Rain Clouds in a Jar Weather Activities with FREE Worksheet

Make learning about clouds for kids FUN with these engaging cloud activities. We have several weather activities for spring including rain cloud in a jar, cotton ball types of cloud activity with cloud printables, and free printable cloud in a jar experiment worksheet. Use the cloud in a jar experiment with toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade students. Whether you do all the cloud lesson or just the hugely popular rain experiment – this is sure to be a fun spring activity for kids!

rain in a jar experiment

Spring is the perfect time to make learning about clouds both educational and fun! We have several engaging activities that are perfect for kids, making it a great time to explore the fascinating world of weather.

One of our favorite activities is the rain cloud in a jar experiment. Kids will love watching how the colored water interacts with the shaving cream to create the effect of rain forming in a cloud. It’s mesmerizing to see the “rain” fall as the cloud gets full, and it’s a hands-on way for young learners to understand how precipitation works!

Another exciting activity is the cotton ball types of cloud project. This crafts activity allows children to get creative while learning to identify different types of clouds. With our easy-to-use cloud printables, kids can sort and label various clouds like cumulus, stratus, and cirrus, making it both fun and educational.

Don’t forget to download our free printable cloud in a jar experiment worksheet! This worksheet guides kids through each step of the experiment, encouraging them to record their observations and think critically about what they’re seeing. It’s an excellent way to combine science with literacy!

These cloud activities are suitable for a range of students, from toddlers to second graders. Whether you choose to do all the cloud lessons or just focus on the super popular rain experiment, these engaging activities promise to be a highlight of your spring learning sessions. Let’s make learning about clouds a fun and memorable experience for kids!

We have lots more science experiments for kids and weather experiments for kids​ to choose from! Try our free  Weather Worksheets and ​How to make a weather vane

rain in a jar experiment worksheet

Make sure to go grab it to get weather worksheets – complete with activities, experiments, and more. Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The printable clouds and cloud in a jar experiment worksheet pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.

rain and cloud experiment

Have you tried the Rain Cloud Experiment? This simple, fun weather activity for kids is a great way to help kids understand what clouds and rain have to do with each other.  Basically you fill your glass 3/4 of the way up with water. Now fill the remaining area with white shaving cream. Use an eye dopper to add several drops of food coloring to the top of the shaving cream cloud.

Supplies:

• clear glass
• water
• shaving cream
• food coloring

rain cloud in a jar experiment lesson plan

When the cloud gets too heavy (saturated with liquid), the drops fall through the cloud as rain! Tell kids that when water droplets gget too heavy in the sky, gravity pulls them down from the clouds as rain. This simple rain experiment is an easy way to demonstrate.

preschool cloud activities

Then to illustrate how clouds hold moisture the kids put about 20 drops of food coloring in the “cloud” It took about 7 minutes for my son’s cloud to become heavy enough that it began to rain – you can see the colored rain. My daughter’s cloud went faster. We hypothesized it was becasuse either her shaving cream cloud layer was smaller (so it would become saturated quicker) or that she ended up putting more moisture (food coloring) in the top. It was fun to see the differences nd watch it rain while the clouds remaided fluffy and white.

rain cloud in a jar worksheet

This is really a very quick and easy weather experiment that is simple to set-up, produces a pretty WOW effect kids will remember, and is a great demonstration of why it rains for kids.

rain cloud in a jar experiment worksheet

Plus don’t miss grabbing the rain cloud in a jar experiment worksheet to help kids record their findings.

cloud in a jar experiment

cloud in a jar experiment worksheet

We observed clouds for a couple weeks and made a graph. The no cloud days definitely “won”.  We did some fun, preschool type worksheets. One of our favorites is the Roll & Add Cloud worksheets. They loved putting their colorful magnets on top of the numbers on rainbow the dice rolled add up to.

Preschool cloud activities

We also made cloud art using the classic – cotton ball cloud! It may be old, but it is still just as fun for kids today =)

Clouds activities for preschoolers

I don’t know about you, but it is pretty much a given that if we are going to study clouds we won’t have any! (You saw our chart above, right?!) Because I know that is how things go, I started taking pictures of clouds before hand. I put the cloud printables in sheet protectors and then let the kids draw to make the clouds come alive. This was the indoor way to lay on the grass, look up at the clouds, and see things in them – the way I had planned it! But it worked pretty well. The kids had SO much fun!

shaving cream rain cloud experiment worksheet

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