Most children love to get their hands dirty while making crafts. They love the feel of finger paints oozing between their fingers and really don’t mind having glitter all over them. In fact, many of them think that’s the best part of art projects! If you’re looking for a fun sunny day project, you may want to consider teaching your child how to make a cloud picture. Not only will you get some artistic time with your kids but you’ll get some outside time together too.
Before you begin the cloud art, you’ll want to show the kids how to research. This can be done by encouraging them to spend time watching the clouds pass by. They’ll be able to see the various shapes, sizes, and colors of clouds, which you may want include in sketches. This will also give them ideas of how they can create their pictures.
Your child can use any number of mediums to create their cloud pictures. You might want to have shaving cream, finger paints, food coloring, cotton balls, paper towels, and glue on hand to make the cloud pictures suggested below. You’ll also want to have plenty of finger paint paper available because it’s unlikely your child will want to stop with just one cloud picture!
Cotton Ball Cloud Picture
You can draw a pattern of a cloud for the children to use as a base for their picture, or you can allow them to create their own clouds, if their picture is made from cotton balls. If this is the method you’re using, have the children pull the cotton balls apart slightly and then glue the cotton to the paper. For older children, you may want to consider using a roll of cotton, which allows for the making of wispy clouds.
Paper Towel Cloud Picture
For this type of picture, children will need several white paper towels, glue, and blue construction paper. They can tear the paper towels into pieces and glue them into shapes that they feel look like clouds. Let them use their imagination to create images much like they would see in nature. You may also want to have gray and black paper on hand in case they want to depict a rainy or stormy sky.
Shaving Cream Cloud Picture
Children love playing with shaving cream and this is one craft that is sure to please. Squeeze a blob of shaving cream onto a piece of paper made for finger painting. Allow them to add a few drops of food coloring to the shaving cream and mix the food coloring in. Let the children use the colored shaving cream to paint clouds. If the food coloring wasn’t completely mixed, the variations can become the shadows of the clouds.
Children, and some adults, all over the world love to watch the clouds pass overhead as they lie on their back in the grass. This is an activity to share with your children to calm them down before making crafts, and will also encourage them as they learn how to make a cloud picture. Be prepared, however. Your child may enjoy the craft so much they want to decorate their whole room with all of their pictures.
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