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Sun Templates - Free Printable Shapes For Kids' Activities, Crafting, & DIY

Free printable sun templates in a variety of shapes and sizes for kids’ activities and crafts, classroom decor, scrapbooking, and more!

Highlights:

Sun templates
Instant digital download
1 PDF file

This set includes:

1 PDF File with a standard US letter size (8.5 X 11 inch) layout
Black and white color scheme
12 sun shapes
4 size options for each shape
- Large (one per page)
- Medium (2 per page)
- Small (6 per page)
- Extra small (20 per page)

These sun shape templates can be printed onto any type of paper you like. Here are a few options:

Print on basic white printer paper or card stock if you simply want to use the shape as a basic stencil.
Print onto your favorite colored or patterned card stock for custom styled sun designs.

How can you use these sun shape templates? Here are just a few ideas:

Educational Activities
- Letter and Number Recognition Games:
  - Matching game: Write letters, sight words, numbers, etc. on sun shapes and have children match them.
  - Slap it game: Write letters. sight, words, numbers, etc. on sun shapes and scatter them around a table or on the floor. Call out a letter or number and have students “slap it” with a fly swatter, toy wand, etc.
- Sight Word Practice: Write sight words on suns and use them in a scavenger hunt or matching game.
- Counting Activities: Write numbers on sun shapes and have students count them or put them in numerical order.
- Weather Unit: Incorporate them into a weather-themed lesson to discuss the sun’s role.
- Sun Science Activities: Use as a visual aid in space science lessons.
Kids’ Arts and Crafts
- Sun Art: Let kids color or decorate the sun template and glue tissue paper or glitter for texture.
- Sun Puppets: Glue sun shapes onto a popsicle stick and let students draw faces and decorate them for a fun storytelling prop.
- Sun Mobiles: String multiple sun shapes together to make a hanging decoration.
Bulletin Boards and Classroom Displays
- Themed Display Decor: Use the sun shapes as part of a summer, weather, or space-themed display in your classroom, hallway, etc.
- Student Name Display: Print the sun shapes on bright colored card stock. Write each student’s name on a sun and arrange them on a bulletin board or your classroom door.
- Positive Affirmations Board: Write encouraging words on each sun and create a motivational display.
- Classroom Jobs Chart: Assign classroom tasks by writing them on sun shapes.
- Morning Weather Chart: Use the sun shapes as part of your weather lesson in your circle or calendar time routine.
- Birthday Board: Use suns to display students’ birthdays on a classroom wall.
Fun Games For Kids
- Scavenger Hunt: Hide sun shapes around the room and have kids find them.
- Musical Suns: Like musical chairs, but with sun cutouts placed on the floor.
- Game Pieces: Use sun cutouts as game pawns or pieces for games like Bingo.
Celebrations and Themed Events
- Summer Party Decorations: Use them for banners/garland, food labels, and table scater.
- Vacation or Summer Countdown Chart: Number the suns and place them on a wall, cork board, or bulletin board. Remove one each day before a trip or the last day of school.
- Festival or Summer Camp Craft: Kids can personalize their sun as part of a group craft.
- Photo Booth Props: Add suns to paper glasses or other themed props for a summery photo booth.
Crafting
- Scrapbooking
- Journal making
- Making greeting cards
- Stencils for paint projects