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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Rainbow Rice, so easy, so awesome
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8 responses to “Rainbow Rice, so easy, so awesome”
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I also did it without the alcohol but used food colouring. Will be trying with watercolour next time for sure!Thanks
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*I* want to play with it! Will try this in the coming years with Annalise š
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pretty cool!
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Oh my gosh what fun! I want to come and play!
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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”
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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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