Powdered food coloring

Avoid the toxins of conventional food dyes by using natural food dyes you can easily make at home!

A simple recipe for an amazing sensory play. Make some Cloud Dough/Moon Sand with everyday items from your kitchen cupboard!

I use colored powdered sugar to create a few different colorful effects, on cakes, on cookies, on marshmallows and sprinkled over colorful themed breakfast

Make your own DIY natural holi powder from scratch with cornstarch and fruits & vegetables!

Red Lake 40, Whomst?

Suncore's Supercolor Powders are plant-based and crazy bright—far and away the best brand of natural food coloring we've tried.

Here’s a handy guide for natural dyes:

Rice dyed with food coloring is a safe and nontoxic alternative to colored sand and glitter. You can use it in craft projects and stick it together, if desired, with all-purpose glue or paste. This recipe yields approximately 4 ounces, or 1/2 cup, of dyed rice.

Food coloring comes out in full force around the holidays when it’s time to make colorful icings, candies, and other sweet confections. While liquid food coloring used to be the only option available for tinting foods, there are now many other choices, from gels to pastes to even powdered food coloring. Here’s a guide to the different types, how they can be used, and the pros and cons of each one! What it’s made out of: Synthetic colorings with a water base.