Here’s a fun and simple kids craft about rain that uses everyday supplies:

🌧 Rain Cloud in a Cup Craft

Materials

• Clear plastic cup or jar
• Water
• Shaving cream
• Blue food coloring (or watered-down blue paint)
• Dropper, spoon, or straw

Directions

1. Fill the cup about ¾ full with water (this is the “air”).
2. Add shaving cream on top to make a fluffy “cloud.”
3. Mix blue food coloring with a little water in a separate cup.
4. Using a dropper, slowly drip the blue water onto the shaving cream cloud.
5. Watch the rain fall! The color will seep through the shaving cream and drip down into the water like rain from a cloud.

Learning Connection

• Explain how clouds hold water vapor.
• When the cloud gets too heavy, the water falls as rain—just like in the cup!

Optional Twist

• Use different colors (blue + green) to make a “rainbow rain cloud.”
• Place paper underneath and let the colors drip down to create rain art.