All about the weather ~ Kids Craft

Is there anything more British to talk about than the weather?

Nope, more interesting yes, but today, it’s all about the weather, and how I’m teaching weathery type stuff to my kiddos.

To keep it fun for the boys, I decided to make some felt stuffies of the types of weather we most often get down here in our little corner of the world.

The stuffies were easy make with just a few supplies

I decided to make stuffies of the following types of weather

sunshine / day time

cloudy

cloudy with sunshine

rain

thunder

snow

wind

and night time for the contrast between day and night

I drew relevant shapes on to the sheets of felt, a back and front piece for each stuffy, and cut those out.

I then used my alphabet stamps and ribbon to make a label for each stuffy.

Starting with the snow flake,

I used embroidery thread to sew the front and back pieces together {smiley face optional}

After inserting one end of the label between the two pieces of felt , I continued sewing the pieces together using a back stitch.

When there was only an inch or so left open, I stuffed in the toy stuffing, using a chop stick to get it in all the little nooks.

Once stuffed I continued sewing until it was all sewn up.

I repeated the process for each stuffy until they were all made up.

 

Using these combined with some flashcard pintable's from Mr Pintable's {an amazing site full of excellent ideas for your little ones} we’ve come up with a few ways to learn about the different types of weather and their impact on us.

Play & learn ideas

1. Matching up stuffies with the flash cards

2. Discussing the impact of each type of weather on people and the environment around us

3. Painting or drawing different scenes with weather as its main theme

4. Dress up, what clothes are suitable for different types of weather

5. Activities you can do in the different weather types, jumping in puddles, make mud pies, grow sunflowers, make a snowman  to name a few!