It’s a Bright, Bright Sunshiny Day! Fun Hand Print Sunshine Craft

Who doesn’t love little kid handprints? I know I do. I love the hand print ornaments and projects my kids made in the past because their hands were so tiny. They remind me just how much my kids have grown. I know I’ll treasure these little mementos of their childhood forever.

This morning, we began our school day reading books about the sun. We had a blast with some cute spacey finger plays and had a discussion about our closest star and why it’s important to life on Earth. To tie in an art project, we made paper plate sunshines! They turned out super cute, were very easy to make, and used basic craft supplies. I couldn’t resist sharing this one!

Hand print Paper Plate Suns

Supplies:

Paper plates

Construction paper (yellow, orange, or red)

Pencils for tracing hands

Yellow paint and brushes or sponges

Markers or crayons for making faces

Scissors

Glue

Directions:

1. Paint the back side of a paper plate yellow. We used cut-up sponges and finger paint.

2. Trace your child’s hand on construction paper lots of times. I traced Alex’s hand more than Ethan’s because he has less patience when it comes to cutting them out. Cutting hones fine-motor skills and is very important!

3. Cut out handprints. Encourage kids to do this themselves. Practice makes perfect!

4. Glue the handprints to the paper plate. We glued ours to the front edges so that they peeked around the side. These are the sun’s rays.

5. After the paint dried, each kid drew a face or design on their sun.

That’s it! It’s easy, fun, and builds fine-motor skills. This project could easily be altered to make hand-print flowers too. Enjoy!