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1. 

   

   Add a handful or so of macaroni into the cups. If you want to make more beads, add more. Pour a small amount of the rubbing alcohol into some of the cups. You do not need a lot. I didn't measure, but be sure to put enough in to cover the macaroni.

2. 

   Choose your colors. Here is where a little color theory comes in. Remember your primary colors? They are red, yellow and blue. Actually, they are magenta, yellow and cyan. But no matter. This is macaroni beads we're talkin about. Add more or fewer drops depending on how intense you would like the colors to be. Mix the colors together for more shades. Get crazy if you want to.
   Here is a mini-color guide to refer to (it came from the back of the food coloring package...thanks, Durkee!
   
   Orange: 2 drops red, 3 drops yellow
   Turquoise: 1 drop green, 4 drops blue
   Lime Green: 3 drops yellow, 1 drop green
   Salmon: 3 drops red, 2 drops yellow
   Violet: 2 drops red, 2 drops blue
   Pistachio: 1 drop yellow, 4 drops green




3. 

   

   Swirl the cups around the get the drops good and mixed and the macaroni saturated. Let them sit for at least 30 minutes. This would be a good time to get your supplies ready for whatever you're planning on creating with the macaroni. Check the cups every so often and mix the macaroni to make sure they are getting evenly colored.

4. 

   

   Drain the macaroni into a colander or strainer and arrange them in a single layer on paper towels to dry. This could take several hours to dry thoroughly, but mine seemed OK to work with within an hour or so. Perhaps I was a little impatient, but they were fine.




5. 

   

   All the pretty colors: Clockwise-red, orange, yellow, lime green,
   kelly green, green-yellow, blue, violet. Note: the colors are much better in real life
   than on the computer screen.

6. 

   

   There you have it! You colored your macaroni and you get a gold star :)
   
   Here is my finished project using my colored macaroni~ Macaroni Twist Bracelet.

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Cat Morley

05 Jul 23:49

Wow that looks amazing, I can't believe it's macaroni, it looks so neat when you dye it!

Impybat

06 Jul 00:10

Thank you!

Tosh

06 Jul 04:08

this is allot cooler then anything i have anything with macaroni.

Tosh

06 Jul 04:10

oops! i meant ever made with macaroni.

Hana

06 Jul 13:07

wow! it's great! I wouldn't guess it's maccaroni! and I love the colors!

Ezme

06 Jul 13:13

i love all your work it is so abstract and unique, i love abstract! i love this!

Impybat

06 Jul 14:50

Thanks everybody! I had so many tuts on my blog, I needed to share. I'm working on some new ones too.

Lady Lolita

06 Jul 23:18

That's great! Does the color rub off the macaroni after it's all said and done?

Impybat

07 Jul 00:01

Lady Lolita,

So far it hasn't!

cole c.

09 Jul 19:36

oh yeah, this is right up my alley! the colors are so vibrant! watch out pasta cubboard, im a serial colorist..wu hahaha! i cant wait to make stuff to match all my outfits!! woohoo!

Hellogoodbye!

16 Jul 15:54

most awesome!

Skylar

23 Aug 23:06

wow, now I have someting to do with my old macaroni

deni m.

06 Jan 00:55

Great Idea! Love it! :) Im going to the kitchen for some macarony :)

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July 05, 2008 22:58

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