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We are making preschool weather art today together. Let’s take a look out the window and let’s create weather art together! Our fun and easy weather art for preschoolers and kindergarten-aged kids is perfect for recreating the weather outside the home or classroom.

weather art made with construction paper, paint, and cotton balls for preschoolers — Weather art for preschoolers painted with cotton balls.

Weather Learning for Kids

We’ve been discussing the weather and meteorologists at school. One of the jobs the kids do each morning is to look out the window and see what the weather is like. So, I had them paint what it looked like using cotton balls. That particular day it was cloudy and rainy. I gave them black and white paint and they learned that if they mixed it together it made grey.

How to make weather art

Take a look outside. Is it sunny, cloudy, rainy, or storming, or maybe there is snow falling? Have kids paint what they see. Give them basic colors to use so that they can experiment mixing colors together, such as black and white to make grey, and red and yellow to make orange.

Supplies needed to make weather art

You need paint, blue construction paper, a clothes peg, cotton balls, and a paper plate for preschoolers to make weather art — Gather paint, blue construction paper, and cotton balls to make your weather art.

Construction paper – black for night, blue for daytime
Paint
Cotton balls
Clothes peg

Instructions for making weather art

paint weather art using cotton balls and mixing paint colors like red and yellow to make orange — Pick up a cotton ball with a peg, dip it in paint, and create your weather art.

Step 1

Pick up a cotton ball with your peg. Dip the cotton ball into the paint and begin painting the weather outside onto your construction paper.

Kids can experiment with mixing colors like black and white together to make grey clouds, or red and yellow together for the sun.

rainy day weather art for preschoolers paint with cotton balls and finger painting — Dip your fingers in the paint to make fingerprint raindrops on your weather art.

Step 2

To make raindrops on your rainy day weather art, dip your fingers into the paint and fingerpaint raindrops onto the construction paper. Kids will love getting messy with this step.

Our finished weather art for preschoolers

rainy day and sunny day weather art for kindergarten and preschool — Experiment with mixing colors and painting with cotton balls with this weather art.

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Cotton Ball Weather Art

Use cotton balls, paint, and construction paper to make weather art with preschoolers.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Active Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

Construction paper - blue
Paint - black, white, red, and yellow
Cotton balls
Clothes peg

Instructions

Pour paint onto a paper plate.
Pick up the cotton ball with the peg and dip it into the paint.
Experiment with mixing colors like black and white to make grey clouds, or red and yellow to make orange in the sun.
Paint what the weather looks like outside your window.