Making a Sensory Rainbow with Straws

The Sensory Rainbow activity is a fun blend of art, play, and learning. Kids will use simple materials like colored straws and shaving cream, to create a unique sensory rainbow. Making a Sensory Rainbow with Straws helps their fine motor skills, color recognition, and sensory exploration.

I used these straws in a St. Patrick's Day Straw Activity, so they are very versatile. Kids love sensory activities and this time of year it is fun to create some with a St. Patrick's Day spin like this St Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Sensory Bin from Mommy Evolution.

Making a Sensory Rainbow with Straws - Use straws and shaving cream for this fun sensory activity.

You will need:

Shaving cream
Tray
Cut straws in colors of the rainbow (we used milkshake straws, but any colored straws will work)

Squirt some shaving cream into a tray and spread it around so the surface of the tray is covered. Provide your child with cut up milkshake straws in rainbow colors. You probably won't be able to find both blue and indigo straws. The colors we used for our rainbow were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

As one of my daughters started to construct her rainbow, she realized that she would need to angle the straws a bit to make them look like a rainbow and fit them on the tray. It was great to watch her as she figured out how to use the space.

Of course there are other fun things to do with colored straws in addition to making a rainbow.

My daughter noticed that as she made the inner colors of the rainbow she needed fewer straws than she did for the outer colors.

When the rainbows were done they could be carried and held up and the straws would not fall off. When we were done looking at our pretty rainbows we washed the straws and will use them again for another activity.

💚St Patrick's Day Coloring Bookmarks

Looking for more ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Check out these fun bookmarks. Printable St Patrick's Day bookmarks will help you or your child keep your place in books you are reading. You'll love these St Patricks Coloring Bookmarks as they are fun for kids to personalize and use!