12 Rainbow Craft Ideas Perfect for Rainy Days

Whether they're streaking across the sky after a rainy day, or cobbled together from shredded pieces of construction paper, rainbows brighten our lives and put smiles on our faces! Celebrate all things ROY-G-BIV with this lengthy list of rainbow crafts and activities suitable for all ages! Practice sorting colors and shapes with a rainbow shape mobile, recycle your worn down crayons into dazzling sun-catchers, or build a working spectroscope to see rainbows everywhere you look!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Rainbow Clay Pin
    Rainbow Clay Pin

    (Ages 9-16)

    Bring a little color into your ensemble with these easy and fun clay rainbow pins!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Coffee Filter Rainbows

    Who doesn’t love rainbows? They are so beautiful and cheery. Now, kiddos can make their own using coffee filters and paint.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Rainbow Shape Mobile

    Younger kids love making this fun, colorful mobile to brighten up a kitchen on a rainy day! It uses up lots of construction paper scraps and helps them hone their sorting and math skills!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Rainbow Flower Banner

    These bright rainbows are fun from start to finish! Grab glue and a piece of cloth, then head out to the garden to gather a few of nature's offerings.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Hanging Rainbow
    Hanging Rainbow

    (Ages 3-8)

    Use watercolors and ribbon to make a beautiful rainbow. Hang it in a window, and the sun shining through it will make it glow just like the real thing!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Recycled Crayon Suncatchers

    We love this project because it’s a great opportunity to use up those old, broken, discarded crayons that are no longer in use. Use melted crayon shavings to create all sorts of beautiful suncatchers.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Rainbow Craft
    Rainbow Craft

    (Ages 3-8)

    Explore color and texture with this simple rainbow craft.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Pot of Gold
    Pot of Gold

    (Ages 3-8)

    Make your very own pot of gold, complete with its own colorful rainbow. Who knows? You just might catch a leprechaun!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Rainbow Hair Clip

    With just a few supplies, you can make an eye-popping rainbow hair clip that's sure to be the envy of every fashionista on the playground!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Sensory Rainbows

    This craft is a great way for young kids to work on fine motor skills, introduce new textures, and practice their colors.

  • Visual aid of how to complete Rainbow Painting

    What child doesn't love to paint a rainbow? This new twist on a rainbow painting is a fun, messy way for kids to experiment by dragging paint around the paper with a kitchen sponge!

  • Visual aid of how to complete Spectroscope
    Spectroscope

    (Ages 5-16)

    Study the science behind rainbows with a do-it-yourself spectroscope! You can see all the colors that make up white light from the sun, and the unique color patterns in light from light bulbs and other sources.


Get inspired!