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Rain Cloud Craft for Kids

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I’m super excited for spring and all the fun it brings: playing at the park, jumping in mud puddles (or in the case of my kids, riding their bikes through mud puddles and flinging mud on the back of their shirts), going on picnics, bike riding, planting flowers, and so much more.

When I think of spring, I often think of the favorite springtime proverb: April Showers Bring May Flowers. Since we will soon be approaching April, we decided to make this fun Rain Cloud Craft.

This rain cloud craft for kids is a super fun activity to bring in spring! Made with simple materials, it also makes a great classroom display!

Rain Cloud Craft

This is a super inexpensive craft that uses items you likely have on hand. This makes it awesome for a classroom project or display!

Supplies:

  • Paper plate
  • Cotton balls
  • Glue
  • Raindrops (free printable)
  • White card stock
  • Watercolors
  • Yarn or string (we used a light blue yarn)
  • Tape

This rain cloud craft for kids is a super fun activity to bring in spring! Made with simple materials, it also makes a great classroom display!

Making the Rain Cloud Craft

1. Cut a paper plate in 1/2. This project uses just 1/2 of the paper plate per child.

2. Working in small sections, apply glue to the paper plate and add cotton balls, covering the plate.

This rain cloud craft for kids is a super fun activity to bring in spring! Made with simple materials, it also makes a great classroom display! 3. Print the raindrops template onto white card stock.

4. Using watercolors, paint the raindrops and allow to dry.

This rain cloud craft for kids is a super fun activity to bring in spring! Made with simple materials, it also makes a great classroom display! 5. Once dry, cut the raindrops out and hang from the cloud (plate). We used tape to attach one end of a piece of yarn to the back of each raindrop and the other end of the yarn to the back of the paper plate, so that the raindrops are hanging from the cloud. We used slightly different lengths of yarn for each raindrop.

This rain cloud craft for kids is a super fun activity to bring in spring! Made with simple materials, it also makes a great classroom display! Note on glue: I’m often quick to grab glue sticks for our projects, because they are easier to use and create less potential for a mess. However, I have been making an effort to use the liquid bottle of glue more often, because squeezing the glue bottle strengthens the muscles in little hands! 

This rain cloud craft for kids is a super fun activity to bring in spring! Made with simple materials, it also makes a great classroom display!

More fun for Spring

For even more spring themed fun, make your own spring flowers play dough kit, or download fun printables and games with our seasonal math and literacy bundle packs! 

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Filed Under: Arts and Crafts, First Grade, Holiday/Seasonal, Kindergarten Tagged With: crafts for kids, Spring

About Kim

Kim is a medical social worker turned stay at home mom to three. She enjoys sharing simple crafts and activities, parenting and homemaking tips, and a lot of holiday and seasonal fun at The Resourceful Mama.

Comments

  1. Ducks n a Row says

    March 19, 2016 at 5:47 am

    This craft is adorable! We are studying W is for Weather this year in preschool so guess what the craft is going to be? Thanks to you, Kim … this one! I am so glad I looked at Twitter just at the right time and FOUND this post 🙂
    Sinea ♥

    Reply
    • Alex says

      March 19, 2016 at 6:55 pm

      Yay Sinea! We are so glad this craft will be perfect for your weather unit! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Donna Depner says

    April 10, 2017 at 6:14 am

    I love all these awesome ideas. My children are enjoy these for sure.

    Reply

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