Macaroni Necklaces

Here's what we used:

Pasta with a hole-we used ziti
poster paint
paint brushes
string
something to cover the table

What we did:

We covered the table with newspaper. The boys painted pieces of pasta and left them on the paper to dry. I do suggest maybe putting them on wax paper, we didn't, the newspaper stuck to the pasta. Maybe wax paper would work better. Once dry, we strung the pasta on the string. Easy! And the boys loved it.
Here's the finished product: