Sensory Rice Rainbow Craft is a fun sensory rice craft to create for spring. This easy and colourful craft is great for your toddlers and preschoolers. Create a rainbow using coloured rice!!
Supplies for Sensory Rice 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 Rainbow Craft
- Grab your supplies.
- Lightly draw the outline in pencil of a rainbow coming out of two clouds on a sheet of white card stock.
- Invite your little one to glue down cotton balls for the clouds.
- Then take a paint brush and paint on glue where the rainbow is going to go.
- Next, place your rainbow into a baking sheet. This will help to reduce the mess. 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.
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
- Combine the rice, white vinegar and food coloring in a Ziploc bag.
- Seal it carefully and mix the contents throughly.
- Repeat for each color.
- Lay a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet or line a Tupperware container.
- 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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