Rainy Day Paper Umbrella Craft

Spring brings many rainy days and if you and your kids are stuck at home because of the rain, why not take advantage of it and make this fun rainy day paper umbrella craft?

You only need paper, glue and scissors to create the most colorful handmade umbrellas with your little ones. This one just screams to be displayed on the refrigerator.

*This post contains affiliate links*

We have shown you how to make paper umbrellas this way, but they are more decorative than the kind that hang on the refrigerator. So this time we’re going to make a spring craft that has a cool 3D effect and can easily be hung on the wall (or a spring bulletin board if you’re making this in the classroom).

Related: spring coloring pages

How to make handmade paper umbrellas on a rainy day

What you need:

• pencil
• drag
• glue
• White paper
• colored paper (e.g. light green, red, green, yellow, blue, purple and brown)

Step-by-step instructions

Sky

Have your child cut a circle from light blue paper. You can also cut a circle from an old cereal box and paint it blue (it’s recyclable).

Make an umbrella

The canopy we made consists of 10 parts (you can use more to make the umbrella fuller or a few parts less). You can let your child cut out the circles themselves (using round objects as stencils – cups work great) or let them use a paper punch.

Now fold the circles. Take the first circle and fold it in half.

Then, fold it in half again.

To create the first umbrella piece, have your child unfold the last fold and apply glue to the surface.

Gently press together.

Fold another paper circle in the same way. We recommend making the second one the same color as the first to make the colors really pop but your child can choose any color they like.

Apply glue to one of the folded circles (on one side) and glue another circle on it.

Gently press together to secure the glue.

Have your child repeat this process with other paper circles.

As they create more folded paper circles, ask them to overlap them as they go.

You can make the umbrellas as many colors as you like or even just use a single umbrella.

We think the more the better for a good-looking umbrella.

Once the pieces are glued together, have the kids apply some glue on the background circle (or on the umbrella), unfold the umbrella parts, and glue the umbrella onto the background circle.

Let’s aim it a little to the top.

Handle

Now, draw the handle of the umbrella on the brown paper and cut it out.

This part should be glued under the umbrella.

Clouds

Have children draw floating clouds on a white piece of paper.

Ask them to glue the clouds onto the light blue sky.

The craft of making paper umbrellas on rainy days is completed! You can also add some raindrops by drawing them with a marker or using scraps of paper from a hole puncher.

We love how colorful it is!

Want instant access to all of our printable crafts, activities and resources?

With thousands of crafts, activities, worksheets, coloring pages, and drawing guides to print, you’ll always have the resources you need at hand. Perfect for both parents and teachers!

Sign up now and start printing!

Categories: Activities for Kids
Source: fetb.edu.vn