Paper plate umbrellas

It's overcast and damp this morning. It's Perfect umbrella making weather. Today's project involved making umbrellas out of paper plates, gluing them on construction paper and then making a few rain drops out of tissue paper.

First the kids painted their pre-cut paper plates in the color of their choice. 

Then, we went to play for 45 minutes while the plates dried. When we and back we glued them to the paper and I drew handles on each one. I showed the kids how to crumple the tissue paper and they glued them on as raindrops. 

We have another umbrella craft for tomorrow and then we are taking a long weekend off!