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March 10, 2017 | 5 Comments

Paper Heart Rainbow Craft for Preschool

rainbow crafts for preschool

 

This is a cheery little craft that I made with my rainbow loving class. I am not sure if my love of rainbows has rubbed off or if my students have always loved them, no matter. Whenever we make a rainbow craft for preschool, my students are super into it. I re-did this craft with my daughter for better photos, and she made it her sticking to the proper color pattern of a rainbow, but as you can see in that was not expected or enforced in my preschool classroom. The children get a chance to choose their colors, talk about the colors, and manipulate the paper hearts too. I like to scatter the hearts to offer color choice as well as make it so that the children have to use their pincer grasp to carefully get them off the table.

Rainbow Craft for Preschool

paper heart rainbow craft

Gather your materials.You will need some colored cardstock in all the rainbow colors, glue, paper plates, scissors, and a heart punch.

paper heart paper plate rainbows

Punch out hearts from the card stock – I do most of these at home on my own, but during free choice, I ask the children to help me make more.

paper rainbow

Cut the paper plates in half and cut out a half circle from the middle.

paper rainbow craft for kids

Add glue. In my preschool class, we squirt the glue on and then ask the children to spread it with a brush. We simply don’t have enough little bottles. At home,  she added the glue on the back of each heart.

 

Add the hearts onto your rainbow craft for preschool.

heart paper rainbows

In a particular pattern,

heart rainbow craft for toddlers

Or anywhere you like!

heart rainbow crafts for kids

 

Books About Colors for Preschool

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Dog's Colorful Day

Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd was a huge hit at our house. My son loved identifying the colors of the paint, ice cream, and more that Dog gets on him. This is a wonderful book not only because it has counting and colors but because of the language it uses while the spots of color are splatting and squishing onto his beautiful white fur. My son loved repeating these words with enthusiasm as he noted how poor Dog was getting so messy! It’s a fun book to read and one that I have added to my wishlist!

planting-a-rainbow

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Elhert is a wonderful book to use for teaching about flowers and colors. The illustrations are bold and bright, perfect for little curious minds. I have always liked this book because you can dig in, reading each flowers name on every page. Or, you can browse it more casually with a younger child simply noting the colors.

 

 

Brown Bear Brown Bear

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. is a book that can go with a baby from infancy through toddlerhood and into the preschool years. The bold colors of the illustrations by Eric Carle are perfect for catching infants’ attention and will continue to grab it through the years. With the turn of each page, the reader is left wondering what’s next. My son will cut you off to tell you what’s coming next before you have a chance to turn the page. My daughter actually sat looking at these pages as a baby instead of simply trying to eat the book, which in my opinion is a great review from a six-month-old!

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5 Comments

  1. Sunshine says

    March 11, 2017 at 6:01 am

    Where’d you get that awesome hole punch? None of the ones I’ve seen look that easy for kids to use. Awesome craft too, love your ideas

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    • Allison McDonald says

      April 6, 2017 at 4:01 am

      I got it at Micheal’s in the scrapbook secrion – it wasn’t cheap but it’s been worth it over the years.

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  2. Mary says

    March 13, 2017 at 10:48 am

    Allison, you rock. I was looking for a rainbow craft to do with my two and three-year-olds at my public library storytime. This fits the bill perfectly.

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    • Allison McDonald says

      March 13, 2017 at 6:49 pm

      Oh I am so glad this will work, it’s great with glue sticks or school glue!

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