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DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Sunflower Paper Plate Craft

Handprint Alternative (thanks to Sarah for sending this in!):  Instead of regular petal shapes, I traced Nathan's hand onto yellow construction paper and glued those around as the sunflower's petals -- it turned out very cute (I love handprint crafts!)

Materials:

bulletpaper plate
bulletglue
bulletsunflower seeds (with shells on)
bulletscissors
bulletpaper and printer
  
bulletoptional:  construction paper
bulletoptional:  something to color with
  

Instructions:

bulletPrint out the template of choice. 
  
bulletInstead of using the template provided, older children (Age 5+) can cut their own petal shapes from yellow construction paper.
  
bulletFor inspiration, wander around the garden looking at different flowers to see all the different shapes petals come in.  Then do the craft.
 
bulletColour pieces, as necessary. 
 
bulletCut out the pieces.  This step may require adult assistance. 
   
bulletFill the center of the paper plate with glue.  You want a fairly good coat so the sunflower seeds will stick -- don't scrimp!
bulletSprinkle sunflower seeds into the center of the paper plate, pressing the seeds into the glue.  
  
bulletYou can do this quite quickly by just pouring them in by the handful or you can spend a half an hour carefully placing each seed individually like Kaitlyn did *laugh*. 
bulletGlue the petals around the edge of the paper plate.
bulletGlue the face onto the sunflower seeds.

Templates:  

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 
  

Template (face + 3 petals)   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template #2        (3 petals)   (color)   or   (B&W)

 

Printable version of these instructions