Types of Clouds Activity with Cotton Balls
Learn how to make varied types of clouds using cotton balls.
Equipment
- Cardstock 12 x 12 in. Smooth Royal Blue (25 sheets)
- DecorRack 300 Small Cotton Balls for Make-Up
- Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint, 8 Ounce, Country Gray 8 Fl Oz
Ingredients
- Cotton balls
- 12 x12 blue cardstock
- Black marker
- White labels
- Gray paint
- Paintbrush
- Glue
Instructions
- Write the cloud types on a white label with a black marker and stick them on a piece of paper to hold them in place.
- Place the labels on the paper in two columns and three rows.
- You're then going to want to create the clouds using the cotton balls.
- Remember that for this activity, you're going to create clouds for cumulus, cirrus, stratus, nimbus, stratocumulus, and cumulonimbus clouds.
- For the nimbus cloud, stratocumulus, and cumulonimbus clouds, use gray paint and paint a shade of gray where needed for each type of cloud.
- Once they're done, all that you have to do is take and glue the cotton in place on the paper under each cloud type.