Ingredients for Making Colored Noodles

Series Summary

With this series, we delve into failed experiments with happy endings. James Wright of General Electric was experimenting with rubber substitutes during World War Two and ended up with Silly Putty. Noah and Joseph McVicker set out to invent a wallpaper cleaner and ended up with Playdoh. Agnes Osbourne was attempting to spice up the taste of her pasta and ended up with blue noodles. The happy ending for you is that by watching this sequence of videos, you can learn how to make these products at home for free. Why should you have to pay for someone else’s mistakes? A children's crafts expert, Stacey Olson, takes you through each step in making Silly Putty, Playdoh and colored noodles from materials you are likely to find around the house or at your local grocery store. She will demonstrate how to mix and store these products and suggest creative projects for your child, who is sure to enjoy such ever-popular inventions. And they might even learn a thing or two about consumer independence in the process! Enjoy this free, instructional arts and crafts video series and you'll be on your way to homemade fun in no time.

Video Transcript

"In this video clip I will show you the materials and tools needed to make colored noddles. First you will need a container to store your colored noodles in. You will also need a like an old pan to dry your noodles on. Next you will need to choose the type of noodles you want. I've chosen the elbow kind of noodles. There's spiral or the macaroni kind, use can use them, it's up to you which kind of color noodles you want to make. Next you'll need rubbing alcohol and lastly you will need some food coloring. In the next clips I will be making purple noodles. So I will need the red and the blue food coloring dye and I will be using those to create purple."