The trick to how to make colorful rice is to add a fair amount of food coloring. The more food coloring you add, the deeper the colors on rice!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Crafts
Servings: 6
Author: LittleCooksReadingBooks.com
Equipment
Baking sheet
Wax paper
Ingredients
6cupswhite riceuncooked
6resealable bagsgallon size
6different food coloringscolor of choice (regular or gel)
Instructions
Place wax paper on baking sheet. Set aside.
Add 1 cup of rice to a sealable plastic bag.
Add 3-4 drops of food coloring to the bag. Reseal bag.
Gently roll and squish the rice through the bag to cover the rice with food color.
If needed, add more food coloring to reach desired color. Continue massaging rice through bag until all pieces have been covered with food coloring.
Spread rice on baking sheet with wax paper to dry.
Repeat process until all bags of rice are dyed and spread on baking sheet to dry.
After an hour, stir rice on baking sheet. Continue drying until dry to touch.
Notes
*If you're using gel coloring and find it too thick (it's not spreading around), add a tiny bit of water to the gel and rice in the bag to make the food coloring thinner.It's important to allow the rice to dry completely before playing with it. Also, only use this rice for dry sensory bins (and not wet sensory play).