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Rainbow Rice, so easy, so awesome

how to make rainbow rice
We took this bin to the playground and it was the most popular thing there.
Skip the food coloring/rubbing alcohol yuckiness.
In a big ziplock – rice + liquid watercolor, just shake it. Dries almost instantly.
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8 responses to “Rainbow Rice, so easy, so awesome”

  1. Kerry Avatar

    I also did it without the alcohol but used food colouring. Will be trying with watercolour next time for sure!Thanks

  2. mary m Avatar
    mary m

    *I* want to play with it! Will try this in the coming years with Annalise šŸ™‚

  3. Julie Avatar

    Oh my gosh what fun! I want to come and play!

  4. Amber Avatar

    Kerry, did it get on your kid’s hands? I thought the food coloring was pretty messy, the watercolor method transfers a lot less “ink”
    Amber

  5. Kerry Avatar

    I did it the night before & left it out overnight to dry out which seemed to work without too much mess. The blue did transfer onto their hands but only mildly.

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