Dried Macaroni Craft Ideas

Your children may think macaroni only goes with cheese, so they may not realize how many arts and crafts projects they make with the noodles.

Since most children love to get their hands dirty with a good craft you might want to try some of these dried macaroni craft ideas.

They are especially good for those days your children can’t go outside and you simply don’t want the television on.

Macaroni or other noodle jewelry is a great craft for your kids to try. It’s an easy art project which even toddlers can do with little or no help.

Here’s what your children will need to make this jewelry: macaroni or other noodles with holes in them, cross stitch or plastic necklace thread, colored markers, glue and glitter.

Ask the children to use the markers to draw shapes or designs on the noodles. They can also color the entire piece if that’s what they prefer.

Suggest they spread some glue on the noodles and then sprinkle glitter over them. Allow the noodles to dry completely if they’re using glue as it can cause the noodles to stick together.

Have them decide what size piece of jewelry they want to make. Necklaces will need to be long enough to fit over the head, bracelets and anklets will need to fit over those body parts. Cut the thread long enough for each piece of jewelry they’re making.

When they have enough colored noodles they can begin adding them to the thread. They’ll want to continue adding the noodles until they’re near the end.

Be sure they allow enough thread to tie it in a knot to keep the necklace together.

Your children can also create collages using different types of noodles. Check your pantry to see what types of dry noodles you have on hand.

If you can spare them, grab a little of each kind and put them in a bowl. Add a little rice in the bowl as well to give them extra materials to work with.

Using the different noodles, your children can make different objects.

Macaroni noodles, along with some straight noodles, are great for making sheep. Draw two circles on a sheet of paper, one large with a small one overlapping it.

Children can use macaroni and glue it inside of the circles. This will look like curly fur. Pieces of rice can be added to the picture to make it look like grass.

The children can also use spaghetti and wagon wheel noodles to make a wagon or other vehicles. Let them use any of the noodles to create an abstract picture.

When the glue they’ve used to stick the noodles to the paper has dried, they can paint or use markers to color the noodles.

Think about having dried noodles on hand the times your children say they’re bored.

Keep or buy noodles for these dried macaroni craft ideas or let your children think of other art projects they can do with the noodles. You may be amazed at what they come up with.

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There are lots of creative and fun craft ideas for the whole family in our main section here, so just check out Arts and Crafts for Kids.

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