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Paint Chip Rainbow Craft

Feb 28, 201415,842 views
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by TurkeyMom in Crafts

Ages3–6 yrs
Prep30 min
Activity45 min
Leveleasy
MessMedium
Works for1:1 · Small group · Class

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.

⚠️ Safety first

  • 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 the kids arrive

  • 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!from the author
  • Our rainbow song: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink. It's my rainbow, it is my rainbow, beautiful rainbow in the sky!from the author
  • In a group setting it works great as a collaborative activity that helps with turn-taking, respecting others, communication and team-building.from the author
  • Crafts like this really develop patience, perseverance and a sense of accomplishment. My 4 yr old is so proud of her display piece.from the author

Make it your own

  • At a rainbow-themed birthday party, have the kids make it for the birthday child as a party keepsake.
  • Make one big rainbow together as a preschool or daycare group project.
  • Try our paper plate rainbow craft for another rainbow idea.

The story behind it

By TurkeyMom · February 2014
Rainbow Crafts for Kids : Paint Chips Rainbow Craft
We did this rainbow craft one whole year ago! Even if you don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day, this rainbow craft will bring some color and fun into your homes.
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Paint Chip Rainbow Craft: the original post

This probably is the longest time a post has been sitting in our drafts!! We did this rainbow craft for kids 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 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 and Shamrock Printing, along with our paper 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.

rainbow 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.

rainbow craft 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}

rainbow art

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.

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She then used the cotton balls to make clouds and even colored a cloud blue with dot markers.

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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!

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