Rainbows are fun to make. They can also be very educational. For young children you can use them to teach the names of colors. For pre-school aged kids you can use them to teach the order of the colors in a rainbow. You can also teach how to mix primary colors to make new colors by showing them how orange is between red and yellow, green is between yellow and blue and so on. These rainbows can be made anytime of the year, but Saint Patrick’s Day offers a special opportunity to construct these colorful crafts.
MATERIALS
- Rainbow colors of construction paper or craft foam(red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet)
- Scissors
- glue
- A little hand to trace
INSTRUCTIONS
- Trace your child’s hand on each color of constuction paper or craft foam. If you want to speed up the process and you are using construction paper, you can trace their hand on one piece of paper. Stack the other colors underneath it and cut them all at once. This won’t work for craft foam since it is too thick.
- Glue the fingertips of the red hand behind the palm of the orange hand. Then glue the fingertips of the orange hand behind the palm of the yellow hand. Continue like this through the rest of the rainbow colors. Make sure that you glue the hand in an arch shape like a rainbow.
