Colored Rice for Kids

Directions

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   Place rice in a ziploc bag.
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   I started with 1/2c rice when I only wanted to make one color.
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   If you want to make several, I would split the rice up into several baggies.
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   If you don't have any ziploc bags you can use any plastic container w/ a cover.
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   Place several drops of food coloring on top of rice (as many as you need to get your desired color).
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   Close either container or baggie, whichever you are using, and mix the rice w/ the food coloring.
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   Finally, place rice on either a baking pan or on top of several paper towels and leave out for about an hour to dry.
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   I chose this method as I didn't want to dry it in the oven.
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   Now let your kids go crazy with it.
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    We took an old cool aid tube and put rice in it to make a noise maker.
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    We also drew pictures on colored paper with glue and then put the rice on it.
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    Note: glue sticks didn't hold the rice very well.