Tissue Paper Rainbow

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Square feature image of two tissue paper rainbows on a white background.

Try this simple tissue paper rainbow craft using colorful sheets from the Dollar Store. I pulled one sheet each of red, pink, yellow, green, blue, and purple to get started. There was no orange in the pack, so we improvised—one sheet per color was enough to make two rainbows.

Tissue Paper Rainbow - Free Template.
Supplies

Supplies

How to Make a Tissue Paper Rainbow

To get started, cut the tissue paper into 1.5-inch squares. They don’t need to be perfect, and folding the paper before cutting helps speed things up.

To apply the tissue paper, place the tip of a pencil in the center of a square and gently twist the paper around it. Dip the tissue-topped pencil into glue—just a small dot is enough.

Photo of how to wrap tissue paper squares around the top of a pencil and glue to a tissue paper rainbow.
Making Tissue Paper Rainbows in progress.

This was a fun project—a little bit like pointillism, but fluffier. Cut them out and hang them to enjoy.

Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

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