I made this simple homemade colour book craft from leftover paint swatches, metal rings and stickers.
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This colour book is a wonderful way for toddlers to learn their colours!
To make this fun colour book I used:
- Paint swatches, two for each colour
- Hole punch
- 2 metal rings -I used these split rings, but I’ve since seen these coloured book rings which look so pretty!
- Patterned paper
- Glue
- Stickers
Note: I happened to have these paint swatches already but if you are planning to make this book then please ask your DIY store first before taking the swatches, or you could even ask if they have any out of date swatches you could have.
I used two swatches for each colour, and glued them back to back to form a book layout. I decided on this style rather than flash card style (with the same colour on the front and back of one card). Then I found some patterned paper to make a front and back “cover”.
To make them into a book I punched two holes in each card and threaded two rings through (I used the ones usually used for keyrings). Then I decorated each pa
ge with colour themed stickers and letters.
What a brilliant idea. Even if you have to collect the swatches specially! It also shows him that there is more than one colour blue, for instance.
Easy, educational and genius, I’d say!
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Love this. Thanks for sharing. We’ve used paint swatches for many activities, but had not thought of making a color book.
This is a really cool idea! And the result is really appealing. We used paint chips to match and “paint” the colors on our engines recently…it was a lot of fun! (Here if you’re interested: http://play-trains.com/engine-paint-shop-train-color-matching-activity-for-preschoolers/)
Thanks Jessica, sounds good!
What a smart idea! This is really great and so easy to make. Thank you so much for sharing on We Made That!
So simple! I love that it allows your child to match and add stickers of the same colors too! Thanks so much for sharing at For the Kids Friday over at Sun Scholars! Always happy to see new people have found us! I am featuring YOU this week! Stop by and grab a featured button! Hope to have you back to share again!
Thank you so much Rachel!
Cute! What a fabulous idea! I’m going to see what paint swatches I have “lying around” too… 🙂
so cute! love using up paint chips
I love this idea! I have seen people use paint chips for color projects before, but I think this is the best one for toddlers and preschoolers I have seen. I will have to pin it for the next time we work on colors.
Leah @ simplehomeblessing.com
what a cute idea! i will remember this for sure! thanks for sharing!
Love this!! What a cute, meaningful idea for a color book. I really like how you used the paint chips because it shows the different shades of each color. Thanks for linking up with Stress-Free Sunday!
27,000 pins! Woah!!! I commented way back when you wrote this post 🙂 Now I’m sharing on Facebook for KBN’s shout out. I was out of town last week, so I’m sharing your great posts this week 🙂
Thanks Anna! I’m so glad that so many people like this idea!
Fab idea. Can you buy adhesive magnetic squares – might be fun to have magnetic colours to ‘match’ incase the stickers don’t come off. Very inventive and genius idea.
I like your thinking! You can get rolls of magnetic tape which would do the job perfectly.
lucky you!
here in my country, they only have small tiny box of paint samples.. =(
So cute. I would deffinatly laminate them to last longer and make more durable..
Great color book idea, love it!
This is a great idea. My little one would love it because she is very into colors right now.
Adorable! I have got to make one for my little guy!
This is so awesome. Shared on Laughing Kids Learn FB page.
Thanks Kate!
Thanks for the great idea!!
what a great idea love it
What a wonderful idea!! Going to make some for my grandchildren…already have the swatches. Great way to use up some of my scrapbook supplies!!
This is really genius! I love it! My little one isn’t a year and a half yet, but that doesn’t mean we can’t already start. 🙂
Love this idea. I pinned it to my Toddler Ideas pinterest board.
I can see why this has been so popular! It’s perfect for the little ones, in fact, I’m going to make one right now!
Thanks, Ann!
Great idea
This is such a great idea! I’m definitely going to do this for my toddler. He’s very much into colors these days.
Thank you for this idea!
Tamala
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Whao! This is great.
I love this idea. I think my toddler would like cutting out items in matching colours from magazines to stick on the pages too. (Magnetic tape would be a great idea for this). I’m definitely going to have a go. Thank you for the idea 💡
What a great idea, Nicola!
Wonderful idea!