A house in our neighborhood inspired me to make our own rainbow and it was a whole lot of fun for me and my mini’s in our hope to brighten up everyone’s day!
You will need:
- Skewers (long skewers around 30cm) Source from your local supermarket or local party shop.
- Glue gun
- Hot glue gun sticks (my kids tend to use a lot of glue so depending on how big your rainbow is I would have a couple of packs on hand) Source from Spotlight/Officeworks/Bunnings/Big W/Kmart – Spotlight sometimes have a pack you can buy with a glue gun and glue sticks in a case.
- SIDE NOTE: If you don’t wish to use a glue gun pick a heavy duty sticky tape that can withstand the weather.
- Plastic plates in various colours (we chose to use the small plate size in yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and green) Source from your local House & Party Shop or you can pick these up at all of the above stores or the Reject Shop.
- Scissors
Instructions:
- Plug in your glue gun to heat up and make sure you have this on some paper and a heat resistant surface.
- Cut your paper plates in half (or quarters/thirds, you could even leave them whole – which ever shape you prefer!). The amount of plates you use will be dependent on how big you would like your rainbow to be. We had to come back inside and make extras as we went went along. Bear in mind as your layers of the rainbow increase you will need extra and it will all depend on how far apart you place them in the ground as well.
- Using your glue gun run a line down the middle of the plate.
- Lie your skewer into the glue with the pointy end hanging off the bottom of the plate so you can skewer this into the ground.
- Place it aside and wait for the glue to dry/cool. We did one colour at a time and then once they were ready we stacked them and moved onto the next colour.
- Repeat steps 3-5.
- Take outside and place your plates in a rainbow shape.
Happy crafting! x
BEAUTIQUELY ME 