Make Your Own Rain Clouds Experiment

My kids love to get hands on and play with stuff and make mess. They love experiments, crafts, art etc etc. So I saw the idea on another blog, for which I unfortunately do not have a link to now, for DIY rain clouds. Fantastic idea.

What you need -

Clear jug
Water
Shaving foam (not the gel type) (we just used tescos own for about 30p)
Food colouring
A dropped/syringe (we used an old medicine syrine - the sorts you got with calpol).

Add a little of the food colouring to some water. Fill your jug about 2/3 with water, and squirt the shaving foam on top - the water represents the air, and your foam obviously represents your rain clouds.

Add a couple of drops of food colouring mix to the top of your rain clouds and watch as it begins to 'rain' underneath. You can also use neat food colouring which will make it rain faster.

We even tried experimenting with different colours together. Don't recommend red though as it completely took over the entire water lol.

The science behind the clouds and rain experiment can be easily found on the internet. I'm not good with science so will leave that to you to interpret and explain. My 6 and 7 year old were just fascinated with making it rain, and my 11 year old got involved too.