*Some foam paper - maybe a third of a sheet or so for each
*Scissors
*Black marker
*Googly eyes (optional, you could always just draw the eyes on!)
*Pipe cleaner, 2 pieces cut into thirds
*hot glue gun or a stapler
To start, cut out two circles from the foam paper. We made 3-inch circles and traced them, but you can make it any size you want!
Cut your pipe cleaner into thirds, simply to save! You won't use as much this way:-)
Now start on the pipe cleaner...you can see in the picture below how to do it with straight pipe cleaner. Just lay them on the circle to look like sun rays.
If you want to curl the "rays" like we did, then wrap each piece of pipe cleaner around a pencil or your finger to curl them.
Then put the other circle over top of the rays that you've set up and glue the two circles together, with the pipe cleaner in between the two pieces. Or, if you don't want to wait for the glue to dry, you can staple it. Be sure to get a grown up's help for this part!
Last, but not least, you'll want to glue the googly eyes on! Once they're on, you can draw a smiley face on it. If you want a "double sided" sun, do the other side too!
You can keep it like this just for a fun toy, or you can punch two holes in it and put string through it to wear as a necklace. Munchkin decided to hang it up from the ceiling, so we just put one hole through the top and strung it up!
Fun and easy!
