Rain Cloud Sun Catcher

Kids can make a fluffy rain cloud suncatcher craft to celebrate spring with their own rain shower mobile. It looks great hanging from the ceiling and is the perfect addition to springtime crafting or a weather unit with your students.

Materials:

1. Cotton balls
2. Blue permanent mark (the crayola markers will not work on the plastic milk jug when it comes to coloring the raindrops)
3. Empty plastic milk carton
4. Mini hole punch
5. Fishing line or string
6. White cardstock or substantial paper plate
7. Scissors
8. Glue
9. Hanger
10. Zip tie (clear or white in color)

Directions:

• Start by letting your child draw a cloud shape using the white cardstock or paper plate. Plain computer paper will not work with this activity.
• Lightly apply Elmer’s glue to the paper and add the cotton balls and wait until dry.
• Cut out teardrop shapes from the milk carton. Recommend an adult handle this part for the kids because the milk carton can be difficult to cut through. Alternate option: Color the cardstock paper with several blue colors and cut out raindrop shapes from the paper.Let your child color the tear drop shapes with the blue permanent marker.
• Have an adult punch a hole at the top of each tear drop as the plastic milk jug/cardstock
• Punch a hole for each tear drop at the bottom of the cloud. Secure fishing line through the holes in the cloud varying the length and attaching the fishing line to the top of each tear drop.
• To display it, you can punch two holes at the top of the cloud and tie the fishing line at the top to make a loop to hang from or you can attach the cloud to a hanger with a zip tie preferably clear or white in color.

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