[Childcare] Rainy days can be fun too! Recommended rainy-season craft ideas for June

Experiential: Let’s go see the droplets and express them

“Let’s Make Droplets!” [Middle Preschool Class, June Activities] Paints and Drawing Paper – Creative Expression

When it rains, droplets form in all kinds of places, don’t they? Let’s observe those droplets and try expressing them in various ways.

On a rainy day, go outside with umbrellas or raincoats.

First, observe the droplets on the playground equipment you usually play on, the droplets that fall onto your hands, and the droplets on windows.

After carefully observing what shapes they are and how they cling to the equipment, go back inside and express the droplets using drawing paper, paints, and more.

Each child can draw on their own sheet of paper, or you can prepare a large canvas and create something together.

It’s a creative activity that reveals how droplets appear through children’s eyes.

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[Origami] Colorful Umbrella Decoration

[Rainy Season Craft] Perfect for the rainy season! Make colorful umbrellas with origami! Great for mobiles too!

Let’s make a three-dimensional umbrella out of origami—an essential item for rainy days! The steps are very simple.

Prepare 10 sheets of origami paper, all cut into circles of the same size.

Fold each one into quarters.

Once you’ve folded all 10, glue them together one by one, stacking them up.

Finally, take a pipe cleaner, bend it into a curved shape to resemble the umbrella handle, and tape it to the center of the stacked origami.

You’re done! If you hang everyone’s creations from the ceiling, even rainy days will feel cheerful.

Try using different colors and patterns of origami to make your very own favorite umbrella.

Rain art made with colored water

[Rainy Season Craft] Colored Water Rain Art

On rainy days when you can’t play outside, why not take your time enjoying art indoors? Here’s a rain-themed art activity using colored water.

First, draw a rainy-day picture on construction paper with crayons.

People holding umbrellas, snails, frogs, and hydrangeas are great ideas.

Next, prepare blue, red, and yellow colored water, and use a dropper to place drops of your chosen colors across the paper.

Finally, lift the paper vertically, and the colored water will run down as if rain is falling.

It’s fascinating to watch the water flow downward and see the colors blend together—what an interesting piece of art.

I can’t wait to see how the children react.

[Age 5] Umbrella bouquet made with paper plates

Let’s make a festive umbrella bouquet to brighten up your space.

Cut a paper plate in half, then trim the cut edge into an arch to resemble the rim of an umbrella.

Cut out the handle from another part of the paper plate and attach it to the umbrella piece.

Paint the umbrella and handle in bright colors, then glue on flowers made from tissue paper to finish.

Adding round stickers to the centers of the flowers makes them look even more realistic.

When you display it, punch a hole in the handle, thread a string through, and hang it so the umbrella is upside down.

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[Stickers] Colorful Umbrellas and Frogs

Let’s try making a cute craft with a colorful umbrella and a little frog.

With this idea, kids can enjoy fingertip stamping and sticking stickers.

Have the children use finger stamps to make a rainy pattern on a sheet of construction paper that will serve as the background.

Next, cut out the umbrella and frog parts from construction paper.

An adult should do the cutting.

Once the parts are ready, decorate the umbrella by adding stickers to make patterns.

You can draw the frog’s face, but it’s also recommended to paste a photo of the child—this makes it look like they’re wearing the frog’s raincoat and it’s super cute.

Finally, glue the umbrella and frog parts onto the background sheet, and you’re done!

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[Age 3] A Coffee Filter Umbrella

[Rainy Season Craft] Make Cute Coffee Filter Umbrellas! Perfect for the Rainy Season! [For 3-Year-Olds]

Here’s a craft idea for making umbrellas where kids can enjoy bleed art using coffee filters.

First, cut off the rim of the coffee filter to make it a bit smaller, then have the children draw patterns on it with water-based markers.

Once the patterns are drawn, spray water with a mister and enjoy watching the ink bleed.

Since fine details won’t be visible once the colors bleed, let the children know this in advance.

After the water dries, cut a slit in the center of the bottom, thread a chenille stem (pipe cleaner) through to secure it, and curl the handle at the end to finish.

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[For ages 4] 3D umbrellas made from construction paper

[Nursery/Kindergarten] Umbrella Craft Ideas ♪ Cute Hanging Decorations! [Rainy Season & June Crafts/How-To]

Let’s make a 3D umbrella using construction paper and a straw.

If you connect them with string, they could also work as a mobile or garland.

First, prepare construction paper cut into circles.

Fold each circle in half, then fold it in half again.

Make seven of these in different colors.

Align the directions and glue six of them together, then attach a straw at the center and glue on the last piece.

Bend the accordion section of the straw to form the handle, and your umbrella is complete.

You can also make this idea with origami paper and chenille stems (pipe cleaners), which is recommended if you want a lighter umbrella.

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