Use Your Noodle: 6 Crafts to Make with Pasta
By
Jocelyn Worrall
August 13, 2008
Credit:
Heather Weston
Looking for a creative craft idea? Show your good taste with painted pasta.
Try a Tiara
Dress up a plastic headband with brightly painted wagon wheels.
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Noodle Necklace
Jazz up the jewels by adding a bow-tie pendant. Penne and rigatoni work best as the beads.
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All Aboard
Gather your leftover pasta bits to build this awesome train. Make a few trees to complete the scene.
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Kids can make plaques, oversize cards, or team posters with cute pasta shapes, paint, and glue.
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Hip Clips
Get dolled up with fancy farfalle-and-rhinestone barrettes. Hot glue on a plain clip keeps the pasta in place.
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Pencil Cup
Make this pretty desk accessory from a quart-size milk carton. Glue on pasta, then paint when it's dry.
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Tools of the Trade
Kid-friendly tools:
* Craft glue
* Tempera paint
* Paintbrushes
* Pasta
* Rhinestones
* Glue gun
* Spray paint