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Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

By Shaunna Evans 6 Comments · This content may contain affiliate links.

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We spent some time this month exploring Indian corn, or variegated corn. After removing the corn kernels to make our sensory bag we had a lot of kernels left over, so I thought we’d try making a new craft. That’s how these Indian corn sunflowers came about!

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

Materials for Indian Corn Sunflowers

  • Corn kernels
  • Husks (snipped off the cob to preferred length for sunflower petals)
  • Thin cardboard circles (ours are 5 inches in diameter)
  • Glue
  • Loop of twine or string of some sort (optional, if you want to attach to the back so the sunflowers can hang)

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

Steps for Making Sunflower Craft

We started by covering the back of our circles with glue. Tinker loves squeezing glue at this age, so she was all about it!

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

As we started to add the husks to make the flowers Tinker stopped for a minute to explore the texture. We talked a bit about how it felt.

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

We made a few layers of husks adding glue in between layers.

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

Just keep adding layers until you feel the flower is full enough. The husks may not seem like they are sticking well, but they will stick once the glue dries.

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

Grab something heavy to place on top of the flower while it dries. We had a pumpkin handy. (And I should note that I don’t recommend placing paper under this project. Umm…glue and paper, bad combo! I learned that the hard way as I tried to peel these off the paper, but it all worked out.)

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

After the glue was mostly dry we removed the pumpkins and flipped over the flowers.

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

The girls each added more glue to the center. Then they sprinkled corn kernels, trying their best to cover the circle completely.

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

After waiting for them to dry, the girls were so proud of their creations. They’ve been showing everyone who visits lately! You can decide what to do with them. They’d make great wall decorations. They have a 3-D effect so we are using them to add to our fall centerpiece on the dining room table.

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

 

Indian Corn Sunflower Craft

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  1. Crystal @ Crystal's Tiny Treasures

    November 26, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    These are so pretty! Thanks for linking them up with Mom’s Library. I’ll be featuring them this week at Crystal’s Tiny Treasures.

    Reply
    • Shaunna Evans

      November 27, 2013 at 1:51 pm

      Thank you so much, Crystal!

      Reply
  2. Angela@mamarosemary.com

    November 21, 2013 at 5:46 pm

    This is so cute! I am always looking for great harvest crafts and will be pinning this to do next year at our preschool!

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    • Shaunna Evans

      December 23, 2013 at 7:51 pm

      Thank you! I hope your little ones enjoy making these next year.

      Reply
  3. Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest

    November 18, 2013 at 2:02 pm

    These are absolutely beautiful, Shaunna! What a great idea.

    Reply
  4. Katie @ Gift of Curiosity

    November 18, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    Your sunflowers came out so lovely! What a cute idea!

    Reply

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