These colourful friendship necklaces are easy to make and are a perfect way to encourage your child to get creative with their friends.
Threading the necklace is great for developing important skills too, such as hand-eye coordination, and perseverance.
You will probably have everything you need at home.
To Make your friendship necklace, you will need:
- Tube pasta (Macaroni or penne will work well)
- String or wool
- Food colouring of your choice
- Zip lock bags (one per colour)
- White wine vinegar
Method
- Start by adding some of your pasta into a zip lock bag
- Add a few drops of food colouring and two tablespoons of white vinegar to the bag
- Seal the bag and mix until the pasta is brightly coloured
- Repeat for each colour
- Leave the pasta to dry on some newspaper or paper towels
- To make the necklace, start by cutting a piece of string, roughly 80 centimetres
- Tie a knot in one end of the string
- Thread the different coloured pasta onto the string.
- Once the string has been threaded with pasta, tie together the two ends of the string to form a necklace.
- Why not try making matching necklaces with friends!
Top Tip:
Let your child help with preparing the pasta, they will be fascinated to see how it changes colour!
Encourage older children to make a pattern with the different colours.
