We love making suncatchers, they are so pretty and effective. You can find lots more ideas for colour matching games here. They can either hold the sweet wrappers or you could glue them down to a piece of cardboard or paper. The children simply have to find some objects that match the colours of the sweet wrappers. You can play the games both indoors and outdoors. Colour matching gamesĬolour matching games are another fun way to teach children about colours. You can also use your colour wheel to teach younger children the basic colours. We used our sweet wrappers to create a simple colour wheel to demonstrate colour theory.Ĭolour theory is when you use primary colours like red, blue and yellow to create secondary colours like purple, green and orange.įor example Red and yellow makes orange.
Try shining torches through them in a dark room and see if you can project colours onto walls or different objects. Do different colours make things appear darker, brighter, warmer or harder to see. If you hold the sweet wrappers up against different objects. You can talk about how the world looks when you see it through different colours.
You can hold then up individually to the light or tape several together in a sheet and then look through the squares. Multi coloured, transparent sweet wrappers make great light filters.
Please note: If you are using sweet wrappers from sweets or chocolates that contain nuts it’s best to wash the wrappers in warm soapy water before use to make sure any trace of allergens are removed. There are lots of fun ideas for children of all ages to enjoy So instead of chucking the Quality Street sweet wrappers from the chocolates we were given for christmas we came up with 10 different ways to use them in activities and crafts.įrom light filters, colour theory, suncatchers, binoculars and secret messages to stained glass lanterns, butterflies, flowers, hairbows, collages and colour matching games. We hate to waste anything and recycling and reusing materials is one of many small things we can all do to help the environment.
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