Today we are making a paper plate rainbow craft with a simple mosaic technique. Making a paper mosaic is a fun rainbow craft for kids of all ages including younger kids (when you do a little prep work). This easy mosaic art technique uses paper mosaic tiles and could have a million uses 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 make. I love rainbows and with the colors being so bright and pretty, it’s hard not to smile when you see them!
Related: Rainbow facts for kids you can print
Mosaics are a fun way to teach kids about patterns and rainbows are ideal for teaching colors. You can make two rainbows from one paper plate.
Easy Mosaic Art for Kids
mosaic, in art, decoration of a surface with designs made up of closely set, usually variously coloured, small pieces of material such as stone, mineral, glass, tile, or shell.
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Easy Paper Plate Rainbow Craft
Supplies Needed to Make Paper Plate Rainbow Craft
- White paper plate
- Variety of scrapbook paper: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
- Scissors or preschool training scissors
- Glue stick or white craft glue
Video Tutorial For Paper Plate Rainbow Mosaic Craft
Directions for Mosaic Paper Plate Rainbow Craft
Step 1
Cut the paper plate in half and cut all but 1-inch of the center out creating a rainbow arch using the outside of the paper plate as the exterior part of the rainbow.
Step 2
Cut scrapbook paper into small squares. We like to use patterned paper, but you could also just create the squares for the mosaic with construction paper or solid colored paper.
Step 3
Glue red squares around the outer edge.
Step 4
Glue orange squares under the red squares.
Steps 5…
Following this same pattern, glue squares down the rainbow: yellow, green, blue, purple.
Paper Plate Rainbow Mosaic
Let's make this beautiful paper mosaic art rainbow with a paper plate and some scrap paper. Kids of all ages will love this craft and make a mosaic rainbow of their own.
Materials
- white paper plate
- colorful variety of paper - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple
Tools
- scissors
- glue
Instructions
- Cut the paper plate in 1/2 and cut out a 1/2 circle from the middle to create an arch with the remaining paper plate.
- Cut scrapbook paper into 1 inch squares or use a square punch.
- Glue the paper squares in lines creating bands of color like a rainbow.
More Rainbow Crafts and Activities For Kids
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- Check out this printable rainbow facts sheet for kids.
- Let’s throw a rainbow party!
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- Let’s make easy rainbow pasta for dinner.
- These are super cute unicorn rainbow coloring pages.
- You can color by number rainbows too!
- What a pretty rainbow fish coloring page.
- Here is a rainbow dot to dot.
- Make your own rainbow jigsaw puzzle.
- And check out this cool way to learn the rainbow colors in order.
- Let’s make rainbow slime!
- Make rainbow cereal art.
- Craft this lovely yarn rainbow.
- Make a LEGO rainbow! <–that is a rainbow mosaic too!
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- Need some ideas on how to display your kids art? Click here!
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How did your paper plate mosaic rainbow craft turn out?
This rainbow craft for kids is the cutest! Love how making a simple mosaic only takes a paper plate.