These kids love sensory activities. Even better when it's a sensory activity and they get to "play pretend." They've played with cooked spaghetti before (I dyed it rainbow colors the last time), but this time I added a bit more to their play:
For the most part they just enjoyed scooping the pasta up in spoons or using their hands, putting it in bowls, "cooking" it, and mostly eating it! At one point they began to play restaurant with it, but that didn't last long.
The biggest bonus: it wasn't a huge mess! I was quite surprised the kids were so tame with the cooked spaghetti and made it a pretty easy clean up. I fully expected to have spaghetti stuck to the walls and ceiling (which is usually how these things go), but there were only a few pieces of spaghetti on the floor and little kitchen at the end of play time.
The next big sensory activity coming up: "ice cream" sensory play!