Sunflower Paper Collage Craft

This is a fun and easy sunflower craft that has a neat, 3D effect.

Materials:

• sunflower template
• 1 piece of white paper
• green construction paper
• strips of yellow tissue paper
• brown tissue paper or brown paper scraps
• glue

Directions:

1. Prepare sunflower template for each child.
2. Cut stem and leaf shapes from green construction paper.
3. Glue stem and leaves onto the white paper.
4. Glue white sunflower to the top of the stem.
5. Roll up yellow tissue paper into tiny balls and glue onto the petals of the flower.
6. Glue on scraps of brown paper or tissue paper for the middle of the flower.

Variations:

You could glue real sunflower seeds into the center of the flower or at the bottom. You could use blue construction paper for the background and students put details like ground and sun.