10 Weather Activities And Crafts For Kids

Wouldn’t you agree that preschool is a wonderful stage to teach young children about weather and climate? Introducing them to the weather at such an early stage helps make them better equipped to understand the seasonal changes in their surroundings.

While these activities will not get into the depth of weather, climate, and seasonal changes, I can assure you that your children will learn new words and have a basic understanding of different weather phenomena by the end of these activities. 

Fun Weather Activities And Crafts for Kids

Type of Clouds

This hands-on weather activity allows your child to explore different types of clouds through touch and creativity, enhancing both their science knowledge and fine motor skills.

You give your child the joy of learning when you join in and talk about each cloud shape together.

With your support, this fun project sparks curiosity about weather and encourages observation of the world around them.

Paper Cup Window Weather

You help your child learn about weather in a playful, creative way with this paper cup window activity. By making and decorating the “window,” your child practices fine motor skills, color recognition, and weather vocabulary.

When you discuss the weather together, you turn a simple craft into a fun family learning moment.

Weather Wheel Spiner

With this weather wheel spinner activity, you make learning about daily weather engaging and interactive for your child.

As they spin and identify the weather, your child builds observation skills, vocabulary, and confidence in sharing what they see.

When you talk about the weather together each day, you create meaningful routines that connect family and learning.

Rain Gauge Working Model

With this rain gauge model, you give your child a hands-on way to measure and observe real rainfall right at home.

Your child will develop math and science skills as they record and talk about rain data with you.

By making weather tracking fun and practical, you help your child connect everyday experiences to learning.

Water Cycle Experiment

With this water cycle experiment, you help your child see evaporation and condensation in action, turning science into something they can really observe.

Your child builds curiosity and critical thinking as you discuss each step of the water cycle together.

You make learning memorable by exploring real-world science right at home.

Weather Wheel

With this weather wheel, you make learning about daily weather a fun and interactive part of your child’s routine.

Your child practices observation and language skills each time you talk about and spin the wheel together.

By involving your child, you help them connect what they see outside to new words and ideas in a playful way.

Tornado in A Bottle Science Experiment

With this tornado-in-a-bottle experiment, you spark your child’s curiosity about powerful weather safely and engagingly.

By swirling the bottle, your child learns about motion, weather patterns, and scientific observation, all while having fun.

You make science come alive at home, helping your child discover big ideas through hands-on play.

Wind Vane

With this wind vane activity, you give your child a fun way to explore which direction the wind is blowing right at home.

As you build and test the wind vane together, your child practices hands-on science, observation, and direction skills.

You help make weather learning exciting and memorable through playful discovery.

Wind Energy Demonstration Model

With this wind energy demonstration model, you show your child how wind power works in a hands-on, exciting way.

Your child learns about renewable energy, simple machines, and cause and effect as you experiment together.

You make science and sustainability real by letting them see clean energy in action right at home.

Wheather Chart

With this weather chart, you help your child recognize and name different weather types in a bright, visual way.

Your child practices observation and builds vocabulary every day as you look outside and match the weather together.

You turn daily weather watching into a fun learning routine that builds confidence and science skills.

Conclusion 

As a mom, I have learned that nothing brings me more pleasure in life than seeing my kids enjoy themselves while partaking in activities that are fun, stimulating, informative, and engaging for them. Preschoolers absorb knowledge like a sponge, and it is our job as parents to educate them and nurture their curiosity and creativity.  

Leave a comment below on your favorite weather-related activities.