Our kids love anything and everything to do with rainbows. I was looking for something that at least two of my kids would enjoy doing and this rainbow craft fit the bill. It requires a little preparation, but cutting out the pot of gold was easy and took very little time.
The activity became a teachable moment when my 6-year-old, Jacob, noticed that the red line had more dots than the others. We also used the dots to practice counting by twos. He enjoyed filling in the rainbow lines but was most excited to add his own creative details once we finished the initial craft. I love what he came up with and let him narrate his little story to us.
Grace, my 3-year-old, was equally as excited to do this craft, but her rainbow was a little more free form. She still followed the lines, but her fine-motor skills are not yet as refined as her brother’s. Any activity that gives her time to practice detail work is a plus.
SUPPLIES
White, black and yellow construction paper
Pencil
Cotton balls
Glue
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple paint
Scissors
DIRECTIONS
Cut the shape of a pot of gold from the black and yellow construction paper.
Glue the pot to a white piece of paper and glue cotton-ball clouds to the top of the paper.
Dip the eraser end of a pencil in the paint to create the dotted lines of the rainbow. Then improvise!
Phoenix mom Mandy Bopp is a professional musician and the mother of three children. She blogs at almondplace.com.
