There was a big milestone in our house last week. It was the 100th day of school for Big Sis. Yes, she's been in kindergarten for 100 days!! Unfortunately, she was absent on the 100th day, home sick with an ear infection. But on the bright side, her class celebrated all week with a special show and tell AND she only had an ear infection and not the nasty flu that's been going around.
Our school didn't make a big fuss over the 100th Day, like some schools do. I saw many of my friends posting pictures on Facebook of all the cute homemade T-shirts they were making and costumes their kids were wearing for the 100th Day. Big Sister's only assignment was to bring in 100 pieces of something....anything. Easy!
Being the overachieving mom that I am, we did not settle for 100 pieces of plain 'ole pasta. No, that would have been too easy. So I got on the Google and found out how to color the pasta. Here's what we came up with:
Ingredients: dry pasta, alcohol and food coloring |
Even the little ones got involved. Well, Boy Twin was apparently too busy catching up on his magazine reading to help us. |
Put in pasta and 4 drops of coloring, along with 2 tablespoons of alcohol. Shake it up. |
Let pasta dry overnight. |
Our finished product! A giant 100-piece pasta chain! Doesn't the hubs look thrilled? |
I laughed when I saw it. I knew you were an overachiever. :) Most bags were cereal pieces or marshmallows. Not yours. :) I didn't even know how to color pasta. :)
ReplyDeleteI deserve to be laughed at. About halfway into the project, I wondered what the hell I was doing. Sometimes ridiculousness gets the best of me. I should be trying to make my life easier....says the lady about to make homemade Valentines. *ugh*
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