Our house is now even more inundated with Legos than it was before… so we’ve been using our imaginations to create loads of activities using our new toys.
Since we love anything holiday-related and are getting excited for St. Patrick’s Day, we decided to create Lego rainbows this week.
These rainbows can easily be made without any tools other than Legos and a white piece of paper, but I decided to make a little paint rainbow to help my son have a visual organizer as he created his rainbow.
Materials Needed for Lego Rainbow:
- an assortment of Legos in various sizes
- chunky markers (we used our do-a-dot paint markers)
- large drawing paper
Directions to Make Lego Rainbows:
- (Optional) Draw a rainbow on the large drawing paper to use as a visual organizer for your child. You can also let your child do this.
- Sort your Legos by color
- Start creating your Lego rainbow!
We love to embed learning into our simple activities. This project focused on learning about…
- the colors of the rainbow (pairing the visual color with the name of the color)
- sizes and shapes (we talked about the different sizes/shaped Legos while we created)
- directions (right, left, on top, around, etc. were all vocabulary words reviewed during this activity)
- patterns (My son attempted to organize some of the rows of Legos in different patterns- ABBA, ABA, etc. We talked about them while we created)
If you’re looking for any other beautiful rainbow themed posts, there were several shared over on It’s Playtime. I also loved Heather’s Primary Colors Wheel and Jamie at Hands On: As We Grow had fun finding a rainbow with her son in their toys. Wouldn’t it be fun to use Legos and paint to teach kids about mixing primary colors to make the colors of the rainbow?
Do you have any other simple rainbow projects that you like to do with your kids?
What about any other Lego themed activities?
Pssst… Kids love this educational rainbow colors in order coloring activity you can print!
What a wonderful idea! The lego looks so colourful and pretty. It would be lovely if you’d like to share this with our spring carnival. 🙂
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Beautiful. Anything lego related is great and this is fabulous.
Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty! Great to see you there!
Maggy & Alissa
This is a fun activity. I would love if you shared it this friday on my fun frugal linky party. http://www.funfrugalmommy .blogspot.com
So awesome! Thanks for linking up in my St. Patrick’s Day Ideas & Recipe link up! You rock. I just gave you a pin and following you on Pinterest! Have a super week! Susie
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How smart is this project!! My kids love Legos too and I’ve never thought to have them create pictures with them. I also love the idea of doing patterns. Thanks for sharing at AfterSchool.
What a colorful and unique idea! I love it!
I love this and can’t wait to have my kids make a Lego rainbow. Great idea!
Thanks Kim!
Wonderful use of Lego (again).
Thanks for thinking outside the box – and sharing it with us.
Cheers
Inger
Thanks!! 🙂 Legos are so awesome to create with.
What a great way to match colors!
Thanks Deirdre!
What a fun and colorful idea!
Thanks Holly. I seriously have been addicted to rainbows lately. The colors are so cheerful!