Color Activity: Mix a Rainbow
Materials
Squeeze Bottles (3) per group
Washable Paint (1) set per group: (1) red, (1) blue, (1)yellow
No-Spill Paint Cups (6) per group
Craftsticks (for mixing)
Paint Brushes
Paint Paper
Water (for rinsing brushes)
Procedure
Instruct the children to mix their paint the same way we added colors together in the previous activity:
o Squirt yellow & red into one cup & stir to make orange.
o Squirt red & blue into another cup & stir to make purple.
o Squirt yellow & blue into a 3rd cup & stir to make green.
Add the primary colors to each of the other 3 cups, then paint a picture using all the colors of the rainbow.