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RAINBOW BRACELETS
You will need some Chenille Stems and some rainbow colored beads.
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Give each child a stem. |
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Set out the beads. |
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Show your children how to string on a red bead, then an orange bead, a yellow bead, a green bead, then a blue bead and finally an indigo (or purple). |
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Help children to wrap the ends of the stem together to create a bracelet. |
Variation: Your children could also create a rainbow bead bracelet by stringing the beads onto a piece of yarn.
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RAINBOW STRINGS
You will need white yarn, food coloring, small water cups and some
water for this activity.
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Cut 12” sections of white yarn. One or two per child. |
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Set out six small cups filled ¾ full with
water. |
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Add food coloring to the water cups,
so that you have one red, one yellow, one orange, one green,
one blue and one purple. |
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Place the cups in a row next to
each other. |
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Have your child lay their yarn across
the tops of the cups, poking the yarn down into each cup. |
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Watch the colors soak into the yarn
and blend together. |
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Hang the yarn outside to dry. |
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These can be hung from trees or
attached to a large straw for a rainbow wand. |
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CRAYON RAINBOWS
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Help your child tape together
three crayons in a row. |
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Give your child a piece of
white paper and let her make rainbow arcs with the crayons. |
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It is not necessary
to have the exact rainbow colors for this activity.
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YARN RAINBOWS
| Give your child 4 - 5 pieces of different
colored yarn (approx. 10 - 12" long), plus some glue. |
| Also, give him a piece of white paper that
has been cut into a large arc shape. |
| Have your child cover their arc shape with
glue. |
| Next, encourage them to place their yarn
pieces in arc (half-circles) on the paper. |
| You may want to cut down some of the yarn
pieces. |
| TORN PAPER ARC |
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Give your child a piece of paper that you have drawn on six
semi-circles (one on top of the other) creating a rainbow shape.
Lines should be approx. 1" apart. |
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Have your child spread glue across the rainbow. |
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Next, give him 6 strips of colored construction paper. (Red,
orange, yellow, green, blue and purple). |
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Have your child tear the red strip first and place red squares
in the bottom arc. |
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Next, have him tear the orange, strip and fill in the next
arc. Continue with the yellow, green, blue and purple strips. |
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RAINBOW
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