Creating Rainbow Sculptures is a great 3-D project for summer. This project is simple and only requires a few basic crafting materials. Kids really enjoy this project and can even use their rainbow sculpture as dollhouse prop! Using the ruler is a nice way to be precise and practice measuring, but if you don’t feel like messing with it, just cut a bit off of each pipe cleaner. This is a great project for younger kids who are working on their motor skills as well. Have fun making these colorful sculptures!

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time to complete: 15 minutes
Age range: 5+

Things you’ll need:
Pipe cleaners (in the colors of the rainbow plus one white one to bond them together)
Air dry clay
Stuffing or white pom poms
Glue
Scissors
Ruler

Things to do:
1. Line your pipe cleaners up on your table in the order you would like.
2. Leave your first pipe cleaner alone.
3. Cut 1/2 in. off of your second pipe cleaner.
4. Continue cutting an extra 1/2 in off of each of your pipe cleaners so that your first color is the longest and your last color is the shortest pipe cleaner.
5. Cut your white pipe cleaner in half.
6. Line the ends of your pipe cleaners up and bind them together with the extra white pipe.cleaner.
7. Line the other ends of your pipe cleaners up so you create a rainbow arch and bind them together with white pipe cleaner.
8. Form two balls of air dry clay.
9. Stick one end of your rainbow into an air dry clay ball.
10. Stick the other end of your rainbow into an air dry clay ball.
11. Glue stuffing or white pom poms around the air dry clay to create clouds.
12. Place your Rainbow Sculpture somewhere sunny where it may be admired!