Glitter Torn Paper Rainbow with Watercolor Sky
Rainbows are fun theme for Saint Patrick’s Day and spring. And we love making.
This glitter torn paper rainbow has a watercolor painted sky. The painted sky is a great way to change up a basic blue sky for the rainbow.
The kids will paint and then make a rainbow with glitter paper. A great mixed art craft for kids.
The Torn Paper Glitter Rainbow with Watercolor Sky Craft is a great addition to the rainbow crafts and torn paper crafts on the site.
What is a torn paper craft?
A torn paper craft is a craft where kids tear off pieces of paper to make the craft.
You can use construction paper, scrapbook paper, or any type of paper to make the crafts.
Glitter Torn Paper Rainbow with Watercolor Sky Craft
This rainbow craft has a watercolor painted sky. Then you have a rainbow made from glitter torn paper. A great fine motor craft with tearing paper and fun painting the sky as well.
This is a great rainbow craft for kids in PreK (ages 4 to 5), kindergarten (ages 5 to 6) and First grade ( ages 6 to7). Okay and some older kids as well.
What we used to make the Glitter Torn Paper Rainbow with Watercolor Sky Craft
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How we made the Glitter Torn Paper Rainbow with Watercolor Sky Craft
Here are all the steps we used to make the torn paper glitter rainbow with watercolor sky.
Paint the Watercolor Sky
Since we are using a watercolor painting sky for the rainbow, you want to paint the watercolor paper.
If have you have watercolor set with lots of blues you can mix them all up to make the blue you see for the sky.
If you only have one color of blue then adding more water makes it later and less water will make the sky darker.
Let kids decide how much they paint and how the sky will look.
After you finish painting the sky you put the it aside to dry.
Tear up the Glitter paper
You want to take the glitter paper and tear it up into small pieces. Kids can do big pieces. They can decide what is small enough for the pieces.
I always keep the glitter paper from other crafts like punch crafts to use for torn paper crafts.
You can see all six colors of the glitter paper torn up for kids to use.
While you tear up paper you watercolor painting should be drying.
Put glue on the Water Color Paper
Now you put glue on the painted sky. We have found that starting at the top of the paper makes a better rainbow than at the bottom. You want to make sure you have enough glue to have the paper stick.
You could use a glue stick for this but you will have to make sure the watercolor paper is 100% dry for it to work.
Kids can also have the glue in an arch from side to side or in an half arch. You can let them decide how they will do it.
Place the Glitter Paper on the Glue
Now you start placing the torn glitter paper on the line of glue. You can have the torn paper overlap a little. It will not help the rainbow at all.
And having it over lap create a fun effect as well.
Start on the Next Color
After you have the first color done you start on the next color. You are going to apply the glue again right under the first color. You want to make sure you have enough space to do that row of color.
You can see how the next row of color looks when you are doing. The colors can overlap a little bit to make the rainbow.
Keep Going With More Colors
Now you want to keep going with the rest of the colors. You repeat the steps from above for each color.
It is fun to see how the colors look as you complete them.
And you keep going until you finally have all six colors done. You can see we finished up the fifth color and are just starting on the sixth color here.
Final look at our Glitter Torn Paper Rainbow with Watercolor Sky Craft
More Rainbow Crafts for Kids
Torn Scrapbook Paper Rainbow is a fun way to use left over scrapebook paper and make rainbows. Plus works on fine motor tearing the paper.
Watercolor Rainbow Process Art is a super easy watercolor activity that kids can do! It is super fun to make the rainbow and see how pretty it is.
Washi Tape Rainbow Wreaths is a great wreath for spring time. It has all the colors of the rainbow.
Tissue Paper Rainbow is a great way to brighten up a window during spring. It is great rainbow to have in your window.
Yarn Rainbow Craft is a great craft for fine motor work with cutting and gluing. Plus yarn is a fun craft to use. You make a great rainbow that stands out on paper.
Check out all the fun Rainbow Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
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