles aren’t colored well, you can add more drops of food coloring.
When the noodles are colored completely, transfer to a large pan to help the noodles dry a bit.
Tips for playing with Rainbow Spaghetti
Since using olive oil, these will have a slightly oily texture when handling. Use a smock or have a set of paper towels nearby for the child to wipe hands on after handling. Wash hands after use.
For sensory play, you can keep the spaghetti in the pan or transfer to a sensory bin.
More Sensory Fun
Here are some more sensory activities you can try:
- How to make a DIY Taste Safe Sensory Bin with Pasta and Cereal
- Magnetic Sand Sensory Play Jars
- Edible Mud Slime Sensory Play
- How to make Rainbow Kinetic Sand
- Make Your Own DIY Light Up Mason Jar Aquariums
More Rainbow Fun
Looking for more rainbow things? Try a few of these:
- How to Hide a Rainbow in a Chocolate Bundt Cake
- How to make Rainbow Cupcakes
- DIY Rainbow Frosting Twinkies
- Rainbow Unicorn Cupcakes
- Marshmallow Edible Paints for Rainbow Toast
- Rainbow Tie Dye Mini Donuts
- Rainbow Pudding Pops
Taste Safe Rainbow Spaghetti for Sensory Play
Ingredients
- 1 box of spaghetti noodles (supplies to prepare: pot, water, colander, olive oil, pan)
- food coloring (rainbow colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)
- 6 plastic zipper sandwich bags
- large pan
- sensory bin
Instructions
- Cook the spaghetti according to the directions on the packaging.
- Drain the spaghetti using a colander.
- To prevent the spaghetti from sticking, use a small amount of olive oil and mix around in the noodles. Start out with a few drops at a time, so you don't add too much.
- Transfer the spaghetti noodles on a sheet pan and allow the noodles to cool down completely.
- Once the noodles are cooled down, separate the noodles equally into the six sandwich bags.
- Squirt a different food coloring into each bag. You’ll be using about 20+ drops of food coloring for each bag to color the spaghetti well.
- Close the bag well and gently shake the bag around to color the noodles. If you notice that some of the noodles aren’t colored well, you can add more drops of food coloring.
- When the noodles are colored completely, transfer to a large pan to help the noodles dry a bit.
Notes
- Since using olive oil, these will have a slightly oily texture when handling. Use a smock or have a set of paper towels nearby for the child to wipe hands on after handling. Wash hands after use.
- For sensory play, you can keep the spaghetti in the pan or transfer to a sensory bin.
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