Ideas please for a 4 year old obsessed with rainbows???

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DS is 4 at the end of this month. For the last couple of months he has become increasingly obsessed with rainbows and all the colours of the rainbow. He recites them to himself and anyone who will listen all day from morning to night. He sorts his lego, pens, pencils, paintbrushes etc in to the rainbow colours and this goes on all day every day. We have tried painting, drawing rainbows, looking at books with rainbows in them. My dad bought him a prism so he could "make" rainbows himself. When we go to the greengrocer we look for fruit and veg for each of the colours of the rainbow.

To be honest, I'm finding it increasingly wearing and repetitive. Some days I feel my head will explode if I hear any more about rainbows! I'd love some ideas of things we could do together to give his passion for rainbows a bit more focus. Even his play leader at playgroup is at a loss.

Any ideas???

I think you have done everything you can to keep his enthusiasm for rainbows alive. Could you not try and change the rainbow obsession to something else or is he adamant rainbows are his thing?

The Think Tank in Birmingham is very good and If you can take him there he may find something else to turn his interest to.

What a about a seal life centre, does he like animals?

Everything you have said youve done has taught him so much. He might just be going through an obsessive phase. My little brother was obsessed with making planes. My grandad had to take him to the airport every sat. My uncle used to make paper aeroplanes with him.

I know how you feel with it being wearing. I used to look after a little girl who HAD to stick things on paper all the time. I was forever collecting leaves, straws and cutting out bits of paper!

Is aquadraw rainbow coloured?
Giant piece of paper [or lots of bits joined together] and a rainbow mural for bedroom.
Mobile in room made by him.
Tape featuring rainbow song for in his room

Or rainbow ban and change the subject every time Rainbows come up.

saw this!

www.theglowcompany.co.uk/acatalog/RAINBOW-IN-MY-ROOM.html

Get him a Rainbow in My Room here We have one and it's great.

You could buy him a prism, then he could have a rainbow anytime! What a nice thought.
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Talk about how you can't get to the end of the rainbow and expand to other optical illusions?

Here's a rainbow-based optical illusion:

Would suggest watching the Wizard of Oz but possibly a bit scary for a 4 year old!

Making one with a hose in the garden on a sunny day is always good - if a bit much for every day!

Thank you. Some really nice ideas and reassurance that I'm not a bad mummy / going mad for finding the rainbow obsession a bit of a chore...

Will definitely think about the Rainbow in My Room for his birthday. We have just moved house and one of the first things he asked for was a rainbow mural in his room. Given that everything in the new house needs doing and that he will probably grow out of the rainbows eventually I was a bit hesitant about spending the time / effort to create a perfect rainbow on his wall (and it would have to be perfect) so the projector is a great compromise

Aaaaaah, no suggestions, but reminds me of DS1, who used to be obsessed with jellyfish (before that it was trains, before that it was streetlights....)

I love little kids (boys?) and their obsessions. He'll move on to another one sooner or later, and I bet it means he's got good concentration!

show him a rainbow trout, maybe he'll get interested in fish instead .

my son was obsessed with the london underground.

Can you try and extend it to get him interested in weather? Starting off with why rainbows happen, and then building on that?

Science Museum could be good - whereabouts are you? If Yorkshire then I recommend the Eureka Cente in Halifax, though not cheap. The Film/TV museum in Bradford is free with a whole gallery on optical illusions.