Use collage to make this easy Color Wheel Art for Kids. This kids art idea focuses on color in a way that toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners will love. Make your own color wheel or just use the large circle to make a rainbow. Either way, it’s fun to just explore the cool colors we have in the world around us.
To help make it easier, this activity also comes with a free printable template for you to download and use in your early years classroom.
If you want to make your Color themed lessons a breeze, then check out the Color Activity Pack. It’s filled with color play ideas that can be used in math and literacy centers, fine motor activities and arts and crafts templates. All of which are aligned with preschool learning standards. Check it out today.
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Color Activities for Kids
To help your toddlers and preschoolers learn their colors, try some of these other color play ideas. They’re a great way to start teaching young kids about the different colors.
- Walking Water STEM Activity for Kids
- Color Match and Clip Cards
- Paper plate color match activity
- Color Matching Flowers
- Nature Color Wheel Printable
For more ideas, check out this list of 25 Color Crafts and Activities for Kids
Materials Needed
- The Free Color Wheel Art template
- Printer and paper
- Objects in different colors, that can be easily glued onto the paper
- Glue
- Paintbrushes
How to make Color Wheel Art for Kids
1. Download and print the color wheel art template.
You’ll find the included printable template below. Just head to the bottom of the post and click the large blue button to get your free copy.
2. Collect your collage materials.
I used feathers, buttons, craft sticks, felt squares and more in both the primary colors and secondary colors. But use what you have on hand and what you think would interest your young children.
More ideas for objects you can use in your color wheel project include:
- stickers
- ribbon
- pipe cleaners
- pictures from old magazines.
3. Spread glue over the color you want to decorate
I got my kids to use a paintbrush to spread small amounts of school glue around. But if you want to, you can use a regular glue stick if you want another simple way to paste the different items down.
4. Stick the objects down.
Although this great project is intended to double as a color sorting and matching activity, this isn’t essential. When I did this picture with my little girl she decided that she wasn’t going to follow my suggestions and made a “rainbow picture” instead.
If this is the case for your art class, and you still want to help them recognise colors without overriding their creativity, then just focus on identifying the colors of the object as they pick them up instead. For example, you can ask questions like “Where is the blue button?” or “Why did you pick the red feather?”.
This is a fun way to learn about the spectrum of color while also encouraging language development.
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