Beautiful Seed and Paper Sunflowers Art Project for Kids

Are you looking for an easy, fun and educational craft that brings a bit of sunshine indoors?

This craft seed and paper sunflowers art project is a perfect hands-on activity for children, combining creativity, fine motor skills development, and a bit of nature-based learning.

This sunflower craft is a cheerful and budget-friendly project that children will love to make this summer.



In this detailed guide, with step-by-step instructions and photos, you’ll find everything you need to create this pretty paper sunflower craft.

Best of all, it uses only simple materials you likely have already, such as construction paper, sunflower seeds, scissors and glue.

Plus, we’ll highlight the educational benefits, more creative tips, and ways to display your child’s masterpiece - we even have some complementray recipe ideas!



🌻 Why Crafting with Kids Is So Important

Before diving into the sunflower project, it’s helpful to understand why crafting with children is such a valuable experience:

Boosts Fine Motor Skills: Cutting, gluing, and handling small items like sunflower seeds helps develop hand-eye coordination and dexterity.

Encourages Creativity: Kids learn to express themselves and explore their imagination through colours, shapes and textures.

Supports Learning: Nature crafts like this introduce kids to key themes in science (like plants and nature), maths (shapes and patterns), and literacy and language (through following directions).

Promotes Focus and Patience: Multi-step projects like this one teach children how to concentrate and follow through with a process.

Builds Confidence: Seeing a finished product that they have made with their own hands displayed at home builds pride and self-esteem.

This sunflower seed and paper craft project checks all those boxes and more!



🌻 Mindful Crafting

This craft also encourages mindful creativity.

Crafting can be such a soothing and mindful activity for kids, offering a break from screens and structured learning.

The repetitive steps of cutting, looping, and gluing provide a gentle rhythm that promotes focus and calmness.

Even older toddlers and preschoolers can make this fun craft, just be cautious with small parts like seeds, which can be a choking hazard.

Pre-cutting the paper also helps make it a little easier for younger kids.



✂️ Supplies You’ll Need

One of the best things about this sunflower craft is that it uses common, affordable craft supplies.

Here’s what you’ll need:

+ Construction paper in:
  • Yellow (for petals)
  • Green (for stem and leaves)
  • Black or blue (for the background)



🧑‍🎨 Step-by-Step Instructions for Your Sunflower Craft

🌟 Pro tip: If you’re crafting with a group of children, pre-cut some of the materials to make things easier.

Here's a detailed, step-by-step breakdown for how to make the craft:

Step 1: Cut the Petal Strips

Invite your child to cut long strips of yellow construction paper.

These will become the sunflower petals.



Fold each strip in half.

Cut again along the fold to create two equal strips.

Continue until you have 12–16 yellow strips, depending on how full you want your sunflower to look.



Step 2: Prepare the Background

Use a sheet of black or blue construction paper as the base for the sunflower.

This creates contrast and helps the flower 'pop'.

In the centre of the paper, draw or glue a medium-sized circle - this will be the centre or 'face' of the sunflower.



Step 3: Glue Down the Petals

One by one, place the yellow paper strips around the centre, radiating out from the centre glue circle.



They should look like sun rays coming out of the circle.



Step 4: Loop the Petals

Add a second circle of glue over the original one, on top of the base of the yellow strips.

Gently loop each yellow strip back toward the centre of the flower and press it into the glue.



Hold each loop for a second or two to ensure it sticks.

✅ Bonus Tip: For younger kids, help bend the strips into loops to make this step easier.




Step 5: Add Sunflower Seeds

In the centre of your flower (now surrounded by yellow loops), add a generous amount of glue.



Sprinkle sunflower seeds into the glue, covering the area to create the textured centre of the sunflower.

Lightly press them in so they stick well, no-one needs all the bits falling off!



Step 6: Cut and Glue the Stem and Leaves

Using green construction paper, cut out a long stem and one or two leaves.



Glue the stem at the bottom of the sunflower and attach leaves to the sides.





Step 7: Let It Dry and Display

Allow your child’s artwork to dry thoroughly, ideally overnight, before hanging up.

Once dried, it’s ready to be displayed proudly on a wall, refrigerator or on your homeschool room bulletin board.



🌻 Educational Extensions

Want to take this sunflower craft a step further?

Here are some ideas to make it even more educational and engaging:

1. Science Integration

Talk about the life cycle of a sunflower, from seed to sprout to full bloom.

Look at photos or videos of sunflowers or visit a sunflower field, as well as growing your own.

Did you know? Sunflowers follow the sun each day - a phenomenon called heliotropism.



2. Sensory Experience

Investigate the sunflower seeds, compare shelled vs. unshelled seeds. Taste some!

Bake some bread with sunflower seeds inside and on the top, this cornbread recipe, or make this banana bread for breakfast.

You can even roast a whole sunflower head for eating!



3. Math Concepts

Younger children can count the petals or create patterns with multiple colours of paper strips.

Help slightly older children to measure the strips before cutting.

They may also enjoy learning about the Fibonacci sequence.

The pattern arrangement of sunflower seeds are arranged in spirals which follow the consecutive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, such as 34 and 55, or 55 and 89.

This arrangement maximizes the number of seeds that can be packed into a given space. 




4. Literacy Connections

Read sunflower-themed books like Sunflower House by Eve Bunting or The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle.

Try this: Ask kids to name their sunflower or give it a story. You’ll be amazed at the creativity that flows!

For older kids, ask your child to describe their sunflower in words, or write a short poem. 



🧩 Craft Variations & Ideas

Want to mix things up? Here are a few fun variations to keep the creativity flowing:

🌈 Rainbow Sunflowers
Instead of traditional yellow petals, let kids use different colours for a more imaginative version. The Rainbow Sunflower could be the inspiration for a great story!

🌿 3D Sunflowers
Add texture by using crinkled tissue paper or felt for the petals and centre.

🎨 Painted Backgrounds
Have your child paint the background paper before gluing their sunflower on top for a more artistic look.

🌟 Group Collage
Create a giant sunflower garden by combining individual flowers made by different kids into a single mural.



📸 How to Display Your Sunflower Craft

Here are a few ways to display the final sunflower masterpieces:
  • Classroom bulletin board with the title “Our Sunflower Garden”
  • Home refrigerator for personal pride
  • Seasonal wall art (perfect for spring and summer decor)

This sunflower craft offers children a chance to explore nature, art, and hands-on learning in a meaningful way, helping them connect to nature.



Bring Sunshine Inside with this Fun Sunflower Craft

Crafting these seed and paper sunflowers is a fun, low-prep and highly rewarding project that combines creativity, learning and nature.

Whether you're teaching in your homeschool or a classroom, creating a summer camp at home, or just crafting at home, this cheerful sunflower project is sure to brighten everyone's day.

So gather your glue, paper, and seeds, and start crafting a field of sunflowers!

Happy crafting! 🌞


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