Sorry that I have not been around lately, but I ended up getting very sick the week before Easter. Needless to say, we didn't get to most of the fun Easter crafts I had planned. So yesterday was the first day I felt better, and we were suppose to have rainbow day with the moms group. Well, everyone but one mom canceled and she had a 6 month old, so I just let the kids play at the park at that time. So we did our own rainbow day at home after nap time. I had the kids do a fun easy craft. And I must say that one pet peeve that I found while looking up books and crafts that talk about rainbows, is that many leave indigo out. If I am going to teach my children the correct info, I wish they would include all the correct info in the books, and crafts out there.
Supplies needed:
paper plate cut in half
tissue paper cut in strips in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
crayons in those same colors
glue stick
I went ahead and drew in the lines for the kids, then have them color in the colors of the rainbow in the correct order. You know, ROY G BIV. Remember that from grade school?
We did go ahead and punch a hole at the top and strung some yarn through. The kids were very excited to hang them in the windows to make the house more colorful!
I also went ahead and made some rainbow cookies. I saw these on this blog back around St. Pat's day and had it bookmarked. I couldn't wait to try them! They turned out so cute, and very yummy!
Minnie's Rainbow by Sheila Sweeny-Higginson
Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry
