How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow - Storytime Online
- Leanna Chappell
- Jul 1
- 4 min read
Updated: Jul 5
Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow by Monica Sweeney.
Michelle and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting today, Tuesday, July 1, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow" by Monica Sweeney
"The Sun and the Clouds are best friends. Together they keep the world warm, the gardens growing, and the sky full of beautiful rainbows. But one day they get into a fight and refuse to be in the sky together. And that means there are no longer any rainbows. Without rainbows, the colors start disappearing until Earth was left with no color… except for one little forgotten box of crayons in one little school desk. Determined to save the rainbows and fix the Sun and Clouds' friendship, the crayons draw rainbows all over town. Their attempts go unnoticed. Soon they realize that they’re going to have to do something big to get the attention of the former friends. So, the crayons create the biggest rainbow they can and hope it’s enough to bring color back to the world."
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndSMTuuGqtI to watch Gold Coast Libraries’ read aloud. Enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow
information page
colors game (5 colored crayons)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
rainbow and cloud craft
3 magnets from the story
crayon stickers
3 crayons
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included crayon handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the red crayon?
Red crayon, red crayon?
Can you show me the red crayon?
And wave it in the air?
Green… black… purple… pink
Hold It High – Choose one crayon from handouts
Hold your crayon high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your crayon below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your crayon against your nose
Now touch the crayon to your toes
Touch your crayon to the ground
Now wave that crayon all around!
Hold your crayon in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your crayon and jump up high!
Now let your crayon fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Ten Little Crayons by The Kiboomers
Crayon Color Song by Farmees
Ten In The Bed by Kids TV
The Naughty Gray Crayon by JunyTony
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
If You’re Wearing Green
(Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you're wearing green, jump like a bean
If you're wearing green, jump like a bean
If you're wearing green,
Then please jump like a bean
If you're wearing green, jump like a bean
Red, bounce instead...
Blue, touch your shoe...
Yellow, shake like Jello...
ACTION RHYMES
Hokey Pokey Rainbow
(use your crayon cutouts or anything else with colors!)
You put red* in,
You take red* out.
You put red* in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around,
And that’s what it’s all about!
*green…
*black…
*blue…
*pink
Green Song
(Tune: “Skip to My Lou”)
Green, green, the grass is green,
A jumping frog and a long string bean,
The juiciest apple you’ve ever seen,
Green, green, green my darling.
I’ll sing this song, that’s what I’ll do,
I love green more than red or blue,
Won’t you try to sing it too?
Green, green, green my darling.
Five Little Crayons
Five little crayons, waiting in a row.
The first one said, “I’m red, you know!”
The second one said, “I’m green like a tree.”
The third one said, “I’m blue like the sea.”
The fourth one said, “I’m yellow as the sun.”
The fifth one said, “Being purple is fun!”
Five little crayons, happy as can be,
Coloring pictures with you and me!
Coloring Fun
(Tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star")
I know the colors for crayon fun,
Green like grass and yellow sun,
An orange pumpkin and white snow,
A red rose and a black crow,
Blue like a mailbox, brown like an ape,
A pink pig and some purple grapes.
The Color Song
(Tune: “This Old Man”)
Red, red, red, touch your head,
Blue, blue, blue, tie your shoe,
Brown, brown, brown, touch the ground,
White, white, white, take a bite,
Black, black, black, touch your back,
Purple, purple, purple, draw a circle,
Pink, pink, pink, give a wink,
Gray, gray, gray, shout hurray!
Oh, Rainbow...
(Tune: Oh, Christmas Tree)
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow, how lovely are your colors.
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow, how lovely are your colors.
Purple, red and orange, too. Yellow, green and blue so true.
Oh, rainbow, oh, rainbow, how lovely are your colors.
EXTRA LINK!
Monica Sweeney’s site:
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!
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