CHILDREN around the UK are have been painting rainbows and placing them in windows to offer a message of hope during the coronavirus lockdown.
In addition, the rainbows are being used as a sign of support for the NHS who have been working tirelessly on the frontline through the global pandemic.
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With families stuck indoors and kids home from school, Brits are being urged to show their support in any way they can – with many taking up the fun and creative rainbow challenge.
But rather than using pencils or crayons to create a colourful masterpiece like most, one creative mum thought of a fun and unique way to “grow a rainbow” using kitchen roll and water.
Emma Clark, from Harlow, Essex, cut out rainbows from kitchen roll and used colourful felt-tip pens to colour in the bottom edges.
Using all the colours – red, orange, yellow one side and green, blue and purple on the other – the crafty mum explained that by dipping the coloured edges in a glass of water, the colours will gradually “grow”.
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Explaining the process on Facebook, Emma said: ” You don’t need to keep it in the water until the whole rainbow is covered otherwise the kitchen towel will start to disintegrate.
“Leave it in until it creeps up a little and then take it out (it will continue to grow).”
And while the process seems simple, you’ll need to be sure not to completely soak the kitchen roll by holding it in the water, but simply dipping the very edges, as Emma demonstrated in a short clip.
Emma admitted the first attempt didn’t go to plan, but her and her kids managed to perfect the colourful rainbows using this very creative method.
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The crafty mum shared the hack to the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group, which boasts over 1.3 million group members.
Her post has racked up over a 1.5k Facebook likes with many praising the mum for her creative abilities.
Many parents loved the idea so much that they suggested trying it with their own kids.
NHS Nightingale – which saw the ExCel conference centre be turned into a hospital in two weeks – recently asked families to get creative with their drawings and send them in so they could cover the empty walls of the coronovirus wards and help lift the spirits of everyone at the hospital.
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One Facebook page called Chase The Rainbow urged: “Create a rainbow picture to display in your window so that children can go rainbow spotting whilst out for walks.”
And people are now sharing their photos all over Twitter with #chasetherainbow.
Chase The Rainbow creator Alice Aske, from Somerset, said: “My daughter expressed how she was sad that she won’t be able to see her friends.
“We love being involved in Somerset rocks where you paint rocks for people to find, but we needed something that you weren’t touching for fear of passing on the virus.
“This also means that if you are isolating, you can give people a wave if they have a rainbow in the window.”
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