Colors of the Rainbow

1. The Rainbow Fish Colors of the Rainbow • If you have a group of young children that is ready to learn about rainbows a great book to start off a wonderful art project with is “The Rainbow Fish”. • -You can find the book at your local book store, Target, or Walmart! • -Lets get started with the art project!! What you need: • A medium sized outline of a fish. • Paint; silver and an array of other fun colors. • Containers to keep the paint in. • Paint smocks for the children. • Writing utensil to write their names on their artwork. • Enjoy sticking your thumbs in the paint and making the scales! It will turn out beautiful when its done! This would make a bright bulletin board! I like to remember the colors of the rainbow by thinking of the name, ROY G BIV! R ed O range Y ellow G reen B lue I ndigo V iolet This is a great mnemonic device for anyone to remember the colors of the rainbow! I saw this advertised on the news when I was younger, I believe it was actually the weather man. Designed By: Lindsey Derber November 2, 2011

2. Rainbow Fruits Rainbow Tie-Dye The Rainbow Song Red – is for apple, cherry, watermelon, strawberry, and raspberry. Orange – is for orange and cantaloupe. Yellow - is for banana, pineapple, and lemon. Green – is for lime, kiwi, and green grapes. Blue – is for blueberry. Purple – is for boysenberry, blackberry, and red grapes. Simple Tie-dye instructions: 1) Pick your item to tie-dye and wash it before you start. 2) Prepare your dye as instructed on the package. 3) Rubber band your item as desired. 4) Start dyeing! 5) Wash alone in cold water. 6) May need to soak in vinegar to set the color. *Using a lot of different colors is fun, but just be careful that your colors don’t bleed together too much! If you keep colors that go well together they will blend better. For instance only using “cool” colors or “warm” colors together! Have fun!! This is a song that I taught my children to remember the colors of the rainbow! “We are the colors of the Rainbow; Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple!” This is a rainbow song that my friend introduced to me at work. We thought it was interesting that the orders were different. “Red and Orange and Green and Blue, shiny Yellow, Purple too!”