April 23, 2019

Raincloud Magnets

Oh Hi April Showers. We are at that point in Raincouver’s April where its been grey day after day. Little fun fact about me I spent a lot of my childhood living in a desert where it rained maybe two days out of the year. Living back in Vancouver for a while now the constant rain can get me down sometimes. That is kinda where the inspiration for these raincloud magnets came from.

Anyone that lives here can probably relate to that feeling that everything will always be overcast and the sun will never shine again. I wanted to make these rain cloud magnets to remind myself that rain can be such a lovely thing and that at one point in my life a rainy day brought me so much joy. As kids we would run outside and splash in puddles and just soak up every moment of rain, not going inside until it stopped or we had to eat dinner. However, we are so fortunate to get this amount of rain that we do because it makes this place we live so beautiful. I’d love to refocus my perspective and get back the joy in rainy days. Buuuuuut also these rain cloud magnets are super handy at holding notes on my fridge. They serve multiple purposes, there is no downside!

That air drying clay I bought (for these Air Dry Clay Ornaments) turned out to be quite the investment, I’ve used it for multiple projects (some not posted yet!) and there are leftovers for whatever else I can come up with next! Good job clay you have exceeded my expectations.

What You’ll Need:

Air Drying Clay
Embroidery Thread
Droplet shaped Beads (They are easy to find at a thrift store)
Glue (I used Superglue)
Magnets

Get your hands wet and flatten out a piece of clay onto a protected surface. I freehand cut out a ‘cloud’ shape. Cloud templates are pretty easy to find online if you need a little more direction for this raincloud magnet.

Poke holes evenly along the bottom of the cloud. This is where the raindrops will be attached. Allow the clay to dry overnight. As it dries the clay lightens in colour. If I did this again I think I would paint the clouds white after they dried. This would just make the colour more vibrant and seal the clay in making it less easily dirtied.

Remove the beads from the metal links of the bracelet and thread through the embroidery thread using a needle threader (Or a makeshift one you’ve made out of a single strand of the thread).

Each bead should be roughly in the middle of the piece of the embroidery thread. The beads will be tied onto the cloud so leave a piece of string on either side as well if you want them to hang straighter I would recommend tying a knot at the base of the bead as well.