Turn boring paper plates into a vibrant sunflower craft. You can make this craft anytime of the year, but we always think of sunflowers in the late summer, early fall as they are towering high fields and along the roads as summer is coming to an end.
We love crafting with paper plates. They are a super inexpensive and versatile crafting material. You can buy a large pack of them at the Dollar Tree and create so much with them. We took inspiration from flowers we made in the spring with paper plates and turned them into sunflowers for this project. You can find that spring flower project here.
Paper Plate Sunflower Craft
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Supplies:
- Paper plate
- Craft stick
- Green foam paper
- Paint: yellow and green
- Sunflower seeds
- Scissors
- Glue
This paper plate sunflower craft offers kids an opportunity to work on scissor skills and build their fine motor skills as they cut the petals for the sunflower. We used a similar template for a paper plate flower craft in the spring and a sun craft this summer.
Directions:
1. Make a small cut into the parameter of paper plates. Go back through and make another cut so that they connect and you cut out a small piece. My kindergartener was able to complete this step independently. My preschooler was able to make the first cut but needed help with the second cut to make the flower petals.
2. Paint the craft stick green and the paper plate yellow and allow to dry.
3. Once the plate has dried, glue sunflower seeds to the middle of the paper plate.
4. Cut two leaves from the green foam paper and glue to either side of the craft stick.
5. Glue the craft stick (sunflower steam) to the back of the paper plate to finish your paper plate sunflower craft. We used a glue gun to attach the crat stick to the paper plate.
Extend the Activity:
- Get real sunflowers and try this Sunflower Fine Motor Activity from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds.
- Work on math skills by counting the petals with your preschooler or the sunflower seeds with your school age child.
- Have a discussion about the parts of a sunflower: stem, leaves, petals, and seeds.
- Read books about sunflowers such as Sunflower House
and My Sunflower.
- If you have older kids, have a sunflower spitting contest.
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