Geneva kindergarten turns PNW rain into a splashy art lesson

Bracing for the rain that will arrive this week?

We could ask for advice from kindergarten students who know all about how to prepare for this windy, rainy and wild weather ahead!

Rainboots, raincoats and umbrellas make up the subject of the Rainy Day artwork currently on display at Geneva Elementary School.

According to kindergarten teacher Mikel Panagos, the art project “was created to celebrate the rainy days of the approaching spring especially since we weren’t getting any snow this year!”

There were numerous steps to the project including to choose the color of sky, to decide how to decorate their umbrella, and to add embellishments as the artists were inspired.

“The kids decided between a gray or white sky, then used their fingertips to smudge blue paint to create a rain shower,” Panagos said explaining the steps to the project. 

“The umbrellas were made by first decorating a colorful square of paper in the style of how they wish their own umbrella could look,” she continued.

“After cutting out all the pieces from construction paper, some kids added buttons from their left over umbrella paper as well.”

During a kindergarten art lesson, conversations among the students can take many turns and the ones during the Rainy Day project included a lot of delight and enjoyment and observation.

“The most prevalent comments made were about how colorful and wonderful they thought everyone’s umbrella designs were, including a lot of pride over their own,” Panagos shared.

“Another conversation we had was around how everyone’s rain shower looked different; we had everything from light sprinkles to heavy rainstorms.”

Thank you, classroom of Ms. Panagos, for sharing these wonderful pieces!