Colored Rice

My little girl has been feeling under the weather for the past few days so I thought I would cheer her up by making some fun, brightly colored rice. It's a perfect sensory activity for toddlers and you can change it up daily to keep them interested.

You will need:

Uncooked White Rice

Rubbing Alcohol

Food Coloring -- I used the gel kind

Plastic baggies

Cookie Sheets

Sensory Bin

 Put 2 cups rice in a plastic Ziplock bag

 Add 2-3 large drops of gel food coloring & 1.5 tbsp. rubbing alcohol

 Shake bags until mixed well

  Pour onto a cookie sheet to dry. Laying it in the sun 

will make it dry faster but it isn't necessary.

  Put into a bin, mix together, add some fun toys

and go to town.

 Have fun!!

 This project was really quick & easy and held Aislyn's interest for an extended period of time. You can easily double or triple the recipe and do many more colors if you wanted a large quantity of rice. It could be a great preschool activity too!