March 5, 2025

Preschool Rainbow Crafts and Activities for Kids

Kids Activities

Nothing says spring like rainbows! Celebrate beautiful rainbows for kids with these fun engaging rainbow projects for kids of all ages from toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, grade 1 students, and up! We have pretty preschool rainbow craft, rainbow printables, rainbow science, and lots of rainbow activity ideas too! Use these as a springboard for a rainbow theme or teaching children about colors and color mixing too!

Rainbow activity

Nothing says spring like the vibrant beauty of rainbows! As the flowers begin to bloom and the sun shines a little brighter, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the magic of rainbows with fun, engaging projects for kids of all ages! From toddlers and preschoolers to kindergarteners and first graders, there’s something exciting for everyone to enjoy.

Get ready to dive into a world of color with our delightful collection of rainbow activities! Whether you’re looking for pretty preschool rainbow crafts that spark creativity, educational rainbow printables that enhance learning, or fascinating rainbow science experiments that wow the little ones, we’ve got it all!

Imagine your child crafting their own rainbow using simple materials found at home, or exploring the wonders of color mixing with playful hands-on activities. Not only will they be having fun, but they’ll also be reinforcing important concepts about colors and the science behind how rainbows form.

These rainbow-themed activities are perfect for home projects, classroom lessons, or even a rainy day indoors! Use them as a springboard for a larger rainbow theme or incorporate them into your discussions about colors and their significance in the world around us.

So, gather your craft supplies, prepare for some colorful learning experiences, and let’s celebrate spring with all its beautiful rainbows!

Don’t miss our rainbow activities including our weather worksheets for preschoolers and

Have you ever tried making a Rainbow in a Jar project? If you haven't tried this classic density experiment, I'm going to show you how easy it is to make with a few common household items! This rainbow science experiment is so pretty and will amaze your preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. Try this rainbow experiment as part of a weather theme, St Patricks Day activity, a rainbow theme or a spring activity for kids.

Kids are going to love this really fun Frozen Rainbow Eruptions science activity where kids will make beautiful rainbows as they create a chemical reaction! This baking soda and vinegar experiment! This rainbow activities for preschoolers usese a couple simple materials for a mesmerizing, colorful preschool summer activity! Use this rainbow science with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders.

grow a rainbow capillary action experiment

Impress your kids with this pretty rainbow science experiment that is not only educational, but really fun too. This st patricks day science is perfect for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students. As it only requires a couple simple materials, you can try this st patricks day activity when you only have 5 minutes for a quick st patricks day activity for preschoolers!

Kids are going to be wowed and amazed as they learn how to make rainbow crystals in this fun rainbow activity for kids! You can quickly and easily grow your own crystals with these fun spring activities for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students. This borax crystals science project is perfect for celebrating spring, as a St Patricks day activity, or a rainbow activity for preschoolers.

Did you know you can effectively demonstrate density with just food coloring, sugar, and water! Don't believe me? This rainbow in a jar with sugar allows you to show kids how the more dense a liquid (colored for visual purposes only), the heavier it is and it will sink. This rainbow density jar is quick, easy, and cheap to try. Use this rainbow in a jar experiment with sugar as a rainbow activity for kids in the spring or as part of a science lesson on density for kids. No matter how you use it, this density experiment makes an impressive density tower that will impress preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too.

Get ready to amaze your kids with walking water science experint. This easy, colorful capillary action activity is prefect for preschool and up!

Get ready to amaze your kids with this stunning jelly bean experiment! This hands-on jelly bean science experiment is a playful way to learn about density, surface tension, dissolving, and so much more while having fun with a rainbow activity for spring. Use this jelly bean STEM activity to engage kids from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd, gradena nd 4th graders. Let’s make learning fun with this colorful and exciting spring science project!

My kids love doing this magic milk experiment again and again; including many seasonal varieties. My kids just love the vibrant moving colors in this Magic Milk Experiment for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students. This easy science experiment for preschoolers is fun to watch and help get kids excited about science - it does not disappoint!

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Rainbow Science Activity

Looking for fun rainbow experiment ideas to get kids excited about exploring the world around them? Don’t miss these clever rainbow activity ideas!

How to Grow Rainbow Crystals EASILY at Home – Spring Science Activity
Rainbow in a Jar Density Experiments
Simply Rainbow Density Experiment for springtime
Delicious Rainbow Stem scienc with jelly beans
Frozen Erruptions – Rainbow Science Activities for Preschoolers
Colorful Capillary Action Experiment
Easy Rainbow in a jar experiment with sugar
Amazing growing a rainbow capillary action experiment
Colorful candy science experiment
Magical Color Changing Milk Experiment
Colorful Polymer Experiments
Beautiful Food Coloring Flower Experiment Worksheet
Heat-Sensitive Color Chaning Slime

rainbow math activities for preschoolers

This adorable Connect the Dots Preschool is such a fun preschool number activity to work on number recognition and color recognition with numbers 1-10. This rainbow connect the dots is fun for toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age children for spring. To add this rainbow activity for preschoolers, simply print pdf file with rainbow printables and you are ready to play and learn!

The weather in Spring is normally lovely, with the temperature warming up, and lovely showers watering the grass. This shape activity for preschoolers uses these super cute, free printable shape playdough mats to work with your hands, building fine motor skills while learning thirteen different 2D shapes. Toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students will love spending their time learning preschool shapes while playing with these Playdough Mats. SImply print pdf file with rainbow printables and you are ready to play and learn this spring!

If your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students are working on letter recognition, this find letters game is a great way to review the skill. In this find alphabet game students can practice finding letters, matching upper and lowercase letters, and even work on the sound letters make. Simply download and print the rainbow activity for preschoolers and you are ready to play and learn.

st patricks day printables rainbow letter matching

Rainbow activities for kids

Snag these rainbow worksheets and printable rainbow activities to make learning fun this spring:

Free printable Rainbow Color Matching Game
Rainbow Rhyming Activity for Kindergarten
Rainbow Worksheets for kids
Free Connect the Dot Rainbow Printable for Preschoolers
Hands-on Rainbow Math Activities for Preschoolers
Rainbow Playdough Shape Mat
Read and Dab Rainbow Activity for Kindergarten
Lots of fun ideas in this Rainbow Preschool Theme
Rainbow find letters game
Free printable rainbow shape activity for preschoolers

Looking for a quick and easy spring craft for kids? You will love this beautiful tissue paper rainbow craft! This simple craft is perfect for toddler, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students! All you need are a few simple materials and you will love a really pretty preschool rainbow craft. Use this spring craft idea to celebrate springtime, st patrick's day activities for preschoolers, summer craft, or anytime you want to brighten up your window with a pretty suncatcher craft.

balloon painting art project for toddlers

Preschool rainbow craft

Looking for some really cute, simple, and beautiful rainbow craft ideas? Check out these fun rainbow crafts for preschoolers!

Yarn Wrapped Rainbow Craft for Kids
Paper Plate Rainbow Craft for Preschoolers
Rainbow Handprint Craft
Easy Tissue Paper Rainbow Craft for Spring
Craft Stick Rainbow Craft

If your kids love slime - they are going to flip over making Rainbow Slime! Use this rainbow activity for kids as part of your next rainbow theme for spring or summer. This colorful slime recipe is also a really fun St Patricks day activity, a weather activity, or a color theme too! Toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and 4th grade students will love this rainbow art ideas. Just follow our simple rainbow slime recipe and we will show you how to make rainbow slime.

Celebrate the arrival of spring with a fun rainbow activity for preschoolers! For this rainbow arts and craft idea you will be making a puzzle of sort for your toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age child to make. THey will have to use problem solving skills to put the rainbow activity for kids together. This is such a fun spring activity for kids!

Looking for a fun summer activity for kids? You are going to love blowing colorful snake bubble. This sock bubbles activity is super simple and such an easy summer activity idea for toddlder, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd graders too. It takes blowing bakcyard bubles to a new level making long, colorful snakes with a simple technique using a sock and a plastic bottle. You've got to try this bubble snake experiment.

Rainbow activities

Maybe your kiddo isn’t the crafty type. That’s okay – we’ve got lots of fun rainbow activities for kids to try too! From rainbow math, painting with cars, rainbow slime, a yummy rainbow snack, and more!

Beautiful Rainbow Slime Activity for Kids
Rainbow Toast makes a yummy snack!
Rainbow Painting with Cars Activity
Super cute Rainbow Math with a DIY abacus activity
Foam Puzzle Rainbow Activity for Preschoolers
Bubble Snake Rainbow Activities
Foam puzzle rainbow activity for preschoolers

Rainbow activity for kindergarten

With all these fun rainbow activity ideas for elementary age kids you are ready for a fun St Patricks Day, spring, weather unit, or r is for rainbow learning! Which one will you try first?

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!