Easy Yarn Wrapped Rainbow Craft

Here is a fun and easy rainbow art & craft.  It's colorful, festive, and works on strengthening those fine motor muscles.  This yarn wrapped rainbow is the perfect spring craft for little hands.  Make this today with your toddler, preschooler, or Kindergarten kiddo(s)!

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I must say that I am in love with our Yarn Wrapped Rainbow that I am sharing today.  

I may be a bit biased, but I think it turned out so beautiful.  

Rainbow Art and Craft

Spring showers often bring rainbows! My kids and I are always in awe when we spot the colorful arch up in the sky!  Rainbows are also fun to create with different materials!  

Sneak in fine motor skills as you  create this lovely yarn wrapped rainbow! 

Supplies:

• cardboard shaped rainbows
• yarn-- we used  Lion Brand Bonbons: Crayons.
• cotton balls
• markers
• glue

Yarn Wrapped Rainbow Art and Craft

To prep for this easy  rainbow art and craft activity, I cut several pieces of colored yarn and laid them on the table.  

Also on the table was the cardboard shaped rainbows I made from an empty fruit snack box.  

I colored in the colors of the rainbow to work on color recognition with my toddler, and I also think it helped fill in any gaps of yarn-- but this is totally optional.

How to Make this Easy Rainbow Art and Craft

To keep the yarn from unraveling, I cut slits on the top and bottom of the rainbow.

Start wrapping the red yarn over the red colored section of the rainbow, or start anywhere you like!

It's a very easy rainbow craft for you kiddos.  Simply, start with one color and move onto the next until you have completed your rainbow.

Little Sis did need help getting the yarn tucked into the slits, but otherwise, she knew just what to do... and did it well!

Big Brother enjoyed this activity, too.

He even completed my rainbow for me!

Once you are finished wrapping the colors to make a rainbow, take a cotton ball and glue it to each end of the rainbow.  

For some extra fine motor fun, have your kiddos work at pulling and stretching the cotton ball apart. 

Simple and beautiful!  Hope it adds a little color and Spring thinking wherever you are!  

More fine motor activities:

• Hammering Water Beads from Lalymom

• Easter Fine Motor Activity with Tongs from Craftulate

• Wind Sock Craft from Stir the Wonder

• Spring Fine Motor Mini Activity Tray from Little Bins for Little Hands

• 20 Ways Siblings Can Help with a New Baby from Still Playing School

• Easy Box & Pipe Cleaner Fine Motor Activity from Powerful Mothering

• Color Mixing Fine Motor Activities from Racheous- Loveable Learning

This activity and more are featured in our book: 99 Fine Motor Ideas! 

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