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 Rainbow
Weaving Activity
You will need:

• a white paper plate • scissors

• blue poster paint • white wool or string
• paintbrush • coloured wool
suitable for
• pencil
creating a rainbow

What to do:
1

Cut the paper plate in half.

Use a pencil to draw cloud shapes on the paper plate.

3
Paint around the cloud shapes with blue paint to create
the sky. Leave to dry.

4 With a pencil, mark the middle of the straight edge.

Do the same on the curved edge. On each side of the
middle mark on the curved edge, make three more
marks, spacing them out evenly.

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Make a 1cm cut along each of the pencil marks to
make slots.

6 Use the white wool, or string, to create a loom. Thread

it through the slot on the straight edge of the plate,
leaving a little bit at the back of the plate. Turn the
plate over and tie a knot to stop the end of the wool or
string from coming out of the slot.
Turn the paper plate back over to the front. Take the
7 loose end of the white wool or string and thread it
through the first slot on the right hand side of the
curved edge. Then feed it back through the bottom slot
on the straight edge. Repeat this until the white wool
or string has been threaded through each of the slots
along the curved edge.

8
Finally, tie the string onto the knot to secure it in place.
Cut off any excess wool. The loom is now ready to be used.

Use the piece of wool that will be the bottom colour of

the rainbow. This might be a purple or violet colour.
9 Thread it under the first string on the loom and then
over the next one. Repeat this over and under motion
until you reach the end and then turn back and repeat
in the other direction. Continue to do this until there
are four or five layers of the coloured wool. Snip off any
excess wool and tuck the end underneath the weaving.

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Use your fingers to gently push the layers of wool
downwards to squash them together and get rid
of any gaps.

11
Repeat this process with each colour of wool until the
rainbow is finished. The red wool should be at the top
of the rainbow.
Top Tip:

Try not to pull the wool too tightly as you weave it.

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 Rainbow
Weaving Activity
You will need:

• a white paper plate • scissors

• blue poster paint • white wool or string
• paintbrush • coloured wool suitable for
creating a rainbow
• pencil

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Using scissors, carefully cut

the egg carton into individual
egg cases.

Step 1 Cut the paper plate in half.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Step 2 Use a pencil to draw cloud shapes on the paper plate.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Paint around the cloud shapes with blue paint to create

Step 3 the sky. Leave to dry.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

With a pencil, mark the middle of the straight edge. Do

Step 4 the same on the curved edge. On each side of the middle
mark on the curved edge, make three more marks,
spacing them out evenly.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Step 5 Make a 1cm cut along each of the pencil marks to

make slots.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Use the white wool, or string, to create a loom.

Step 6 Thread it through the slot on the straight edge of the
plate, leaving a little bit at the back of the plate. Turn
the plate over and tie a knot to stop the end of the wool
or string from coming out of the slot.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Turn the paper plate back over to the front. Take the
Step 7 loose end of the white wool or string and thread it
through the first slot on the right hand side of the
curved edge. Then feed it back through the bottom slot
on the straight edge. Repeat this until the white wool
or string has been threaded through each of the slots
along the curved edge.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Step 8 Finally, tie the string onto the knot to secure it in place.
Cut off any excess wool. The loom is now ready to be used.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Use the piece of wool that will be the bottom colour of

Step 9 the rainbow. This might be a purple or violet colour.
Thread it under the first string on the loom and then
over the next one. Repeat this over and under motion
until you reach the end and then turn back and repeat
in the other direction. Continue to do this until there
are four or five layers of the coloured wool. Snip off any
excess wool and tuck the end underneath the weaving.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Use your fingers to gently push the layers of wool

Step 10 downwards to squash them together and get rid
of any gaps.

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 Rainbow Weaving Activty Craft Instructions

Repeat this process with each colour of wool until the

Step 11 rainbow is finished. The red wool should be at the top
of the rainbow.
Top Tip:

Try not to pull the wool too tightly as you weave it.

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