Spring is officially here! Which means very little for our family because we live in Colorado. This means Monday could be sunny and 70, Tuesday we could be under a thunder storm warning, and Wednesday could bring a blizzard. So, in honor of the crazy Colorado Spring weather, Mom of the Month will be focusing on weather for the next few weeks. We'll have weather-related crafts, experiments, and even recipes for you and your family to enjoy.
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
This activity is great for little ones who are first learning to cut.
Here's what you'll need: clear contact paper rolled out and cut into 8x11 pieces (you will need 2 pieces for each raindrop you wish to make), raindrop template, a pair of children's scissors, light and dark blue tissue paper (adults cut into long 1 inch strips)
Give your child the strips of tissue paper and the scissors and allow them to cut the strips into random pieces.
Carefully peel off the backing on one piece of contact paper and lay sticky-side up on the table (you may need to tape down the corners with some scotch tape to keep it from rolling up).
Have your child randomly stick their blue construction paper pieces to the contact paper.
When finished, carefully peel the backing off of the other piece of contact paper and lay sticky-side down on top of the piece with the construction pieces attached (sticky sides of contact paper together).
Trace the raindrop template onto the contact paper and cut out the raindrop shape.
Hang raindrops in a window so the light shines through.
