Celebrate National Weather Observers Day in May

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Celebrate National Weather Observers Day

Find out how you can celebrate National Weather Observers Day on May 4th. Find ideas for crafts, games, and other activities.

Crafts to Make:

Make clouds to hang from the ceiling by gluing cotton balls on white paper shapes.
Make this Rain Hat Craft.
Make an Umbrella Picture.
Make your own Wind Chimes, Socks, and Whirl-I-Gigs.
Check out this unique, weather-related costume.
Print out and color this rainbow.
Make a collage by cutting out pictures of weather related items out of magazines. You can make a cold weather collage, a hot weather collage, etc...
Cut large rain drop shapes out of heavy paper and fingerpaint them blue!
Here are even more weather-related crafts and activities.

Other Things to do:

What is your favorite kind of weather?
Discuss the different clothing/protection you need in different kinds of weather.
Record the weather on a chart/graph all week or all month.
Sing one of these weather songs.
Try this Measuring Rainfall Activity.
Learn more about weather by checking out this Weather Glossary.
Go outside and see if you can see shapes in the clouds.

Guide since 1997

Sherri Osborn
Family Crafts Guide