It’s time for a classic sunflower craft for kids!
We love observing all the beautiful flowers that bloom throughout summer and as summer comes to an end my kids love seeing all our sunflowers in bloom. We love to do crafts that replicate things we see in the world and this sunflower craft was such a hit with the kids! Plus look how colorful they are!
See below for step-by-step instructions on how to make this tissue paper sunflower craft.
Tissue Paper Sunflower Craft for Kids
This sunflower craft looks complicated and time-consuming but they are really super easy craft to make. They are perfect for preschoolers and toddlers alike. You just need a few common craft supply items and you are ready to go.
When done you can display them on your art wall or fridge, either way, they look great and are the perfect summer craft!
Sunflowers are a classic and iconic symbol of summer and sunflower crafts are such fun to make. Kids love doing crafts that replicate things they see in the world and all kids love sunflowers. This colorful craft is simple to make, you only need a few basic craft supplies, but the results are adorable.
Materials Needed:
- Construction Paper
- Tissue Paper
- Craft Stick
- Glue
- Green Marker
- Black Marker
- Scissors
- Pipe Cleaner (optional)
Color your craft stick green. Then use your scissors to cut sunflower petals from yellow tissue paper. You will want a bunch of them as each child will layer several on their craft. We used 20 to 30 petals per sunflower. Let your preschoolers cut them out themselves, using scissors is a great fine motor activity for kids
Glue the colored craft stick onto your construction paper. This will be your stem. We used our black marker and drew a circle to be the center of our flower. This helps kids have a centering point to use as a guide for laying their petals.
Put glue around your flower center (the black circle). We just used regular white glue, the kids squeezed out a small line around the flower center, but you could use a glue stick or white glue and a paintbrush if your kids have a hard time squeezing the bottle. Then layer your flower petals around the flower center, adding more glue as needed.
Your last step is to curl a pipe cleaner and glue it to the center. We used a sparkly gold one and it turned out perfect. If you don’t have a pipe cleaner don’t fret, this sunflower craft looks great even without the pipe cleaner.
Display them on your art wall or fridge, either way, they look cute and are the perfect summer craft.
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