Painting Rainbows with Marshmallows

Materials
Muffin tin
Tempera paints (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)
White or light blue construction paper (9×12)
Large marshmallows
Pencil

Directions
Draw a rainbow shape with six sections onto the construction paper.  Pour one color of each of the tempera paints into each section of the muffin tin.  Place a large marshmallow in each of the muffin sections.  invite your child to dip a marshmallow into the tempera paint, starting with red, and make dots that follow the arch of the rainbow moving left to right across the page.  Work through all the colors.  Allow time to dry before hanging.

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