Who could resist a rainbow? Sophie sure could not. One look at the cardboard clouds and rainbow strips, was all it took for her to stay engaged throughout the entire activity... more or less.
I tried getting Sophie to colour the strips with crayons but she was not keen, she preferred to play with them instead. I deliberately cut the strips out so that she could colour them individually. Then I cut two pieces of cardboard cloud (one reflective and one normal) for each end of the rainbow. I would later attach some fluffy cotton wool to make a 3-D cloud on one of them.
Getting Sophie to use the dot paint "properly" is always a challenge. I know she could do it but she just prefers not to. Anyway, we added some glitter glue after she was done and it looked nice and glittery...
I had forgotten about the glue, so I left Sophie alone to fetch it from our art cupboard. When I returned, one of the cloud was missing. I was not surprised because I heard her "cheeky" laughter from the room. Apparently, she was playing with it and the wind blew it across the dining table and onto the floor. She knew what happened but she played along with me when I asked her where she had hidden it... In the end, she pointed to me where it had landed, after misleading me a couple of times.
Sophie helped me place the parts together after we retrieved the missing cloud. It was quite fun to play with her sometimes... especially when she is so spontaneous and cheeky.
End Product - "r" For rainbow
The dot painters and glitter is a brilliant idea! I think we may use this for our letter "R" craft too!
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