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Paper plate sunflower craft

August 17, 2022 By Kate Leave a Comment

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Do you like our cheerful paper plate sunflower craft? It’s a project that will bring warmth and sunshine to your home or classroom and is easy enough for kids of all ages.

This sunflower craft could be great for both Summer or Autumn — sunflowers bloom in both of those seasons. I was inspired by the lovely display of sunflowers in my Mum’s garden (which lasted about two days before the cockatoos came and ate them all!).

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sunflower craft for kids

Sunflowers have the be the happiest flower out there. Every time I see one it makes me smile, maybe because they’re so big, bold, and bright.

It’s a ‘go big or go home’ kind of flower, not afraid to put itself out there and I admire that.

I decided to recreate a sunflower from paper plates. They’re not quite as beautiful as nature’s version, but at least they’re a lot less tempting for the cockatoos, haha.

How to make a paper plate sunflower craft

paper plates needed

You will need:

  • Dinner size paper plates x 2
  • Side plate size paper plate x 1 (or you could replace this with a circle of black card stock if you prefer)
  • Tissue paper in black
  • Acrylic paint in warm yellow and black
  • Craft glue
  • Glue stick

How to

Cut the centre circle out of the small paper plate and paint it black. Discard the outer circle.

small paper plate

black centre circle of sunflower craft

Paint the large paper plates yellow. Allow to dry.

Once dry, fold each large paper plate in half, then in half again. Sketch on a petal shape and cut it out. When you unfold this it will look like a flower.

Repeat for the second large paper plate, but this time use the petal shape of the first one to trace around so that you get the two flowers matching.

sunflower craft steps

Unfold to reveal two flower shapes. Glue them together.

Petal shapes

Cut black tissue wrap into small squares, then crumple into little balls and glue onto the black circle to create a textured effect.

sunflower step 8

Glue this into place in the centre of your sunflower.

steps to make the paper craft sunflower

Cut a strip of green card stock for the stem then sketch and cut a leaf shape from the same green card stock. Glue these onto your sunflower.

finished paper plate sunflower

Your beautiful sunflower craft is finished! You can hang it on the wall with some blu-tack.

What’s your favourite flower?

More flower craft ideas:

  • Make a gorgeous bunch of egg carton flowers, we show you how to make 6 different kinds
  • Make some sponge-stamped flower artworks — free shape template included
  • These mixed media flower rocks are made using yarn scraps, mosaic tiles and buttons
  • Use our template to make the prettiest felt flower hair clips
  • We also have a printable flower card — this was designed as a mothers day card but it would make a great card for any occasion

easy paper plate flower craft idea for kids

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  • Kate GronoKate GronoCrazy Craft Fanatic

    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glitter, glue and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

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