Rainbows
Create stained glass art, a rainbow-dyed tote bag, and a snuggly cloud pillow!
Explore:
- Sensory Art
- Fine Motor Skills
- Exploring & Observing
Repurpose your crate
Materials
- scissors
- hot glue
- paint
Directions
- Looking for something to do with the crate everything came in? The lid can be cut off and turned into dividers for the interior of the box. With a pair of scissors and some hot glue, you can create six sections.
- Tempera paint will warp the cardboard, so make sure to glue down the inside dividers to prevent them from spreading apart.
- Let your child paint the interior of each section with a color of the rainbow, and it turns into a color-coded organizer for art supplies! Make sure to let the box dry fully before putting art supplies inside.
Try these at home
Your library
Duckie’s Rainbow
Frances Barry
Duckie needs to hurry home before the storm! Follow Duckie as she walks through red poppies, under an orange bridge, through a yellow cornfield, by a green tree, across a blue pond, and under purple clouds. This bright and colorful book shows young readers all the colors of the rainbow.
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Elmer and the Rainbow
David McKee
One day, Elmer and his friends discover that the colors of the rainbow have disappeared. Elmer has an idea — he’ll give the rainbow his own patchwork colors! So the friends set off on a quest to find where the rainbow begins. Find out what happens in this book full of bright colors and big adventures.
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A Rainbow of My Own
Don Freeman
A young, raincoat-clad boy learns that even though real rainbows come and go, that doesn’t need to ruin his fun. In a world of pretend, he and his rainbow friend play games in the front yard. When the sun makes that rainbow disappear, too, he’s surprised by a rainbow in his room that is all his own!
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