40+ Amazing Toddler Rainbow Activities

Last Updated on May 9, 2024 by Sheryl Cooper

 Inside: Over 40 toddler rainbow activities that include art, sensory, snacks and books. Easy and fun ways to teach color recognition!

When planning ideas for toddlers in our classroom, I look for ways that toddlers can have fun without rigid guidelines.

Basically, I like to set the activity on a low table, pull the chairs away, and let them walk right up and get busy.

Because their attention spans are shorter, they might only want to spend a minute or so and then walk away.

However, they will often return to do more exploring, so we leave it out awhile.

As toddlers transition into preschoolers, they will be able to sit for longer periods of time. So, for now, my goal is to get my toddlers excited about exploring, no matter how short or long they intend to do so.

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40+ Amazing Toddler Rainbow Activities

Providing hands-on rainbow activities is a wonderful and fun way to expose toddlers to different colors!

 

Rainbow art:

• Rainbows on Bubble Wrap
• Hanging Rainbows
• Rainbow Sponge Painting on the Easel
• Stacking Rainbow Felt Board Idea (Mama, Papa, Bubba)
• Rainbow Puzzle Felt Page (Powerful Mothering)
• Painting Rainbows with Cars
• Rainbow Suncatchers
• Rainbow Mobile
• Cardboard Rainbow Collage
• Colorful Cardboard Rainbows

 

• Rainbow Collage Craft (Happy Hooligans)
• Giant Color Wheel
• Toddler Rainbow Fun
• Cotton Ball Rainbow (Fireflies and Mud Pies)
• Cupcake Liner Rainbow Craft (I Heart Crafty Things)

• Watercolor Rainbow Art (Buggy and Buddy)
• Rainbow Potato Printing (I Heart Arts N Crafts)
• Sensory Rainbow Shaving Cream Painting (Learning and Exploring Through Play)
• Handprint Rainbow (3 Dinosaurs)
• Rainbow Sand Art (Adventure in a Box)
• Paint Mixing and Painting on the Easel (Meri Cherry)
• Shaving Cream Color Mixing (Meri Cherry)
• Taste-Safe Rainbow Finger Paints (Fireflies and Mud Pies)

Rainbow sensory activities:

• Fun Rainbow Sorting Sensory Bin
• Sticky Wall Rainbow (Mama, Papa, Bubba)
• Sticky Tissue Paper Rainbow (3 Dinosaurs)
• Sticky Wall Color Matching Game (Mama, Papa, Bubba)
• Rainbow Play Dough Kit (Mama, Papa, Bubba)
• Edible Scented Rainbow Play Dough (Preschool Powol Packets)
• Rainbow Spring Sensory Paints (FSPDT)
• Taste-Safe Sensory Rainbow (Powerful Mothering)
• Rainbow Sensory Play Bottles (My Little 3 and Me)
• Rainbow Oats Sensory Play (And Next Comes L)
• Shaving Cream Rainbow Roads

• Water Bead Sensory Bottles (Living Montessori Now)
• Rainbow Clean Mud (FSPDT)
• Rainbow Letter Sensory Bin (Growing Book by Book)
• Shaving Cream Gold Coin Dig (House of Burke)

Edible rainbows:

• Rainbow Fruit Snack (Mama, Papa, Bubba)
• Rainbow Parfait (Lemon Lime Adventures)
• Rainbow Fruit with Chocolate Fondue (See Vanessa Craft)
• Edible Rainbow (Adventures of Adam)
• Rainbow Salt Writing Tray (FSPDT)
• Frozen Rainbow Yogurt Pops (Coffee Cups and Crayons)
• Rainbow Bento Box (Hello Bee)
• Rainbow Green Bean Salad (Super Healthy Kids)

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