Tutorial: Paper Plate Color Sorting Rainbow Ribbon Collage Craft For Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers.

Froot Loop suddenly loves to do simple crafts with me. FINALLY, all the craft supplies I’ve bought for him are being used, and most of the crafts are so simple that I can do them with Cocoa Puff too. We love our craft time now!

Since the boys have pretty short attention spans and limited patience for crafts, I have to have everything set up ahead of time, which is usually not a problem if I get set up during nap/quiet time or a meal time or something. I also try to get my materials together whenever I have time and put them all together in plastic bags or bins or whatever so I can just grab a bin and get going. 

Anyway, that turned into a babble. This craft is a fun one for all ages since it’s so simple. 

Supplies: 
Small (or large) paper plate
Cotton Balls (or white pom poms)
Glue
Scissors

Set up: 
If you are going to do the sorting with the kiddos, get the sorting bowls out and put the colored materials next to them. Allow the kiddos to sort the items by color into the various bowls, one for red, one for orange, and so on. I want to do this next time, but I only had a few minutes to do this with Froot Loop today so I presorted everything beforehand. (This is also why I only got pictures of the finished project!) 

Cut the plate in half. You only need one half per craft.
Cover the plate in glue.

Attach cotton balls to the glue until the plate is covered.
Cut 2-3 foot long length of each color of ribbon.
Glue the ribbons to the back of the plate. 

Pick which color to start with and put dots of glue on that ribbon for the pom poms and sequins and buttons.

Have your kiddos attach the pom poms, sequins, and buttons to the dots of glue. 

Put the stickers between the glued items.
Repeat for the rest of the colors.
Let dry
Cut another length of ribbon for hanging and glue both ends to the top of the back of the plate. 

Did you love drawing and coloring rainbows as a kid?