How to make coloured rice

An easy and cheap way to make coloured rice for messy play.

Step 1: Find a mixing bowl and spoon:

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Step 2: Get a 2kg bag of rice:

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Step 2: Buy some hand sanitizer, the hand sanitiser :

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Step 3: Buy some Wilton Neon food colouring from Amazon:

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Step 4: Mix about 4 squirts of hand sanitiser and 4 or 5 drops of food colouring into the mixing bowl and mix together until one solid colour.

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Step 5: Add a handful of rice:

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Step 6: Mix with colour solution:

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Step 7: Add some more rice:

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Step 8: Mix in the extra rice:

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Step 9: All done, now wait a few hours for it to try and once it dried, you can start using the coloured rice for messy play! Click here for messy play ideas, or click here or on the picture below for a tutorial on how to make the sensory box below.

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comment section.

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