These giant sunflowers are made from small paper plates, a paper towel tube, sunflower seeds, and construction paper. You can make an entire bouquet of them for a great gift or summer decoration.

Estimated Time: 20 minutes
Supplies Needed:
  • 1 Small plain paper plate
  • Paper towel tube
  • Green construction paper (sheet)
  • Yellow construction paper (a few sheets)
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Tape
  • Glue
  • Stapler
  • Sunflower seeds (a small handful)

Instructions

1.

The Stem of the Sunflower: Use glue or tape to wrap a piece of green construction paper around a paper towel tube.

Wrapping the paper around the towel tube.Wrapping the paper around the towel tube.
2.

The Petals of the Sunflower: Trace a child’s handprints on yellow construction paper. Then cut them out. You’ll need about 6 handprints.

Traced handprintsCut-out handprints
3.

The Sunflower: Glue or staple the handprints around the small paper plate.

Gluing the handprints around the paper plate.
4.

Put a small layer of glue in the center of the flower. Sprinkle sunflower seeds in the glue.

Gluing sunflower seeds to the center.
5.

Staple the stem to the flower (you’ll have to flatten the top of the paper towel tube in order to staple it). You now have a huge sunflower!

The finished sunflower craft.