Summer Craft for Preschoolers – A Sunny Sun Catcher

The seasons are about to click over and the summer solstice is around the corner – although every other week for a month and a half it’s felt like summer in the UK. To celebrate summer we’re looking at the sun and decided to decorate our window with a sun-catcher to complement our ladybird that we made the other week.

Summer Sun Catcher for Toddlers and Preschoolers to Make

This is such a simple and easy summer craft for your little ones to make and relatively mess-free especially with some sticky-back plastic or contact paper. So why not get creative for the Summer Solstice and make a pretty summer sun catcher for your window.

Check out our summer books for toddlers and preschoolers to read alongside this fun and simple craft for kids.

Materials needed for Sun Sun-catcher

Yellow and Orange Tissue Paper
Yellow and orange card stock
White Glue

Rule
Pencil
Two different size bowls to draw around

How to make the Sun Sun-catcher

You could use the same method we did to make our ladybug sun-catcher to make this but we've run out of contact paper so this was a quick and easy and as effective alternative method for kids although a little messier.

On a piece of yellow card stock draw around the largest of the bowls and then inside draw around the smaller bowl - draw this combination of an orange piece of card stock as well. On the yellow card stock with a ruler draw the rays of the sun as small triangles and then inside then draw a smaller triangle.

On the Yellow card stock cut out inside all of the sun shape following the lines of the triangles - on the orange card stock cut to make a ring. Instead of tearing the tissue paper this time T practised some cutting skills cutting strips of tissue paper to "colour" in the sun.

With everything set up she started by gluing all around the sun burst shape.

Once that was fully glued she placed the ring in the centre and glued around that as well.

Then it was time to lay across the stripes of tissue paper across the sun.

Leave to dry and then once dry cut off the excess tissue paper and affix to a window with a small piece of sticky tape doubled over or some double sided tape. It's great placed where the sun will catch it and produce a sun in the room where you can celebrate summer inside with the patterns it makes on the floor and walls.

More Summer Crafts for Kids

Looking for even more crafts check out these other ideas and activities for kids this summer.

• Summer Crafts and Activities especially for Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Beach Crafts for Kids
• Summer Paper Plate Crafts for Kids