30 Easy Sunflower Crafts for Kids

Turn an everyday paper plate into a vibrant sunflower! It's made by cutting petal shapes around the edge, then painting the plate bright yellow and a craft stick green to serve as the stem. Once dry, kids glue sunflower seeds in the center for a realistic touch and add foam leaves to the stem. It’s a great way for children to practice scissors skills, painting, and gluing. You can enrich this project by adding educational elements, such as counting the petals or learning about the different parts of a sunflower, to turn a fun craft into a hands-on learning experience.

This project builds a textured sunflower entirely from colored paper. Kids cut yellow squares to form cone-shaped petals, gluing them in concentric layers around a base circle. Then they roll brown paper strips to create a textured center and attach two green leaves to complete the bloom. No paint is involved—it’s all about folding, rolling, and gluing, which makes it a fun and engaging craft ideal for older kids working on fine motor control.

Add a little sunshine to your summer with these FREE sunflower coloring pages for kids. These sunflower coloring sheets offer a variety of styles, from simple and easy designs for toddlers and preschoolers to more detailed options for older kids and even teens. They are perfect for summer crafts, classroom activities, or a rainy-day project at home.

This paper plate craft uses three plates, paint, and a free printable template. Kids paint one plate brown for the center and two plates in bright and golden yellows for petals. After drying, the brown circle is cut out and layered over the yellow ones. Then, a stem and leaves are cut from green cardstock and added, all guided by the template. It takes a bit more time and prep, but the end result is a cheery, frame-worthy sunflower perfect for DIY fall or summer decor.

This handprint sunflower doubles as a sweet keepsake and is perfect for little hands to help with every step! Kids trace their handprints onto yellow or orange printer paper, cut them out, and glue them in a circle—with thumbs inward—around a folded brown cardstock circle for the sunflower center. A jumbo popsicle stick painted green becomes the stem, and folded green paper leaves are added at the base. The craft is finished with fingerprints or marker-drawn seeds in the center.

This fun art project transforms pasta into petals! Start by painting rotini noodles bright yellow and creating a brown-painted circle on the base for the center. Once everything dries, glue the noodles around the circle and add a green pipe cleaner stem and leaf. It's perfect for homemade cards or summer wall art.

With bright layers of tissue paper and a cardboard base, this craft involves tracing and cutting sunflower parts, then layering orange and yellow petals around a black-painted center. Brown tissue paper “seeds” are scrunched and glued on for dimension. It helps develop fine motor skills, and is ideal for preschoolers exploring color layering and glue placement—plus, the overlapping petals shift tones as they stack!

This fall craft for kids uses oil pastels for a rich, textured look. Kids trace or use a printable template to cut orange, yellow, and red cardstock petals, then draw accent shading with layered pastels. A black cardstock circle serves as the center, and kids strengthen the petals with streaks of brown. It’s great for preschoolers and up. It teaches color blending and scissor skills.

In this creative craft, children paint a paper plate yellow, then cut slits around the rim to create petal shapes. The sunflower’s center is made by painting bubble wrap black, cutting it into a circle, and gluing it in the middle for a fun, tactile seed texture. A green cardstock stem and leaves complete the piece. The bubble wrap adds extra sensory detail, making this ideal for tactile play and DIY fall decor.

This vibrant sunflower fork painting activity is a no-fuss art project. To make it, dip the back of a fork into yellow paint and press outward in a circle to form petals. Add a touch of orange inside for warmth, then dot the center with brown fingerprints. Finally, paint a green stem below. It’s quick, simple, and is perfect for younger kids to explore texture and painting techniques.

This template simplifies the creation of sunflowers with easy cut-and-paste assembly. Kids can download full-color or black-and-white templates, cut out petals, centers, and stems, and glue them onto cardstock or construction paper. The black and white version doubles as a coloring page before assembly, making it versatile for different age groups. It’s a fast, mess-free option that’s perfect for groups, classroom sessions, or quick rainy-day fun at home.

These beautifully textured sunflowers are handmade by folding layered cardstock into petals and securing them around a round button center. Then, ribbon leaves are added. The result is a colorful fall-ready bouquet that is surprisingly easy to make. Even young kids can help, but supervision is ideal for folding and finishing touches. They make a lovely DIY fall centerpiece in a vase!

This is a tactile collage bursting with vibrant colors. It uses a printed sunflower template and little crunched tissue-paper balls in yellow (petals), green (stem and base), brown/black (center). Kids fill in the design, creating a mosaic-like, 3D effect. It takes about five minutes to prep and an hour to complete, making it easy to adapt to different age ranges and fine motor skills.

This upcycled craft uses egg-carton cups to create textured petals that kids cut and paint bright yellow. After shaping and layering them into a flower silhouette, they crumple brown tissue squares to glue into the center, and finish with green construction paper stems and leaves on a white background. It’s a simple, sustainable craft that your little ones can personalize.

This fun painting project transforms a toilet roll into a stamping tool by cutting vertical slits to form petals, dipping it into a blend of light and dark yellow paint, and pressing it onto paper in a circular motion to create sunflower stamps. Once those dry, kids can add brown-dot centers using Q-tips or fingers and paint green stems and leaves for finishing touches. It’s an easy, toddler and preschool-friendly activity that’s perfect for summer art.

This hands-on craft uses jumbo craft sticks to build a sturdy sunflower. After painting sticks yellow, kids glue 16 halved sticks in concentric layers around a printed or foam center. They then stick black buttons (or substitutes) for seeds, add a half-stick stem painted light green, and voilà—a popsicle-stick sunflower perfect for displaying or gifting. It’s well-loved by children and makes a great seasonal decoration or gift topper.

This preschool craft begins with a paper plate painted yellow for the petals and brown for the center, then kids cut notches around the rim to form petals. It uses multiple shades of yellow to add depth. Corn kernels and coffee beans are glued into the center for a sensory-rich touch. It’s an ideal, low-cost art activity that helps build fine motor skills.

Bright and tactile, this project layers around 20–30 yellow tissue paper petals glued onto a green craft stick “stem” attached to cardstock. Children can also scrunch brown tissue balls into the center for a 3D seed effect and customize with pipe cleaner leaves. No paint needed—just scissors, glue, and tissue. It’s perfect for preschoolers to explore layering, color, and textures.

This painting activity guides kids through a simple, six-step process to create their own sunflower masterpiece. Using just watercolor or tempera paints, children dot an initial circle for the center, then "lift" petals outward by dragging a wet brush from the dot, building soft, textured blooms in shades of yellow and orange. Once dry, they can layer on a contrasting dot-filled center and optional green leaves to complete the design. It’s quick, easy, and encourages experimentation with paint control, texture, and color blending—ideal for little blossoming artists!

Kids dive into art history with this educational project that blends painting and collage to mimic Van Gogh’s famous sunflower style. They start with a printable template, paint bold, swirling petals and centers, then layer torn paper, textured elements, and even pastels or paint to build dimensional blooms. It’s a creative, mixed-media activity—perfect for teaching color, texture, and technique in a fun, hands-on way.

This wearable paper craft uses a free printable sunflower headband—available in color or black and white—for a simple cut, color, and assemble project. Kids personalize the petals and center with crayons or markers, cut out, and tape the headband to fit. Easy to prep and low mess. It makes a great fall activity, nature-themed play, or just a fun dress-up accessory.

This clever combo craft uses a real leaf and Q-tips as stamps to build a sunflower painting. Kids press a leaf dipped in paint onto cardstock to create a petal shape, then fill in gaps with Q-tip “seed” dots in the center. With minimal supplies and steps, it’s ideal for late-summer or autumn creativity, and a great activity for exploring nature and textures.