Rainbow Round-Up

When I was a little girl I used to LOVE rainbow projects!  And, I guess I still do!  Here’s a Round-Up of Rainbow Projects we’ve been up to … plus, a Rainbow Blog Hop!

Coffee Filter Dot-Art Rainbow Suncatchers

For these we used dot dabbers, coffee filters, and scissors!  I did an example for my daughter, showing her to go around the entire circle of the coffee filter with the different colors

… and then cut it in half when it was dry (I got this idea from the “Painting Rainbows” post by Happy Hooligans.  But, she created a rainbow of her own!

A Rainbow of Fuzzies (that’s what we call pom poms!)

For this activity, I drew out the rainbow on a sheet of paper and then had my daughter glue the fuzzies on the right color!

Acrostic NAME-bow 

This was another awesome family homework project that Henry’s kindergarten teacher sent home.  We helped Henry come up with adjectives (“descriptive words”) for each letter in his name (an acrostic poem).  He then decorated his cloud and wrote out the words (Handsome, Eager, Nice, Rare, & Young).  Too cute!

Simply Drawing a Rainbow

Just like having kids draw people, trees, and houses … having a child draw a picture of a rainbow is a great descriptor and time-marker of where they are developmentally.  I’m hoping to start of collection of these rainbow drawings to save a keepsakes!

Ribbon Rainbow & Cloud 

I think this one was my personal favorite.  I love the way these look hanging up on our back door.  I cut out the puffy white clouds from cardstock, but I had my daughter get some practice cutting on the ribbon.  She also glued them on by herself, too!

After all your rainbow projects are complete, don’t forget to treat the kids (and yourself) to a Rainbow Float (made from rainbow sherbet and lemon-lime soda!)!!!

Want even MORE rainbow ideas?  Or have some of your own?  Check out this fabulous Rainbow Blog Hop hosted by The Outlaw Mom.