Setting up simple and easy rainbow craft ideas for kids is my jam! 

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This simple paper plate rainbow craft was so easy to setup and I am so happy at how much fun my LO had.

This rainbow craft only required a couple of items that I’ll be sharing below. 

Let’s get into how easy this Paper plate rainbow craft was to setup and how you can go about setting it up too!

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• Colorful Gift Tissue Wrapping Paper

• Paper Plate (2 of them) 

• Elmers Glue

• Contact Paper

Boom! Easy and fun! 

How do you make a rainbow paper plate? 

How to make rainbow with paper? So easy peasy. 

Here are the steps I took to put together this simple Rainbow plate craft: 

• Cut out a rainbow on one paper plate. 

• Then, on a separate paper plate cut out a circle (make sure that the rainbow shows through entirely. If it doesn’t you’ll need to cut a bigger circle.) 

• Then, cut out squares from different colored gift tissue paper sheets. 

• Tip: For preschoolers, make sure to cut the squares big enough so they can grab the tissue paper squares.)

• Set those aside. 

• Cut out a piece of contact paper that is about the size of the paper plate. 

• Add the sticky part so that it shows through the circle cut out plate. 

• Then, the fun part: Add the tissue paper squares to the sticky part decorate and craft a rainbow. 

• Once complete, place the rainbow paper plate cutout over it while glueing it on to the other paper plate to complete the rainbow! 

These are the simple steps on how to make a paper rainbow in an easy peasy way! 

For your viewing pleasure here is a video on how I put this simple Rainbow paper craft together as well: 

How to make craft with paper plates Video Below:

How do you make a paper sun plate? 

A sun is such a fun and easy paper plate kids crafts. Here are the steps taken to create a simple sun paper plate craft: 

• Color the paper plate in the color yellow (crayola markers, crayons, washable kids paint.)

• Then, draw a pair of eyes and a mouth to the sun. 

• For the rays, you can use wooden clothespins (involves a bit of fine motor skills into the mix.) 

• Tip: Another option for the rays are long pieces of construction cutouts. Use elmers glue to glue on the paper plate suns rays! 

So easy and a fun way to craft a sun using a paper plate! 

Want to turn it educational? Write out the alphabet around the sun and on the wooden clothespins. Then match them to the correct letters. 

Easy and fun! 

How do you make paper plates with crafts? 

Paper plate kids crafts can be as easy as 1-2-3. 

Here are some of our most recent easy crafts with paper plates: 

• Snowflake Paper Plate Craft

• DIY Snowman Paper Plate Craft

• Fall Wreath Paper Plate Craft

• Pumpkin Pie Paper Plate Learning Game

• Apple Paper Plate Craft

• Jelly Fish Paper Plate Craft

And, more! 

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What can we make from a paper plate? 

There are so many fun and easy Paper plate crafts and ideas for kids! 

Here are some of our past paper plate activities for kids: 

• Easy Paper Plate Seek and Find Game

• Jelly Fish Paper Plate Craft

• DIY Snowman Paper Plate Craft 

Lots of easy cool things to make with paper plates! 

I hope that you have enjoyed these Rainbow craft paper and kids rainbows ideas! 

If you’ve attempted rainbow paper plates crafts before, how did it go? 

What did you try?

I’d love to learn your craft paper activity ideas and easy kid crafts with construction paper ideas. 

Maybe we can attempt them out as well! 🙂 

Please share them below in the comments section. 

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