Penguin and Little Missy were busy having lots of fun watering the plants at Granny and Gramps’ house and playing with the sprinkler.
A little Later Little Missy was watering the grass and she calls out “Look Mummy, I’ve made a Rainbow.” And indeed she had made a rainbow; and it was beautiful.
It reminded me of and experiment we had bookmarked in a library book nearly a year ago. Sadly we never did the experiment and the book (having been renewed a few times) finally went back to the library. The book, Backyard Science by Chris Maynard explained how to make a rainbow and the science behind what happened when a rainbow is made.
To make a rainbow you basically need just two things, a lovely sunny day and a water sprinkler. Stand with your back to the sun and hold the sprinkler up in front of you. A rainbow will appear. How wonderful!
Sunlight is made up of different colours that we don’t normally see. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. Usually we just see sunlight as white light. Sunlight hits the waterdrops and the different colours seperate and we can see them in the form of a rainbow.
Have fun making rainbows 🙂
The Real Lara Shoe 
How lovely! Rainbows are beautiful and fascinating! Sarah #FabFridayPost
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Indeed they are 😄
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This is just so gorgeous, it made my day, what sunshine inspiration! #FabFridayPost
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Awww thanks 😄
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Lovely! Great picture. Rainbows are beautiful, my kids love them. What a great thing to have done and noticed! #fabfridaypost
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Thanks, it was a beautiful moment 😄
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I know what we are doing tomorrow at the grandparents! Thanks for this wonderful idea! #FabFridayPost
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Hope the weather was good for it!!
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There is nothing better than playing with a hose or sprinkler on a hot day! Plus that is a beautiful garden to be playing in! The rainbow is an amazing discovery, and you photographed it brilliantly too. #FabFridayPost
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They certainly had lots of fun. Hopefully there will be a few more hot days 😄
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Oh Wow! How delightful and what a great experiment to do! It sound so easy but I can never it to make it work! lol! Must try with the kiddies. I have Pinned! #FabFridayPost
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Probably if I’d have decided to try it it wouldn’t have worked!! Just remember to have the sun behind you!
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Wow I never knew that you could make a rainbow like that! I can’t wait to try it! Thank you so much for that my boys will love it 😀 #fabfridaypost
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Hope you get the right weather to try it soon 😀
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