I love playing with colored rice, what I love even more is to add a fragrance to enhance the senses. An easy and affordable way to do this is using baking essence oils to do this.
I usually making lemon-scented rice with essential oils, but when I didn’t have this in hand, I used baking essence instead. It gave a strong smell and it lasted for a really long time.
We made is rice for out Tot School: Yellow Week and it was so much fun!
At the supermarket you can find different scents, use them to make different types of scented-rice like:
- Vanilla
- Coconut
- Lemon (what we will use today!)
Lemon-Scented Colored Rice
September 7, 2020
Persons
2
Prep Time
5 minutes
Total Time
5 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon of Lemon extract (Found in the baking section at supermarket)
- 2 cups of White rice
- 1 Tbs of Vinegar
- 6-8 drops of yellow Food Coloring
- 1 gallon Ziplock Bag
- Aluminum paper
- Tray
Instructions
- Measure 1 Tbsp of vinegar into zip lock
- Mix in yellow food coloring into the vinegar
- Measure 3 cups of white rice and add into the ziplock bag
- Close ziplock and shake, shake, shake to mix well.
- Add in 1 Tablespoon of lemon extract
- Cover a tray with aluminum foil
- Spread colored rice into aluminum foil and allow for it to dry
- Place on sensory bin for a fine motor skills activity
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