Fun Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow Craft for Kids

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INSIDE: Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow is an exciting sensory rice craft to create for St. Patrick’s Day. This easy and fun craft is amazing for your kids of all ages. Create a rainbow for a St. Patrick’s Day using coloured rice!!

Fun Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow Craft for Kids

Supplies for Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow

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  • Rainbow coloured rice (see recipe below)
  • White Cardstock
  • Cotton balls
  • Black construction paper
  • Gold foam paper
  • Glue

How to Make Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow Craft

Grab your supplies.

Cut out a pot from black construction paper. Glue it in one corner of your white card stock.

Invite your little one to take a paint brush and paint on glue where the rainbow is going to go, coming out fo the pot of gold.

Fun Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow Craft for Kids

Next, place your paper into on baking sheet. This will help to reduce the mess.

Fun Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow Craft for Kids

Sprinkle over rainbow coloured rice on to the glue until the rainbow is covered in rice. Shake off the extra rice back into a bowl.

Fun Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow Craft for Kids

Cut out small circles from the gold foam sheet and stick them on the top of the black cauldron.

Fun Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow Craft for Kids

How to Make Rainbow Colored Rice

What You’ll Need

  • 1 Cup of White Rice
  • 1/2 tsp White Vinegar
  • Several Drops of Gel Food Coloring
  • Large Ziploc Bags
  • Parchment Paper
  • Baking Sheets or Tupperware containers

How to Make

  1. Combine the rice, white vinegar and food coloring in a Ziploc bag. 
  2. Seal it carefully and mix the contents throughly. 
  3. Repeat for each color.
  4. Lay a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet or line a Tupperware container. 
  5. Spread the colored rice out on the parchment paper and allow it to dry overnight. 

Troubleshooting

If you don’t have gel food coloring, regular food coloring will work fine. If you want your rice to be more vibrant add more than just a few drops of food coloring and a small amount of white vinegar. Although the instructions calls for 1 cup of rice I usually make between 6-7 cups of rice for a sensory bin. 

Age Suitability

This activity is good for kids 2 years and up. My kids are 3.5, 3.5, and 7 year old.

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WILL YOU MAKE THIS SENSORY RICE POT OF GOLD CRAFT WITH YOUR KIDS? PIN IT FOR LATER!

Fun Sensory Rice Pot of Gold Rainbow Craft for Kids

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