Sun Name Craft For Kids [Free Printable Template]
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Make this cheerful sun name craft to brighten up your little one’s summer days! They’ll love creating a smiling sun with 3D rays shining over fluffy clouds that spell out their name. It’s a creative way to combine hands-on summer fun with a little bit of learning.
This cute project is a great addition to summer themed lessons, weather units, or when teaching your kid to spell their name. If you’d like to find more playful personalized crafts, be sure to check out our other ideas for name crafts that will add a fun twist to early learning.
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Summer Name Craft For Preschool
Kids will love making this sunny scene where their name takes center stage on fluffy clouds. It’s a good way for little learners to practice recognizing the letters in their name and then spelling it with this summery theme that’s full of sunshine.
The bright sun rays will look like they pop right off the page when kids bend the paper for them to lift up. This extra touch adds some dimension to their sunny masterpieces.
Instructions for Editing the Cloud Name Template
Use our editable template to type in your child’s name on the cloud letters. If you want the letters to look the same as ours, you’ll need to download the free font, Lexend, before opening and using the free template. After downloading and installing the font on your computer, open Adobe Reader and type into the light blue boxes on each of the clouds. That’s it!
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Sun Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by downloading, editing, and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this sun to life!
Take the eye pieces and glue them near the top center of the yellow circle. Line them up just below the eyebrows.
Glue one cheek under each eye. This gives your sun a sweet, cheerful face that kids will love.
Cut short slits all the way around the orange circle to form the sun’s rays.
Place the yellow face in the center of the orange circle and glue it down. Help your child line it up so the rays peek out evenly from all sides. Press it down with glue to secure the face in place.
Show your child how to gently fold every other ray upward, then let them try a few on their own. It’s a simple step that gives the sun a fun, bouncy look and a great way to build those fine motor skills!
Glue the finished sun onto a blue sheet of paper. This helps the bright sun stand out, as if it’s floating in the sky.
Help your child find the correct letters and arrange them in order beneath the sun. It’s a simple way to practice name recognition while adding a personal touch they’ll be proud of. Once everything is lined up, glue the letters in place.
Don’t you just love how bright and cheerful this sun name craft turned out? It’s such a fun way to personalize a summer activity! While you’re here, be sure to check out some of our other favorite summer crafts for kids to keep the creativity shining all season long!
Summer Books For Children
How To Catch A Mermaid is the summer version of the classic “How To Catch” series! It’s perfect for mermaid fans and summer lovers alike!
Gorilla Loves Vanilla is all about, you guessed it – ice cream! This silly book will have kids laughing and asking for you to read it again and again.
Goodnight Pirate is a fun bedtime book to read to kids all summer long! They’ll love the illustrations, story, and rhyming words.
Kids Summer Crafts
Summer Ice Cream Craft – Help kids chill out with this super cool ice cream cone! They’ll love making a cone wearing sunglasses and soaking up the sun by the sea. This sweet treat is all set to relax in a seaside summer scene, and you’ll just need some colorful paper, a little glue, and lots of imagination!
Watermelon Paper Plate Craft – Turn a plain paper plate into a juicy, smiling slice of summer! Use our free template to finish off this masterpiece that kids will love painting, cutting, and crafting. They’ll be excited to show off their tasty looking treat made with a common kitchen staple!
Popsicle Craft – Beat the heat with a popsicle that’s all fun and no sticky drips! Kids can design their dream treat with bright colors for their favorite “flavors” and top it off with some sprinkles. This cool popsicle will keep little hands busy, and our printable template will make it a breeze to piece together!
Seagull Headband Craft – Your little gulls will flap into fun when they make a feathered pal to perch right on their heads. It’s a great project for beach or ocean adventures or learning about different birds. This silly seagull is ready to squawk and soar, so print the template for the fun to begin!
Summer Activity Sheets For Kids
These ice cream pattern worksheets are scoops of fun! Kids give their early math skills a boost with they cut, sort, and match the colorful cones that come next in the pattern.
Each pattern they complete builds confidence, strengthens number sense, and brings a big scoop of summer smiles. These engaging worksheets are hands-on, sweet, and a sneakily educational way to keep little learners cool and clever during summer learning time.
Kids can snip their way into fun with these summer cutting activity pages! These pages will have kids cutting along wavy paths to meet Mr. Sun, counting and matching numbers, and piecing together juicy fruit halves.
Each page offers a hands-on way to boost fine motor skills, focus, and confidence when using scissors. These printables turn practice into play, make summer learning a breeze, and give little hands a fun workout!
For kids who can’t get enough of these fin-tastic creatures, download these free printable shark worksheets.
Kids will label parts of a shark, trace the letter Ss and word shark, and navigate a letter maze to build early literacy and fine motor skills. It’s jaw-some fun that brings the ocean straight to your table and works great for a shark themed lesson, a birthday bash, or a rainy day activity.
Keep kids excited all season long with this fun filled summer printable activities set! They’ll love dreaming up adventures with a summer wish list, planning with a bucket list, and adding color to sunny scenes. There’s a schedule and activity planner included to make organizing summer fun easy and full of happy memories!
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Sun Name Craft
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Sun Template
Instructions
- Download the template, edit it, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by gluing the eyes below each of the eyebrows.
- Next, glue the cheeks below each of the eyes.
- Cut evenly spaced slits around the edge of the large circle to create the sun's rays.
- Glue the face in the center of the larger circle with rays.
- Fold some of the cut strips upward to create a 3D effect.
- Glue the completed sun onto the center of a background sheet.
- Finally, arrange and glue the cloud letters below the sun to spell out the child’s name.
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Free Sun Name Craft Template
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Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump, and more.
