- 20 - 35 mins
- Colour recognition, fine motor, hand eye coordination
- Minimal mess, Easy set up
This sticky rainbow experience is such a fun idea, with minimal mess and endless opportunities!
This experience provides opportunities for creative expression, colour recognition, colour mixing, encourages fine motor development and acts as a sensory experience too. My favourite part of this experiences is being able to revisit it over a few days.
If your child is like my son, he likes to revisit activities, consolidating his learning and extending ideas.
What you will need
- Clear contact
- Coloured tissue paper
- Coloured markers
- Scissors
- Masking tape
Activity steps
- Cut a rectangle of contact paper and draw a rainbow as a template on the non-sticky side of the contact. I used coloured markers to indicate and encourage some colour matching, but that’s completely optional.
- Cut up some different squares of tissue paper and place into a container.
- Find a window and tape up the contact rainbow with the sticky side facing you and peel back the contact backing paper.
- Now ask your child to pick up some tissue paper and stick it onto the rainbow. Watch your child create a colourful mural that will catch the sunlight.
Learning Outcomes
- Colour recognition
- Colour exploration
- Fine motor development
- Hand eye coordination
- Experimentation
- Creative expression