Make it Mondays are brought to us by Rebecca of Tumbleweed Preschool in Advance, NC. She is always looking for frugal DIY projects for her students and her home. We are sharing Rebecca’s DIY project on MoolaSavingMom.com because they can be used for home schoolers, young artists and anyone else who wants DIY ideas that can save them money on projects around the house.

Macaroni can be used many ways  young children . I use it a lot in my preschool. I decided to color some macaroni and then use it for necklaces. I put macaroni in a gallon size bag along with 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol and 20 -30 drops of food coloring. I closed the bag and kept turning the bag every few minutes until the macaroni looked like they had absorbed the color. I put the macaroni out on towels to dry for several days. I repeated this with each color I wanted to make. Then I cut some plastic lanyard cord and let each child thread the macaroni on the cord to make a necklace.

When I was preparing my lessons for Halloween I remembered I had left over macaroni so I decided to use it for gluing. We glued the orange and green macaroni on an outline of a pumpkin then added the face cut out of black paper to make a Jack-O-Lantern.  Macaroni is also makes a fun item to put in a sensory table along with cups and spoons or tongs.

Rebecca Burriss is an educator of children and avid DIYer. She raised four daughters and taught them how to do make lots of things including ceramics, elaborate doll houses, wood projects and even home interior design projects.