Teaching the letters U or R? Create this fun umbrella craft with raindrops! Free printable umbrella template included!
We love incorporating creative ideas into our homeschool. When we were learning all about the letter U, the boys got to do this fun little umbrella craft with raindrops that definitely fit the bill! They had a blast adding the raindrops to their umbrella! I enjoyed the project because it was fun for them and easy for me!
Materials Needed for Umbrella Raindrop Craft:
- construction paper
- scissors
- glue stick
- school glue
- printable umbrella template (download link below)
Instructions for the Umbrella Raindrop Craft:
Choose the colors for your umbrella. Cut out the pieces. FYI, I just drew the parts of the umbrella freehand. However, I have created a printable template below for you to download and use!
Once you have assembled the umbrella pieces, use the glue stick to adhere them to the construction paper. Now, the fun begins! Start adding dots of school glue all over the paper.
Next, hang the project up to dry. This will give you the raindrop effect! Below is a photo before the glue dried completely.
And below is a photo of the umbrella craft after the glue dried. Notice all the little “raindrops” falling on the page!
Craft Idea: Sprinkle glitter over the wet glue. This will make your raindrops sparkly! Be sure to check out more of the creative ideas I have to share with you all!
Umbrella-themed picture books:
Be sure to grab one of the umbrella-themed picture books below to go along with the umbrella craft!
Download Instructions:
Ready to download the FREE Umbrella Raindrop Craft Template? Click the button below to get access to the printable pdf file.
Mama Jenn
Julie Ann, I love you idea! So cute!!
Julie Ann
Thank you, I also made one with the raindrops going sideways as in a windy, rainy day.
Mama Jenn
Very cool!!!
Mama Jenn
Julie Ann, I love you idea! So cute!!
Michelle Swanson
Please let me know when the Umbrella template is ready…I need one before Wed….using this activity with the sub while I help with Kindergarten Roundup…. Thank you! Michelle
Mama Jenn
HI Michelle! The printable template is all done and can be downloaded from the blog post!
Mama Jenn
Thanks! Your turned out great!!
Mama Jenn
Thanks Lindsey!
Mama Jenn
Thanks for sharing our project!
Cindy_deRosier
I’m the Editorial Assistant for Fun Family Crafts and I wanted to let you know that we have featured your umbrella project! You can see it here:
http://funfamilycrafts.com/umbrella-with-raindrops/
If you have other kid friendly crafts, we’d love it if you would submit them. If you would like to display a featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above. Thanks for a wonderful project idea!
Kayla Fay
What a great craft…Elijah, God made the rain, rainy day fun with the god-children…Noah. Thank you so much!
CMEI TORTATO
Postei com sua autoria. Valeu!
Erin@The Phillips Fam
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Helene
Those are adorable! And such a great craft for us this week, as it’s supposed to rain for 3 days straight!
kristin at preschool daze
oh boy, U WEEK is coming…we’re going to give this a try!
thank you!!!
Michelle
This is great!!
Amber
I love this idea!! Thanks for sharing.
Jennifer @ The Toy Box Years
That is such an awesome idea!! Putting this one in my rainy day file!!
Thanks for sharing!
rm
Loving this idea too!
Erin@The Phillips Fam
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Mommy of Two
Very cool, I’m doing a weather unit with my daughter. You always have such great ideas!
Helene
Those are adorable! And such a great craft for us this week, as it’s supposed to rain for 3 days straight!
Rosana Garcia Hess
I just loved this…I´ll try with my stds.
Thanks for sharing
kisses from Brazil
Katina Rice
How cute! I love it! Thanks for sharing!