In my never ending quest for activities to keep my busy kids entertained I stumbled upon a "mess free" activity of dying noodles. I figured the activity wouldbe fun and then after I could use the noodles as one of my sensory things, for sorting matching and whatnot. Well guess what? Mess free my Colombian keester!!! This was by far the messiest thing I have ever done! Ever! Half way through I had to strip the kids down because I was worried it would stain clothes.(which it still did) Ugh! I think my problem was pokey noodles and vigorous shakers. Not a good combo. Well anyway, I ended up green, Alice ended up a wierd bluish color, and my countertops ended up purple. Then the next activity was to figure out a way to get this dye off(it was food coloring and isopropil alcohol, and it was a beast) we washed with warm water, scrubbed with all manner of things,this was not coming off. Derek through up the towel and declared Alice the hulk for the week and then I finally got it off with a bleach solution(I was not happy that it caome to that). The noodles turned out very cute and very vibrant but next time I do this...well I probably wont. But the kids had a great time so I guess...Success!