DIY Sunshine paper plate crafts

Today we are sharing how to make a Sunshine paper plate craft. Perfect craft for Toddlers and Preschoolers.

Here is what you need:

1. Paper plates

2. Glue

3. Scissors

4. Markers and paint

5. Googly eyes

6. Tape (if you don’t have glue)

7. Yellow Construction paper

*Start by letting the kids color or paint the back of the paper plate yellow. Cover the whole plate in yellow.

*While the kids were coloring their plates I took that time to cut out the Sunshine Rays. Cut the construction paper into 1 inch wide strips. I needed 6 long strips and 3 long strips cut in half for each Sunshine (paper plate). Your construction paper should look like this when finished:

*Once the kids are done decorating the paper plate its time to glue the Sunshine Rays on.

*Flip the paper plate over (so now its right side up) and begin gluing (or taping) the 6 long strips to the paper plate. We placed the strips so they were touching the inside circle of the plate.

*Do the same for the shorter strips. Do this in the pattern of long strip, short strip, long strip, short strip, ect. Like this:

*Once that is done let the glue dry a bit and flip it over to make the Sunshine’s face. Glue the googly eyes in place and let the kids paint on the smile.

*My girls wanted to hang their Sunshine’s up so I found this white ribbon:

*To make a good looking loop hole you should use a paper hole puncher. I couldn’t find mine at the moment so I just used the scissors and cut a hole in the top of the plate. Then placed the ribbon through the hole and tied a knot in it.

*Now you can hang your beautiful Sunshines!