This Sunflower Handprint Craft is the perfect craft for Mother’s Day. These sweet sunflowers will brighten up any home and bring a smile to your face. Make them as a fun summer craft with the kids and enjoy them for years to come…
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Sunflower Handprint Craft
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If you are anything like me and love preserving your little ones with handprint crafts, then, this is the craft for you.
Of course, I have flowers of all types to share with you. You might also love my post on How to make flowers out of tissue paper
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This craft was made five years ago and still looks just as good as it did the first day it was made. It still brings a smile to my face.
What are some other great Handprint Crafts for Kids to Make?
Here is what you’ll need to make this Sunflower Handprint Craft
- Yellow Foam Sheets – The large ones are 9×12 – 1 for each child
- Something to trace with – pen, pencil, etc.
- Wooden Dowels – 1 ft. in length x 1/4 in.
- Green Floral Tape
- A Tacky Glue that dries clear – like Fabri-Tac
- suggested – A low temp. glue gun and glue sticks
- Scissors
- Vase or Jug like I have to display the sunflowers in
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- You’ll probably use one foam yellow sheet per child
- Trace the same hand 6-8 times
- Leave an approximately 3-inch square without a handprint for the circle that will go into the middle of the sunflower
- Cut the handprints and your 3-inch circle out of the foam
- Begin to fan them around, with at least 3 on the first layer, adding more handprints on top for more dimension
- Once you are satisfied with the shape of the handprints, glue them together with a low temp. glue gun or tacky glue
- Finally, finish by gluing the circle you have cut out onto the center of the handprints
- Kids can help attach the seeds to the 3-inch circle with glue
- While you wait on the glue to dry, begin wrapping the dowels
For Tall Stems like a Sunflower would have…
- When you get almost to the end of your dowel – overlap 2 dowels end to end, like in the picture above – this makes the stems taller
- Just keep wrapping the tape around the 2 dowels, and continuing on down the second one
- If you’re thoroughly confused – take a look at the first image in this post to see where my dowels get a little thick in the middle. That’s where I added the second one for added length. I prefer the sunflowers to tall. They look so pretty in a vase
~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com
What a fun little craft to make! My toddler would love this, especially since it will have his own hand prints in it! 🙂
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate that, and the nice compliment. It’s definitely a win/win! He’ll get a handprint craft, and you’ll get a flower to cherish! 😉