This is a simple craft made from a paper plate and a child’s handprint cutouts.

Estimated Time: 30 minutes
Supplies Needed:
  • A paper plate
  • Yellow construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue (or a stapler)
  • Crayons, paint, or markers
  • Optional – Googly eyes

Instructions

1.

Paint the back side of a paper plate yellow.

A painted paper plate.
2.

Trace a child’s hand on yellow construction paper about 7 times.

Traced handprints
3.

Cut out the tracings.

Cut out traced handprints.
4.

Glue or staple the handprint tracings to the paper plate. The fingers are the sun’s rays.

The handprints are attached to the paper plate.
5.

Color in the sun, drawing a mouth and a nose. Either draw the eyes or glue on googly eyes.

The finished sun craft.