{"id":3536,"date":"2019-04-19T03:21:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T03:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=3536"},"modified":"2019-04-19T17:05:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:05:34","slug":"bubble-wrap-rainbows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2019\/04\/19\/bubble-wrap-rainbows\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubble Wrap Rainbows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Materials:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><br>Sheet of white construction paper<br>Tempera paint in the following colors: purple, blue, green, yellow orange, red<br>Sheet of bubble wrap large enough to cover the construction paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Directions:\u00a0 <\/strong>Simply popping bubble wrap is a really fun activity for a toddler. But creating unique rainbows at the same time is even better! And even though there are typically seven colors in representations of rainbows, for our purposes, six colors work just fine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step is best done by mom or dad. Squirt a thin line of paint in an arc shape starting at the bottom center of the paper. Start with purple and add each color in the order listed in the materials. When finished, carefully lay the sheet of bubble wrap on top of the construction paper. Show your child how to press on the bubble to pop it, which also spreads and blends the paint. Encourage your child to use both of index fingers together to pop the bubbles\u2014it makes it a little easier. And of course, you can pop the bubble wrap right along with her. When you\u2019re finished, carefully remove and toss the bubble wrap to reveal a stunning rainbow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2019\/04\/Bubble-Wrap-Rainbows-Elliejpeg-1-829x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2019\/04\/Bubble-Wrap-Rainbows-Elliejpeg-1-829x1024.jpeg 829w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2019\/04\/Bubble-Wrap-Rainbows-Elliejpeg-1-243x300.jpeg 243w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2019\/04\/Bubble-Wrap-Rainbows-Elliejpeg-1-768x949.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2019\/04\/Bubble-Wrap-Rainbows-Elliejpeg-1.jpeg 1906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sheet of white construction paperTempera paint in the following colors: purple, blue, green, yellow orange, redSheet of bubble wrap large enough to cover the construction paper Directions:\u00a0 Simply popping bubble wrap is a really fun activity for a toddler. But creating unique rainbows at the same time is even better! And even though there &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2019\/04\/19\/bubble-wrap-rainbows\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bubble Wrap Rainbows&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":3543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3536"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3567,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536\/revisions\/3567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}