Rainbow Name Activity

Your children will have so much fun working on name recognition with this drip painting rainbow name activity this spring! The vibrant rainbow colors will have your children recognizing the letters in their name in no time!

 

MATERIALS needed FOR RAINBOW NAME ACTIVITY:

·                 Paint

·                 Dropper

·                 Heavy Card Stock

·                 Recycled Cereal Cardboard

·                 Scissors

 

Skills Used:

·         Using the dropper is also working on the same muscles needed for handwriting.

·         Letter Recognition

Directions:

Step 1: Find the perfect location for this hands on project. Face it we all know this project is going to be messy and fun. Outdoors is best but if you plan to do this indoors ...you can lay out newspaper on the desks.

Step 2: Discuss with your children the letters of their names, have the children draw the letters of their names on the recycled cardboard. Be sure to make the first letter uppercase and the following letters lowercase. This is of great importance for kindergarten readiness. 

Step 3: Cut out the letters of each child's name and have them lay them out onto the white card stock in the correct order. Add more sheets of card stock for longer names.

Tip: if they need help putting their name in the correct order you can write their names out for them on a separate piece of paper and have them match it up with yours.

Step 4: Take the dropper and add the colors of the rainbow. Make the colors by adding a few drops of the paint into a small cup of water.

Tip: if you paint from the top down you will create the rainbow effect!

One by one use the colors to drop on the paper. The higher the you hold the dropper the smaller the drop. You might want to have the kids test it out on another sheet of card stock before you start... so they can get used to the technique of dropping paint. 

Tip: Make sure the children go around the edge of the letters so they stand out more. you can have them go around the letters with a cotton swab to make more of an outline of each letter.

Step 5: Once the paint is dry have the children remove the letters from their paper. Now its time to display their piece of art n the classroom or have them frame it and take it home.