# Paint Chip Rainbow Craft > Kids brush glue between the lines of a rainbow outline and fill each band with small paint-card chips, then add cotton-ball clouds. It's a colorful fine motor collage that works one-on-one or as a collaborative group project. - URL: https://www.funlittles.com/crafts-for-kids-rainbow-craft/ - Ages: 3–6 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium - Time: prep 30 min, activity 45 min - Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class · one batch serves about 1 kids - Skills: fine-motor, colors, color-order, spelling, patience, turn-taking, teamwork ## Materials (one batch) - 1 piece Canvas: cardboard covered with a white sheet, or construction paper (household) - Paint cards (paint color swatches), cut into small chips - Cotton balls (household) - White school glue - 1 piece Paintbrush for glue - 1 piece Scissors (household) - 1 piece Pencil or marker (household) - Small plates for the chips (optional) (household) - 1 piece Blue dot marker (optional) ## Substitutions - Instead of canvas: Construction paper (The author lists it as an alternative canvas.) ## Safety - Adult does the cutting of the paint cards into small chips. - Small paper chips and cotton balls can be mouthed. Supervise younger children closely. - Use washable school glue and keep it away from eyes and mouths. ## Before you start - Cut the paint cards into small chips. - Cover a piece of cardboard with a white sheet to make the canvas, or use construction paper. ## Steps 1. Draw a rainbow outline on the canvas and write the color names in order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink. 2. Spell out each color together as you write it, and sing a rainbow song to remember the order. 3. Brush glue between the lines of the first band. 4. Stick the matching color chips onto the glue. 5. Keep going band by band until the rainbow is filled in. 6. Glue cotton balls at the ends of the rainbow to make clouds. 7. Color a cloud blue with dot markers. 8. Let it dry and put it up for display. ## Tips - You don't have to finish the entire craft in one session. Let the child lead the way! - Our rainbow song: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink. It's my rainbow, it is my rainbow, beautiful rainbow in the sky! - In a group setting it works great as a collaborative activity that helps with turn-taking, respecting others, communication and team-building. - Crafts like this really develop patience, perseverance and a sense of accomplishment. My 4 yr old is so proud of her display piece. ## The original post by TurkeyMom (2014) This probably is the longest time a post has been sitting in our drafts!! We did this [**rainbow craft for kids**](https://www.funlittles.com/tag/rainbow/) one. whole.year ago! Even if you don't celebrate St.Patrick's Day, this rainbow craft will for sure bring in some color and fun into your homes.We have been having a few muggy and gloomy days. With the hope that a cute [**spring craft**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/season/spring-season/) can bring in some cheer and color we made a fun rainbow craft.{ For other St.Patrick's day crafts check out our [**St.Patrick's Day sensory bin**](https://www.funlittles.com/st-patricks-day-activities-sensory-bin/) and [**Shamrock Printing**,](https://www.funlittles.com/st-patricks-day-activities-shamrock-printing/) along with our [**paper plate rainbow craft**](https://www.funlittles.com/plate-rainbow-craft/)} This craft is a fit for a preschool or day care setting where it can easily be turned into a group activity. It is also a perfect fit into any rainbow themed birthday activity, which the kids can make for the birthday child as a keepsake from the party. It is also a wonderful fine motor activity for kids. Materials - Any canvas - cardboard with a white background, a construction paper - Paint cards cut into smaller bits - Cotton - Glue When I see my kid work on kids crafts like these I can personally see that it really develops patience, perseverance an a sense of accomplishment. Here's what I did. I cut the paint cards into smaller chips and covered a cardboard with a white sheet to be our canvas. I drew a rainbow outline and named the colors in the order. We spelled out the colors as we wrote them and sang our favorite rainbow song as we tried to remember the order. Do you have a rainbow song that your child enjoys? Here's ours - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue , Purple, Pink - Its my rainbow, It is my Rainbow, Beautiful Rainbow in the Sky ! I gave her the glue and a brush and she painted the glue between the lines and stuck the chips. { Cue in [**fine motor activity**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/fine-motor-activities/)} This rainbow craftwill work great as a collaborative activity in a group setting where in working on it aids in turn-taking, respecting others, communication and in general team-building. She then used the cotton balls to make clouds and even colored a cloud blue with dot markers. It was such a cute and easy rainbow craft that my 4 yr old enjoyed making and is now a display piece that shes so proud to have created. Obviously, you don't have to finish the entire craft in one session. Let the child lead the way! Thanks for reading More [**Spring Crafts for kids**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/season/spring-season/) here -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------