Paint the popsicle sticks the colors of the rainbow. You can just choose to create indigo and a violet shade but we just created purple. As I stated above, you can purchase these popsicle sticks already in the shades of the rainbow, which makes this easy for a classroom craft.

While the sticks are drying, paint your buttons if needed. If your buttons are already gold then you can skip to the next step.

Draw a pot and cut it out.

Using a small popsicle stick (or a cutdown piece of cardstock) attach your painted popsicle sticks together. Make sure you set them up in the correct order to create your rainbow.

Glue on the pot at the bottom of the rainbow.

Glue on the buttons at the top of the pot to create your pot of gold.

Glue on cotton balls to the top of the rainbow. We pulled them apart a little and only needed two.

This step is optional but we used a white gel pen to create some dimension in the pot. This isn't necessary we just thought it made it stand out better.