Check out this bold and bright Sun Craft for Kids! Practice your cutting skills by cutting paper and tissue. Discover different textures and have fun painting with yellow paint. This sun craft acts as a suncatcher and can be hung up outside or in a window. This craft is perfect for the spring or summer! Check out the free sunbeam cutouts below!
Materials Needed:
paper plate/yellow paint/scissors/glue
orange and yellow tissue paper/glitter
cardstock paper/clear contact paper
free sunbeam cutouts (print below)
Paper Plate Sun Craft!
Step 1: Gather your materials! This craft is scissor heavy and there is a lot of cutting. Edit the craft depending on the age of your little ones. You can also have the pieces pre-cut so your little ones can focus on assembly. Cut out the sunbeams (onto cardstock paper), cut the tissue paper into small squares, and cut out the inner circle of your paper plate. Paint your paper plate yellow! Remember, if you don’t want to use yellow paint, watercolors work great too!
Step 2: Use a glue stick to paste all of the sunbeams to the back of the plate. Count all 8! Use scissors to cut out a circle from the clear contact paper and stick it to the back of the paper plate. Now, you’re ready to decorate! For another great weather craft, check out the Rainbow Craft!
Step 3: Stick your yellow and orange tissue paper to the contact paper. Be sure to add some glitter for an extra touch of sparkle. Add whatever extra flourishes you like!
Summer Sun Activity!
Be sure to hang your sun craft in the window! Let the light shine through the tissue paper to bring some beautiful light into the room! Use a hold punch and yellow pipe cleaner for easy hanging. Create your own Bee Craft for Kids for more fun with the color yellow!
Sun Books for Preschool
Check out some awesome sunshine books for preschool! Before you start your craft, use these books as a starting point for talking about why we love the sun! Reading with your little ones is a great way to build vocabulary, build a social connection, and discover potential interests! Read “I Like the Sun”, “Sun!, One in a Billion”, and “This is the Sun”.
10 Simple Sun Facts for Preschool
1. All of the planets in the solar system move around the Sun!
2. It takes 8 minutes for the Sun’s light to reach the Earth.
3. Without the Sun there would be no life on Earth!
4. The Sun is over 4.5 billion years old.
5. The temperature of the Sun is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
6. Scientists study the sun through special filtered telescopes.
7. The center of the Sun is called the “core”.
8. The Sun is one of the many stars in our universe.
9. The Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
10. The Sun shines yellow in the sky.
Click below to print your Free Sun Craft Cutouts!
We hope you enjoyed this Sun Craft for Kids! Check out tons of fun Spring Crafts for Preschool and head to the entire Preschool Craft Library for loads of amazing printable crafts!
Lovely idea for craft with my kids.