 | Use a pencil to trace a dinner plate onto a piece of yellow construction
paper. This will be the inside circle of your sunshine.
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| Cut out the circle around the line you traced (this can be done by an
adult prior to craft time if you are working with a group of small
children).
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| Trace the child's hand onto yellow construction paper 4 to 8 times and cut
them out.
 | The number of handprints you need depends on the size of the plate you
used and the size of your child's hand. |
| You should have enough prints to go around the plate without
overlapping them too much.
|
|
| Glue the yellow handprints around the circle without overlapping them too
much.
|
| Trace the child's hand onto orange construction paper the same number of
times as you did with the yellow.
|
| Glue the orange handprints behind the yellow ones, staggering them so the
orange peeks out between the yellow (that was more complicated to explain
than it is to do *laugh*... just peek at the picture at the top of this page
to see what it looks like)
|
| Draw a face on the plate using markers using store bought wiggly eyes if
you like. |
| NOTE: I like making the bottom of the paper plate be the face of the
sun (I like how it looks sticking out a bit), but it's ok if the child wants
to make the inside of the plate be the face -- let them choose which way
they want to do it.
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| Paint the side of the plate that is going to be the face of the sun with
yellow tempra or poster paint.
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| Set the plate aside to dry and have the child help clean up themselves,
their work area and the paintbrush.
|
| Trace the child's hand onto yellow construction paper 4 to 8 times and cut
them out.
| The number of handprints you need depends on the size of the plate you
used and the size of your child's hand. |
| You should have enough prints to go around the plate without
overlapping them too much.
|
|
| Glue the yellow handprints around the circle without overlapping them too
much.
|
| Trace the child's hand onto orange construction paper the same number of
times as you did with the yellow.
|
| Glue the orange handprints behind the yellow ones, staggering them so the
orange peeks out between the yellow (that was more complicated to explain
than it is to do *laugh*... just peek at the picture at the top of this page
to see what it looks like)
|
| Draw a face on the plate using markers using store bought wiggly eyes if
you like. |
