Today we are going to make a paper plate rainbow craft using a simple mosaic technique. Making a paper mosaic is a fun rainbow craft for kids of all ages, including younger kids (if you do a little prep work). This simple mosaic art technique uses paper mosaic tiles and could be used a million times in the classroom and at home, and the resulting rainbow art is really cool.
Paper Mosaic Rainbow Craft for kids
Rainbow crafts are one of my favorite things to do. I love rainbows and since the colors are so bright and beautiful it’s hard not to smile when you see them!
Mosaics are a fun way to teach children patterns, and rainbows are great for teaching colors. You can make two rainbows out of a paper plate.
Easy mosaic art for kids
Mosaicin art, decoration of a surface with patterns of closely spaced, usually differently colored, small pieces of material such as stone, mineral, glass, tile, or shell.
Today we’re exploring mosaics using paper mosaic pieces because it’s easier to work with and can be created with brightly colored patterned paper that you may already have in your scrapbook drawer.
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Easy Paper Plate Rainbow Craft
Supplies needed to make rainbow crafts from paper plates
Instructions for Rainbow Craft Mosaic Paper Plates
Watch the short video tutorial on how to make a mosaic rainbow out of a paper plate
Step 1
Cut the paper plate in half and trim all but 1 inch from the center, creating a rainbow arch using the outside of the paper plate as the outer part of the rainbow.
step 2
Cut scrapbook paper into small squares. We like to use patterned paper, but you can easily create the squares for the mosaic with construction paper or plain paper.
step 3
Glue red squares around the outer edge.
step 4
Glue orange squares under the red squares.
Steps 5…
Following the same pattern, glue squares along the rainbow: yellow, green, blue, purple.
active time
20 minutes
total time
20 minutes
difficulty
simply
Estimated costs
$0
materials
white paper plate
colorful variety of paper – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
instructions
- Cut the paper plate in 1/2 and cut out a 1/2 circle from the center to form an arch with the remaining paper plate.
- Cut scrapbook paper into 1 inch squares or use a square hole punch.
- Glue the paper squares in lines to create bands of color like a rainbow.
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How did your paper plate mosaic rainbow craft turn out?