Are you looking for creative ways to add some color to your crafts or educational activities? Our free printable rainbow templates are perfect for a variety of projects, from coloring pages to decor to crafts.
These printable rainbow templates are perfect for kids of all ages- from preschoolers to elementary ages kids. Simply print out the template you want, cut out the rainbows (or let the kids do it!), and let your kids get creative.
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These rainbow outlines are easy to download and print- making it that much easier to do fun, hands-on activities and arts & crafts with your kids!
How to Use the Rainbow Templates
So what exactly can you do with an outline of a rainbow? So many things! They can be used for:
- Simple coloring pages for kids
- Stencils for painting or tracing
- Classroom bulletin boards
- Collages
- Playdough mats
- Cutting practice
And here are a few rainbow crafts or activities you could do with these rainbow outlines:
Rainbow Garland: print and cut out lots of rainbows and let the kids paint or color them. Have fun with different art mediums. Once they are dry attach the rainbows to a string for a fun garland!
Rainbow Collage: Give your child a large rainbow template and different colored objects such as buttons, stickers, fruit loops, or pompoms. Let them glue the objects onto the rainbow template.
Rainbow Tissue Paper Collage: Decorate large rainbows by gluing down squares of tissue paper. Alternatively you could use bleeding tissue paper and water or crumble the tissue paper like in this rainbow tissue paper craft.
You might also like these summer coloring pages to go along with these templates:
Download the Free Rainbow Templates Now
There are lots of different rainbow outlines options to choose from.
These templates are in an easy to download and print PDF format.
They are free for your personal or classroom use.
To download, simply click on the image of the template you want and it will download to your device.
Rainbow Template #1
This first template is perfect to use as a base for crafts. Kids will love decorating their own rainbow creations!
You can choose from one large rainbow, 2 medium ones, or 3 small rainbows.
Large Rainbow Outline
Medium Rainbow Outline
Small Rainbow Template
Rainbow Template #2
This next rainbow template is a simple one with 2 clouds. It has large lines for easy cutting.
You can choose from one large rainbow, 2 medium ones, or 3 small rainbows.
Large Rainbow Template
Medium Rainbow Outline
Small Rainbow Outline
Rainbow Template #3
This next outline has space for more colors, with thinner lines.
You can choose from one large rainbow, 2 medium ones, or 3 small rainbows.
Large Rainbow Outline
Medium Rainbow Outline
Small Rainbow Outline
Rainbow Template #4
This next outline is perfect if you want room for all 7 colors of the rainbow. It doesn’t have any clouds.
You can choose from one large rainbow, 2 medium ones, or 3 small rainbows.
Large Rainbow Outline
Medium Rainbow Outline
Small Rainbow Outline
You are free to use these rainbow outlines for personal use at home or in the classroom. Please don’t share the file, but if you’d like to share the templates with friends, please forward this page to them so that they can download the file themselves. These downloads may not be used in any commercial fashion.
Looking for more rainbow fun? Check out these fun Rainbow Coloring Pages!
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