This simple rain craft for kids is perfect for preschoolers or as a craft for toddlers.
As well as being easy to make it uses items that you’re likely to have at home and along with our other weather crafts and activities it’s a great one if you’re looking at weather crafts or spring crafts.
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Rain Cloud Craft
This rain craft is so easy to that I did actually question if I should even share it, but I know that when you’re looking for activities to do with young kids then often the more ideas you have up your sleeve the better!
If you like this activity make sure that you bookmark this page or pin an image and at the end of this post you’ll also find links to more easy weather crafts for kids that you might like to try out too.
If you want something that’s even easier to prepare why not check out our free rain cloud template and we’ve also shared a few rain crafts for kids to make using it.
Free Weather Craft Templates
On this site I’ve shared loads of free templates for kids crafts that you can download.
They’re perfect for coloring, painting or encouraging some creativity when you need to come up with a rainy day craft in a hurry!
With each template you’ll find some easy ideas that you can try out at home or in a classroom using basic materials that you probably already have – think scissors, construction paper and markers rather than anything expensive!
These are some of my favorite templates for weather crafts that I think could work well alongside this activity.
Craft Supplies Needed
- Paper or cardstock
- Cotton balls
- Glue – either a glue stick or school glue (PVA glue)
- Blue paint
- Plate or tray
- Pom poms
- Cotton buds
Rain Craft
To make this start with some card or paper – card will hold the weight of this craft better than paper so if you can use that I’d recommend it.
It’s also less likely to become over saturated if your child uses a lot of glue, you don’t want your craft to end up tearing!
Draw on a cloud shape using glue and fill the cloud shape in a bit with the glue too.
Next glue on some cotton balls, this is a really nice sensory craft material to use and you can try either just putting the cotton wool straight onto the glue or unrolling them first.
If you don’t have any cotton balls available at home then you could also try to make your cloud using gray or white yarn.
Next up are your raindrops. Pop some blue paint onto a plate so that it’s easier to access and then print these on.
The ones I’ve done are two different sizes as it’s a good excuse to use different materials, I’ve used a cotton bud for the smaller ones and a pom pom for the larger ones but another alternative could be finger painting too.
You could also use different shades of blue paint for this craft by adding some white to your blue paint to make it lighter.
More Weather Crafts For Kids
This rain art is really easy to make and using our printable umbrella shape means that you don’t have to worry about drawing the umbrella yourself!
The main skill here is coloring on a bit of paper so it’s good craft for toddlers and kids in preschool or pre-k too.
Or for those of you who’d rather think of warmer weather this paper plate sun is really simple and was a collaborative project made by my kids.
Finally these paper plate snowflakes are really fun to decorate and can hold a lot more paint and decorations than the traditional paper ones.