Paper Plate Sunshine Craft

Step 1: Gather Your Supplies

Gather all of your supplies, including a paper plate, yellow and pink paint, googly eyes, yellow construction paper, scissors, glue, and a black marker.

Step 2: Paint the Plate Yellow

Flip the paper plate upside down and paint the back entirely with yellow paint. Let it dry completely.

Step 3: Cut the Plate in Half

Once the paint is dry, cut the plate in half to create the base shape of your sunshine.

Step 4: Draw the Sun Rays

On yellow construction paper, use a ruler and pencil to draw a row of evenly spaced triangles for the sun’s rays.

Step 5: Cut Out the Rays

Cut out all of the triangles with scissors.

Step 6: Attach the Rays

Glue the triangles along the straight edge of the half paper plate to form the sunshine rays.

Step 7: Add the Eyes and Cheeks

Add two googly eyes near the top of the sunshine’s face.

Use a sponge dauber dipped in pink paint to add rosy cheeks just under the eyes.

Step 8: Draw the Smile

With a black marker, draw a big, smiling mouth between the cheeks.