Fidget Spinner Rainbows

Have your kids collected a few fidget spinners? They seem to sell them everywhere and unless your child needs one they are probably collecting dust or stuck in your couch cushions. I, however, refuse to just let them go to waste. We have used them to make fireworks and some fun watercolor art and today we are creating fun fidget spinner rainbows!

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Supplies for your Fidget Spinner Art:

• A Fidget Spinner. One with a hole on the ends.
• One Pipe Cleaner.
• Paint.
• Pallete.
• Paper.

Creating your Hand Spinner Art

Thread your pipe cleaner through one of the ends of your fidget spinner. Pinch it off and twist it tight. Then twist loosely the rest of the way. Fold the end up to give yourself a handle. On your palette place a dab of each color right next to each other. Place your pipe cleaner in the paint.

Related Art Project: Fidget Spinner Fireworks

Hold down your spinner securely with one finger and with the other swing the pipe cleaner back and forth to create your rainbow! The more times you do it the looser your pipe cleaner might become. We found after a few we had to press it down with our hands or adjust the pipe cleaner.

There is no perfect way to do it. You don’t even have to use rainbow colors… You can do half circles or full circles. Just Create!

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If you don’t have at least one fidget spinner in your home you can find one in nearly every kind of store these days. My kids have a few and I’m still looking around for more creative ways to use them. We have fun painting with our fidget spinners, but it is a bit messy so it can’t be done every day. These watercolor circles are a perfect way to use your fidget spinner in an art project.

Since my little girl is obsessed with creating flowers, she used the fidget spinners to create a fun flower shape, but you can use this technique to make any shape you want!

This project creates perfect circles, so it’s great for teaching about shapes!

Supplies for Watercolor Circles:

• Fidget Spinner. One with holes on the ends.
• Black Pen. I loved the look from the felt tip, but any will do.
• Watercolors. I use these liquid colors, they last for years!
• White Cardstock.
• Painters Tape. (optional)

Creating your fidget spinner art.

Place the spinner onto the paper. Press down on the center of the spinner and place the pen in one of the holes. Spin the pen back and forth creating a sketched circle effect. After making these a few more times we found a little roll of painter’s tape will secure your spinner. This way your little one can create these even more independently! Then move the spinner and repeat. Create any pattern or picture you want! I had to hold the center for my daughter (4), but my son (9) was able to hold it still while creating his circles.

Do what works best for you and the age of your child. Once you are happy with your creation it’s time to add a pop of color! Grab your watercolors and paint.

V created a pattern with one group of watercolor circles and then a flower with the others. I love how the felt pen bled a bit with the paint leaving some soft edges.

Every piece you do will be one of a kind. Fun process art for kids of all ages!

Watch the process art process in this quick video

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Firework Art Project

The fidget spinner craze hit hard. Fidget spinners could be found in every corner of our house. And then the kids got over them.

Sure they still hold their purpose, for the people they were intended to help. But the craze is over, and I’m still finding spinners in random places in my house.

Fidget spinner art is a great way to re-purpose your dusty collection of fidget spinners. You can combine a fidget spinner with string to create a beautiful rainbow, or you can take them outdoors and let your kids make an amazing firework art project!

Along with amazing food, and fireworks; doing arts and crafts is one of our favorite 4th of July family traditions. This project can even be done outdoors, while people are waiting for the real fireworks to begin! 

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No time to make this firework craft now? Pin it for later!

If you can’t make this firework craft now, pin it to your kids’ crafts ideas board on Pinterest and it’ll be here for when you’re ready.

Tips for making this fidget spinner art.

• This project can get messy! We recommend creating outdoors or in a space where the mess wont be an issue.
• Before you get started, make sure you use a fidget spinner that can easily be taken apart for cleaning.
• Show your child to aim for the outside of the spinner. The force created while spinning will pull the paint away from the center.
• Let your kids experiment with dripping the paint while it’s spinning or add paint and then spin. It is all about the process! There is no “right” or “wrong” way of doing this art project.

How to make a firework art

Below is our step by step tutorial for creating this firework art project. Feel free to print it for easy reference.

Firework art project with fidget spinners

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Materials

• A Fidget Spinner. One you can easily take apart to clean.
• Water Based Paints.
• Water.
• Paint Containers. One per color.
• Pipettes. If you don’t have these medicine droppers work well too.
• Paper. You can use thicker paper if you are planning on saving a couple, but we used printer paper for a few.

Instructions

1. Start by watering down your paint. This will help them drip and splatter!I did not measure this… It was about a 2:1 ratio paint/water. Make sure you are able to squirt the paint.
2. Set your spinner on your paper and play!Your child can start with the paint on the spinner, or add paint as it spins.

More 4th of July projects you will love!

• Sparkling patriotic rocks – Perfect for hiding around town or decorating your 4th of July party.
• Mess-free glitter fireworks – Yep, that’s mess-free and glitter in the same craft!
• Paper tube fireworks – Grab some paper tubes and make these 3D paper fireworks!

When to make Firework art inspiration

Sometimes you see a craft and think, oh that’s cute! But then you don’t know when you will make it. Here are some ideas for this fun art project!

• Create this firework art at your 4th of July party, before the fireworks, while everyone is waiting to light off the real thing.
• Teach about color mixing. The red and blue sometimes mix to create purple. Try other color combinations!
• Because there is no “right or wrong” way to create this project, it’s a lot of fun for younger kids. A preschool class will love making this project outdoors!

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