Sunflowers have to be my all time favourite flowers. Such cheerful blooms to have in your garden, so tall and majestic towering over all of the other flowers during the summer. Seeing them also reminds me of happy holidays with my grandparents over in France, where we used to drive by fields of them all in rows ready to be harvested for their seeds.
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Sunflowers are a great source of inspiration for not only getting kids interested in gardening, but also to get crafty with. Below you will find 10 brilliant activities to get your kids growing and making sunflowers this summer.
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10 Sunflower Crafts for Kids
Create these Egg Carton Sunflowers – from Easy Peasy and Fun to cheer up a wall at home this summer.
Make a vibrant Paper Plate Sunflower – from In the Playroom
This is awesome! Build a Sunflower House – from Lets Lasso the Moon. It would make an excellent summer den for the kids to hide out and play in.
Get busy with some Hand Print Sunflowers – from Creative Family Fun and use some sunflower seeds to finish off your bright and cheerful paintings.
We couldn’t mention sunflowers without including some Van Gogh Sunflowers – from Here Come the Girls
Make Sunflower Height Recorders – from Crafty Kids at a Home to record how tall your kids are this summer.
Take a sheet of contact paper and turn it into Sunflower Suncatcher – from Clare’s Little Tots
Celebrate Eric Carle Sunflowers – from Rainy Day Mum with some handprint petals on a sunflower collage.
Cheer up dying sunflowers by making some Sunflower Faces – from Sun Hats and Wellie Boots
Learn all about Growing Sunflowers – from Nurture Store
For more ideas on how to have fun with the kids this summer, please check out the following Top 10 Summer Fun Lists:
Top 10 Sun Crafts from Craftulate
Top 10 Summer Water Walls from Adventures of Adam
Top 10 FREE Summer Play Ideas for Toddlers from Powerful Mothering
Top 10 Watermelon Crafts for Kids from Artsy Momma
Top 10 Summer Play Ideas for Babies and Bigger Kids from Words n Needles
Top 10 Ideas to Play & Learn at the Beach from Still Playing School
Top 10 Ideas to Play & Learn at the Beach from Still Playing School
Top 10 End of Year Teacher Gifts from Nemcsok Farms
Top 10 Summer Engineering Projects for Kids from Lemon Lime Adventures
Top 10 Summer Sensory Projects for Kids from Project Sensory
Top 10 Summer Sensory Projects for Kids from Project Sensory
Top 10 Summer Washing Activities for Water Sensory Play from Little Bins for Little Hands
Top 10 Backyard Games from The Pleasantest Thing
Top 10 Messy Projects Great for Summer Fun from Something 2 Offer
This is a cute idea for the round up! Sunflowers are great for art.