Caroline
Summer is in full swing and the last few days we have been blasted with a pretty gnarly heat wave. With temps over 100 degrees playing outside in the afternoon is not possible. Those hot summer afternoons are the perfect opportunity to get indoors, pull out the craft supplies and get crafting with your kids. And what better craft to make on a hot summer day than a bright and colorful kids sun craft?! We made ours with a paper bowl to give it a fun 3D look.
Supplies you will need:
- Squeeze’n’Brush painters
- Glitter colors (optional)
- glue stick
- small paper bowl (we used a 10 oz bowl)
- yellow cardstock or construction paper
- yellow and orange tissue paper squares
- scissors
Directions:
1. Paint the bottom of paper bowl
Start by using your yellow and orange painters to paint the bottom of your paper bowl.
2. Crumple up pieces of tissue paper and place it on the bottom of bowl while paint is still wet
While the paint is still wet, crumple up pieces of your orange and yellow tissue paper and place it on the bottom of your bowl and some on the sides if you want. I love the extra texture it gives to the craft.
3. Add glitter(optional)
Once our paint was dry we decided to paint on some of the sunny glitter. This step is optional but we always love adding a little more sparkle when we can!
4. Cut out yellow cardstock strips and glue them onto bowl rim
Once your paint is completely dry, cut strips from your yellow cardstock or construction paper and glue them onto the rim of the bowl making sunshine rays.
Here are mine and my daughter’s suns. My daughter went with more orange on hers and I stuck with more of a yellow sun. I love how everyone can mix up their colors differently to create a unique looking sun. I also love how three dimensional the sun looks with the bowl shape.
If you want to hang up your sun craft and put it on display somewhere in your home or classroom, punch a hole in the rim of the bowl and tie a piece of string to it for easy hanging.
