Oats!

 On a bit of a colour kick after discovering i can colour salt, chickpeas and pasta i decided to give colouring oats a go. Who knows where this may lead me! What will i colour next?

Oats worked really well.

 (I am going  to invest in more colours though so will order some online)

It took a little time to prep but only in the drying

It was really soft and fun to play with, giving the boys tactile, cognitive and visual stimulation.  

The boys spent a lot of time playing with the oats. My middle discovered that his tiny snow plow 

and dump truck were great to shovel up the oats and load them in to the dumper.

They especially looked really great when mixed together.

To make:

1. I used 2 bags of 500g oats and divided them into bowls.

2. I added enough water to cover the oats then  added a few drops of colour, i mixed it around and let it sit for maybe a minute- any longer and the oats get too squishy. Do note- I only did a bowl at a time.

3. I turned my oven on to bake 50 deg c.

4. I took the bowl  and with my hand (gloves on) i took handfuls of oats out of the bowl giving them just a bit if a squeeze to get excess liquid out (otherwise they tend to clump in the oven) and put the oats on an oven tray.

I put the tray in the oven and every 5 minutes i gave them a stir on the tray to evenly dry them. I did it this way rather than drying them in the sun as i know you can toast oats so i figured i could do the same with coloured oats too. 

And it did work!!

They loved it!