This fun and easy paint sample rainbow craft is great for kids of all ages. Using a few simple supplies, kids can create a beautiful rainbow!

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This quick and easy rainbow craft is full of color and shapes making it all kinds of rainbow fun!

Those that have visited Made with Happy before will know that rainbows are our absolute favorite. If you love rainbows too, make sure to check out our most popular rainbow posts including Rainbow Punch Pinata, Rainbow Painted Rock, The Best Rainbow Rice Crispy Treats, Rainbow Vertical Garden, and Rainbow Popcorn.

Rainbow Crafts For Kids

The kids will love this fun rainbow activity! Not only is this fun for St. Patrick's Day but it's also a great art project to create beautiful rainbows all year long! Perfect for a crafty morning or just a fun way to talk about the colors of the rainbow!

We love craft projects that also offer a fun pot of gold at the end! And I love watching the kids work on their fine motor skills as well. We're all about making a paper plate rainbow craft of other rainbow crafts for kids but I love that this colorful craft is just a tad bit different than the others.

Since rainbows play a big part in bringing happiness and beautiful colors into the home, this craft really is a must! This is a fun craft idea throughout the Spring and Summer times

Ways to Display this Rainbow Craft

I'm a big believer in hanging up the kid's crafts as they make them. I love to showcase their artwork and show it off for everyone to see! The kids also love to show it off as well so it's a win-win!

You can easily hang up this rainbow in the window of the home for everyone outside to see or keep it a bit more personal and have it hanging on the fridge instead.

As long as you're displaying it and letting the world see, you can't go wrong! This is the perfect keepsake for St. Patrick's Day and a fun reminder of how easy it is to bring a little brightness into the day!

What you Need to Make this Rainbow Craft

8 ½ x 11- bright colored cardstock
Black sharpie marker
Paint sample cards, in bright rainbow colors (available for free at any hardware store, or any store that carries house paint)
Craft sequins, in bright rainbow colors
Small star shaped hole punch
Glue stick
Craft glue
Cotton balls, approximately 16

How to make this Paint Sample Rainbow Craft

What I love about this craft is that it's not hard to do at all and takes minimal craft supplies. Anything that is easy to do and looks great has a vote in my book!

Drawing The Rainbow

First start by drawing seven lines of your rainbow on your paper. It's best to have your child turn their paper horizontally and start with the outside line to make sure they cover most of the paper.

Note: Encourage them to leave space (⅓ of the paper) on the bottom of the paper to add their clouds.

We encourage seven lines which will result in six sections for the rainbow.

Decorating The Rainbow

Grab your paint samples or scrap paper and any shape hole punches you might have on hand.

For the younger kids, it can be a fun way to learn different shapes by making different shapes for each color.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Using a glue stick start placing your shapes and sequins row by row.

We started with the paint sample shapes in the sections.

Next, we added the sequins in between the shapes.

Complete row by row until all rows are completely full

Once each of the rows is filled it is time to add the clouds.

Using craft glue, liberally add glue to the bottom of each end of the rainbow.

adding cotton balls to end of rainbow craft

Add cotton balls to each of the ends of the rainbow. We approximate each side can take about 8 cotton balls.

Encourage your child that not all the cotton balls have to fit fully on the page. Some can hang off, giving the clouds a more puffy feel.

This rainbow is so bright and sparkly! Display it by adding a magnet to the back on your refrigerator, or hang near a window to watch the sequins sparkle in the sunlight.

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Paint Sample Rainbow Craft

This fun and easy paint sample rainbow craft is great for kids of all ages. Using a few simple supplies, kids can create a beautiful rainbow!

Course Kids Crafts

Cook Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings Rainbow Craft

Author Alli Ward

Equipment

Glue Stick
Craft Glue

Ingredients

8 ½ x 11- bright colored cardstock
Black sharpie marker
Paint sample cards in bright rainbow colors (available for free at any hardware store, or any store that carries house paint)
Craft sequins in bright rainbow colors
Small star shaped hole punch
Cotton balls approximately 16

Instructions

First start by drawing seven lines of your rainbow on your paper. Its best to have your child turn their paper horizontal and start with the outside line to make sure they cover most of the paper.. Note: Encourage them to leave space (⅓ of the paper) on the bottom of the paper to add their clouds.
We encourage seven lines which will result in six sections for the rainbow.
Grab your paint samples or scrap paper and any shape hole punches you might have on hand.
For the younger kids, it can be a fun way to learn different shapes by making a different shape for each color.
Using a glue stick start placing your shapes and sequins row by row.
We started with the paint sample shapes in the sections.
Next we added the sequins in between the shapes.
Complete row by row until all rows are completely full
Once each of the rows is filled it is time to add the clouds.
Using craft glue, liberally add glue to the bottom of each end of the rainbow.
Add cotton balls to each of the ends of the rainbow. We approximate each side can take about 8 cotton balls.
Encourage your child that not all the the cotton balls have to fit fully on the page. Some can hang off, giving the clouds a more puffy feel.