Rainbow Art Birthday Party

How do you know if a rainbow art birthday party is right for your kiddo? Well, is one of their favorite activities to draw, color, and/or paint? Do you wonder how you can tap into those interests and make your little artist feel special on their birthday? 

We have the birthday party theme for you! We have a few little artists of our own. One in particular loves it when she can paint. So, we decided to give her the best painting birthday party ever! 

We planned an art birthday party where all the decorations, food, and activities were bright This birthday party doubled as a rainbow-themed birthday. Let’s look at the details.

We have made our food labels and party invitations available for you to download. You can customize the food labels and party invitation to meet your needs by downloading them from our Etsy Store. Keep reading to learn about one of our most colorful parties!

The first step in party planning is always the invitations. We have you covered for this party.

We made this amazing rainbow art party invitation editable on Canva. That way you can add all of your party details for your party guests.

You can choose between two sizes: a digital invite for email or text, and a printable one to mail out to your guests. You can grab the invitation in our Etsy shop.

Your next step is party prep. We like to add this section so you know exactly what we ordered for our party and you don’t miss anything!

Ordering ahead of party week is important so you don’t have to scramble at the last minute if items don’t arrive. We have had this happen a time or two on party day. Making party day a breeze helps the mood be light and fun all day!

Here are the supplies we bought and used for our Rainbow Art Birthday Party:

Decorations transform the location into the party. There is nothing more exciting than walking into a party and being immersed in the theme. Here are the ways we transformed our space into a rainbow art birthday party celebration.

This was our biggest, best balloon arch we ever made! A show-stopper for sure. We could have used this as the only decoration and everyone would have been happy! Too bad we made other decorations beforehand.

The key to this balloon arch was the balloon sizer! It helped us make the balloons each the perfect size as you consistently decrease the size of the balloon per color. This also helped the rainbow become an arch! If you are interested in how to assemble this insane rainbow arch, you can check out this blog post here.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. We love, love, love balloons! If we didn’t have our giant rainbow balloon arch, we would have made more of these.

To make this balloon decoration, we made a basic balloon garland. When the garland was complete, we added a hole to the bottom of the paint can and tied the garland through the hole. This gave the illusion of the balloons coming out of the bucket. This was a simple decoration that made a big statement.

We filled vases with colored water and added some flowers to them. We ended up buying pre-colored flowers (and used baby’s breath) but you could also make your own.

If you are dying your own flowers, we suggest you set this up at least the day before so the flowers have time to color. We have a blog post that walks you through the process of this science experiment. It is simple and you can use any white flower.

Rainbow aprons are a perfect addition to the party! You can place them by the painting station as decoration until it is time to paint.

Then, you use them for the activity. Finally, you can send them home as a party favor! The kids love having their own aprons too!

These centerpieces were simple. We saved 6 tin cans leading up to the birthday party. Then we removed the labels, washed them, and dried them.

After we had all of them, we painted them. We painted the cans to look like paint drips in each color. Then we filled them with some matching tissue paper and colored paintbrushes. We bought these bigger paintbrushes and dipped the ends in the matching paint.

To add more color to the room, we covered the windows with colored cellophane. Each window had a different color, and we hung them in rainbow order.

We also hung colorful streamers from the ceiling, letting them fall down the walls. We used our cutting machine to make large, colorful letters that said: "Taste the Rainbow." These letters hung above our counter, where we set up all the delicious treats for the party.

This party had one major activity. We brought in a painting teacher and she led a kid-friendly painting class. She also taught the kids about blending colors, showing them how to mix different colors and create various shades.

The kids followed along to create their own rainbow painting. Watching them create was amazing! This activity got a bit messy. We were happy to have a colorful tablecloth underneath that we could wrap up and throw away afterward.

You could also guide your own painting class or follow one on YouTube.

Another activity we did at this party was a punch piñata. We created a rainbow paint palette from foam display board and tissue paper. Then, each guest got to punch a color of their choice for a prize!

This was a simple activity to assemble. It didn’t take long and the kids loved it! We filled the punch piñata with this assortment of squish toys. You could use candy instead as well.

We combined the ideas for an art party and rainbow party to cook up some great treats for this party! First, we bought a party pack of paper products that included plates, cups, utensils, and napkins that kept our theme perfectly. Next, we used colorful plastic tablecloths to protect the table when painting and eating.

We dipped rice krispie treats into colored candy melts. First, we put popsicle sticks into the rice crispy treats. Then, we dipped one into each color and let it drip down so they looked like dipped paintbrushes.

We bought a packet of Kool-Aid in every color of the rainbow. Then, we served a rainbow of drinks! Place each color in a glass pitcher or in large glass drink containers.

We made some colorful cupcakes. To make these cupcakes rainbow, we used white cake and separated the cake mix into 6 small bowls. We added food coloring to each bowl until we got the desired color. The color scheme of this party was bright—that was our goal!

Next, we made frosting. After we made the frosting, we split it into 6 bowls. Again, we added food coloring until we had our desired colors.

After the cupcakes were cooked and cooled, we frosted them. We wanted to create the paint palette look, so we frosted the cupcakes flat on the top.

These cupcakes were as delicious as they looked. We love how they also added to the decor displayed on a wooden paint palette.

We made a layered rainbow cake. The cake itself was a 3-layer, 8-inch white cake frosted with white. After the cake was all frosted, we scraped a rainbow onto the cake. Such a simple cake that looked great with the rainbow art birthday party theme.

Kids love bringing home party favors to remember the fun. It’s a small way to thank your guests for coming.

We sent home these cute watercolor paint palettes. You could also get surprises from the punch piñata or jumbo, colorful rainbow lollipops. We set the lollipops on our treat table and encouraged the kids to take them home to enjoy. (You're welcome, parents!)

This rainbow art party was so fun to plan and prepare. Watching our little artists create was even more fun! We hope your rainbow art birthday party can be just as fun! We can’t wait to see what you create!