Dyed Rice

So I finally went to Target and remembered to get Jameson a bin to use for sensory play! I am so excited about it, so naturally all the fun ideas start running threw my head.

I have been looking at this idea for a rainbow rice sensory bin for some time now. I thought what a perfect first bin for my little man.

All you need is some white rice (you can use noodles as well but I am only working with rice), rubbing alcohol, and food coloring. A cup or bowl (use glass or metal, plastic will stain) and a plastic bag.

Mix up 2 teaspoons of rubbing alcohol with your food coloring (I used about 10 drops for each batch) in your cup/bowl. Pour 2 cups of rice and your liquid in a plastic bag (I highly recommend the quart size for 2 cups of rice, I tried the sandwich size and it was hard to mix evenly). Seal the bag and shake around until the color is spread evenly.

Next lay out the rice on wax or parchment paper and let dry for a few hours. I rinsed out my cup and started with a fresh bag every batch.

I played around with the food coloring and made an orange (9 drops of yellow and 1 drop of red), teal (8 drops of green and 3 drops of blue), light(6 drops of red and 2 drops of blue) and dark purple (9 drops of blue and 3 drops of red).

Once everything was all nice and dry I placed them in separate bags. Seeing as how I know this is going to make a super big mess and we were unable to play outside today since our yard is being sprayed for bugs, this is as far as I got. We have yet to play with the rice, but I am so excited for when we do!