Cloud Picture Spring Craft

Kids of all ages will enjoy making a cloud picture spring craft. There are lots of different ways you can go about making cloud crafts, so I’ve put together a few ideas that we’ve done over the years.

Paper Towel Cloud Pictures

This one is super simple.  All you need is white paper towels, a glue stick, and blue construction paper.  Tear the paper towels into cloud shapes.  Younger kids can just go for your basic fluffy cloud, but older kids can try to tear the paper towel to look like an animal or other object.  Once you’ve sufficiently torn your paper towel, all you have to do is glue it to your construction paper.

For older kids, you could use chalk, water colors, or markers to add a little dimension to your clouds and really make a beautiful picture while teaching them a little about art.

Fluffy Cloud Pictures

This is another really easy cloud picture that you can do with younger kids.  All you have to do is glue cotton balls to blue construction paper.  You can also put the whole idea of the clouds into perspective for them by putting a “scene on the ground” below the clouds with crayon or marker.  Young children will just enjoy the sensory experience of gluing cotton balls to paper.

Abstract Cloud Craft

This craft is intended for kids that are ages 6 and above because younger kids will have a problem getting the concept.  I also think you could do this as a scouting or homeschool activity, especially if you threw in some facts about clouds like the different types, what makes them different colors, etc.

The idea is to cut cloud shapes out of scraps of material and glue it to the construction paper.  Try to have a variety of scraps available so that the kids can really let their imagination fly by using different patterns, colors, and shapes all in the same picture.

Also be careful with the scissors… they need to be a little sharper to cut fabric.

Lastly, if your younger child is having trouble making the connection between the craft and the clouds in the sky — take them outside and lay down in the grass with them.  I guarantee they’ll remember the day you laid down in the grass and looked at the clouds together for a long, long time.

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