With spring just around the corner, it’s the perfect time of year to make some rainbow art for kids. All you’ll need is some oil pastels, some watercolor paints, and some kids ready to create!
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We’ve had quite a few rain showers and have been searching those rainy skies for rainbows. We haven’t found our first rainbow of the year yet, so why not create our own! (This post contains affiliate links.)
The kids are becoming pros at using watercolors and oil pastels since those seem to be our art materials of choice lately, so we got them out and used them to make our rainbows! (We used the same materials to make our Watercolor Flowers recently. Be sure to check them out!)
Rainbow Art for Kids
Materials for Rainbow Art for Kids
- Watercolor paper
- Watercolors (We used liquid watercolors, but you could also use watercolor cakes.)
- Paintbrush
- Oil pastels or crayons
- Cotton balls
- Liquid glue
Directions for Making Rainbow Art for Kids
1. Use your oil pastels to draw a rainbow on your watercolor paper.
2. Paint the entire piece of paper with blue watercolors.
3. Once your paint has dried, pull apart some cotton balls and glue them on the sides of your rainbow to make clouds.
4. Hang your artwork to decorate your home or classroom for spring!
