Nature is full of colour, from the yellow daffodils and purple bluebells in spring to the red, yellow and orange leaves littering woodland floors in autumn.
Head outside and try to find as many colours as you can to create a nature rainbow (like in the photo below) – it’s super simple but super fun! This is a great activity in spring and summer when flowers start to bloom.
What you will need:
- Printed activity sheet on white card
- Outdoor space (ideally with lots of trees, bushes, plants)
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Double-sided tape
How to make nature’s rainbow:
- We have provided a rainbow template (download below) that you can print, ideally on white card. If you don’t have a printer (or you would like to make your own rainbow), simply draw a rainbow on white card and continue following the rest of the instructions.
- Cut your rainbow out and then stick double-sided tape on one side, leaving the other side of the tape covered until activity time. Like we have shown here…
Step 2 (c) Rachel Faichnie - It’s time to head outside for the colour hunt! Peel off the top cover of the sticky tape – remember to collect the rubbish. Search for natural objects of different colours and stick them along your rainbow.
- Remember to avoid picking living things and collect objects that have fallen on the ground. If picking something, only take a little bit from each plant – we need to leave lots for the wildlife!
- Take as long as 5 to 10 minutes to search for your colours and create your rainbow.
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