Let’s go over the rainbow to find the pot of gold with this colorful paper plate rainbow craft!
We’ve been having a lot of rain lately, which means a lot of beautiful rainbows outside too. Some of them we’ve even been able to see all the way from one side to the other, and we’ve seen a couple of double rainbows too.
If your kids love bright colorful rainbows as much as we do then they will love this one that they can make and keep. We even took ours outdoors to take photographs of it.
This paper plate craft is perfect for the classroom or at home. It pairs perfectly with a study about the weather or make it on a rainy day when the kids are stuck indoors.
Related: Learn even more ways to make art with cotton balls.
How to make a paper plate rainbow craft
We are going to use a paper plate, crayons, construction paper, cotton balls, and a craft stick to make our rainbow craft. You should have most of these supplies at home already making this an inexpensive craft project.
Related: Rainbow mosaic paper plate craft
Supplies needed to make our rainbow craft
- Paper plate
- Construction paper
- Gold paper
- Craft stick
- Crayons
- Scissors
- Glue stick
If you don’t have gold paper, use what you have on hand – buttons, sequins, tissue paper, or color in paper with gold paint or gold markers.
Instructions for making our rainbow craft
Step 1
Cut your paper plate in half – you can now make two rainbows.
Cut a small pot out of the construction paper, and then cut out gold circles from the gold paper. Alternatively, if you don’t have gold paper, use our suggestions under the supplies list above.
Step 2
Using crayons, color in your paper plate to make it bright and colorful just like a beautiful rainbow in the sky.
Step 3
Use a glue stick to attach your cotton ball ‘clouds’ to one end of the rainbow. Glue the pot of gold to the other end of the rainbow, and then attach a craft stick to the back. You can use this to take photographs of your rainbow outside like we did below.
Our finished rainbow PAPER PLATE craft
Photo suggestion: Have your kids sit one the grass at one end of the rainbow for the photograph.
Prep Time
5 minutes
Active Time
30 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
Difficulty
easy
Estimated Cost
$1
Materials
- Paper plate
- Crayons
- Craft stick
- Construction paper
- Gold paper
- Cotton balls
- Glue stick
Instructions
- Cut your paper plate in half (this makes 2 rainbows).
- Cut out gold circles and a pot out of the construction paper.
- Color in your paper plate with the crayons.
- Glue the craft stick to the back, the cotton balls to one end of the rainbow, and the pot of gold to the other end.
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Have you made our colorful paper plate rainbow? Did you take photos of it outdoors like we did?
