Okay, the title is a bit misleading since there isn't very much tutelage in this post. But I think just the pictures are enough for you to copy the idea. It happened in a flash of inspiration and an hour playing on the floor with Ouise. It wouldn't have taken so long, but I was working on a separate project at the same time. If you already have a felt stash and some glue you can put it together in no time.
I wanted to make something for her to recreate the weather she sees outside. We tried this with the little weather coloring zine, but it's kind of a one shot deal. This can be reused over and over. I didn't draw anything first, I just cut out shapes. The sun, clouds, lighting bolt, and moon are just felt. The rainbow is made of a large red strip of felt, with small blue and yellow strips glued on top. The rain drops are little beads, and the snow is a bit of poly-fil. At first I cut out tiny bits of felt for the rain and snow, and then I imagined them sticking to every surface in my house and I threw them out.
I asked L to make me a rainy day, and a stormy day, and then she'd suggest a snowy day. We just kept mixing it up. It's so neat to see how her brain works. She dropped the rain from high above like it was raining. Also, she thought the storm should have a dark sky even though it wasn't night.
Updated to Add: I decided to go ahead and make a zipper pouch (here's a good tutorial). The beads kept falling out, and otherwise L was going to make me tie a bow around it. And while we were at it, we threw in a few extra squares in different blues and creams for different sky colors. I'm surprised how much play this little thing has already gotten. I'm going to keep it on our school bookshelf, and we'll get it out a couple times a week, especially when we have some unusual weather.