Make a cute rainbow cloud craft out of a paper plate and crepe paper! I love how this craft turned out. It is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, spring, and rain / rainbow themed activities. We kept ours pretty simple, but if you want to make this project take longer, you could have your kiddo glue cotton balls all over the paper plate cloud.
Supplies Needed:
- paper plate
- crepe paper in red, yellow, orange, green, blue, and purple
- markers
- googly eyes (optional)
- scissors
- glue stick
How-To:
First cut your paper plate into a cloud shape. I drew a cloud shape first and then once I liked the shape, I cut it out.
Cut one 7-inch strip of each color of crepe paper. I measured with a ruler and drew a line. I let my son cut the strip along the line.
Glue the crepe paper onto the back of your cloud in rainbow-color order — you actually to have to glue the crepe paper in reverse order, starting with purple so when you flip it back to the front, red will then be the first color. We used a glue stick for this, but white school glue works too. Our plate was not quite wide enough for all of the crepe paper strips to fit, so we had to angle the red and the purple off to the side a bit.
To complete your craft, draw a face on your cloud. My son loves googly eyes so we used those for the cloud’s eyes.
OPTIONAL: Punch a hole at the top of your cloud. String a ribbon through the hole so that you can hang your cute rainbow cloud craft!
Extend the Learning
Pair this craft with books about COLORS and books about RAINBOWS.
Go on a color walk around your neighborhood and see if you can find all of the colors in the rainbow. Bonus points if you find them in rainbow-order!
Love rainbows? We have a fun tissue paper rainbow craft that you can make too!
