We like to use mosaic gems for a variety of different activities. Sorting is one of our favorites because the gems are fun to handle, pretty to look at and there’s a wonderful assortment of colors to choose from. We decided to work on sorting a rainbow of colors for this activity and then turn our sorted colors into a pretty rainbow. You could make the rainbow a craft project, turning it into a pretty decor piece for your home.
![Make a rainbow with mosaic gems Make a rainbow with mosaic gems](https://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mosaic-gems-rainbow-2.jpg)
Materials you need for the counting, coloring rainbow activity:
- Mosaic gems in a rainbow of color
- Egg carton for sorting
- Paper with a rainbow drawn on it (or download our free rainbow coloring page)
Steps for this rainbow gem activity:
- Sort the gems by color into the egg carton
- place the gems by color on the different areas of the rainbow
![an assortment of mosaic gem colors an assortment of mosaic gem colors](https://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mosaic-gems-rainbow-colors.jpg)
![sorting mosaic gems by color in an egg carton sorting mosaic gems by color in an egg carton](https://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mosaic-gems-rainbow-sorting.jpg)
![sort and count a rainbow of color sort and count a rainbow of color](https://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mosaic-gems-rainbow-sorting-eggcarton.jpg)
![A rainbow of mosaic gems A rainbow of mosaic gems](https://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mosaic-gems-rainbow.jpg)
We chose to keep our mosaic gems for another day so we didn’t glue anything in place. We also didn’t have a purple gems, so we used light and dark blue. If you don’t have mosaic gems, you could do this same activity with color paper. You can make a variety of fun rainbow games and activities using these same rainbow colors mosaic gems. I’d love to hear what you come up with!
![Piles of rainbow activities Piles of rainbow activities](https://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/the-best-kids-rainbow-art-eats-activities-button.jpg)