Every year on April 15, World Art Day celebrates the fine arts and promotes awareness of creativity worldwide. The date of April 15 was chosen because it is the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci’s, one of the most famous artists in history.
Children benefit in many ways when they have opportunities to create art.
- Art facilitates a love of learning and creativity.
- Art can improve hand-eye coordination.
- Art builds self-esteem and motivation.
- Art supports emotional intelligence and can help children express emotions.
Here is a fun rainbow art project to try with your child.
Rainbow Art Project
Materials needed:
- Watercolor paper
- Liquid watercolors
- Paintbrushes
- Pipettes or droppers
- Small containers to hold your paints and glue
- Scissors
- Cotton balls
- Liquid glue
- Wax paper
Directions:
1. Start by making your colorful rainbow paper. Take a piece of watercolor paper and paint it with a layer of water so it’s all wet.
2. Use your droppers or pipettes to drop watercolors onto the wet paper. To get more of a rainbow design, try dropping the rows in ROYGBIV order.
3. Set your paper aside to dry. While your paper is drying, you can make your cotton ball clouds.
4. Take a piece of wax paper and place it in front of you.
5. Pour some liquid glue into a shallow dish or onto a paper plate.
6. Take one cotton ball and stretch it out. Dip it in glue, and then place it on the wax paper.
7. Grab another cotton ball, stretch it out, dip it in the glue, and place it on the wax paper.
8. Continue doing this until you have all the clouds you need.
9. Let the clouds dry in the sun or at room temperature overnight. When they are dry, you can peel them off of the wax paper.
10. Once your watercolor paper is dry, cut out some rainbow shapes from it, and add some cotton ball clouds to give your rainbow(s) a 3D effect.
Then hang your artwork!