Celebrate summer by creating adorable Paper Plate Watermelon Suncatchers with the kids. This easy suncatcher craft requires minimal supplies and looks bright and cheery hanging on windows! Kids of all ages will love to make these easy watermelon crafts made from paper plates!

Easy Watermelon Suncatcher Craft for Kids

One of my family’s favorite things about summer is fresh, pink, juicy watermelons! Perhaps the epitome of summer picnics, parties, and cookouts would not be complete without them.

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This suncatcher craft is easy and fun to make! It is a watermelon craft preschool kids can do with a little assistance, but older children should be able to make this colorful suncatcher craft independently.

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Suncatcher Paper Plate Watermelon Craft

This fun watermelon suncatcher is super easy to make and actually doesn’t require too many crafting supplies.

Supplies Needed To Make Watermelon Paper Plate Suncatchers

• pink tissue paper (cut into 1 inch squares)
• black tissue paper (cut into small circles)
• white paper plates
• adhesive clear laminate shelf liner
• green paint 
• a paint brush
• tape
• scissors

How To Make A Watermelon Paper Plate Suncatcher:

Step 1 

Cut the paper plate in half. Next, cut off the “plate” part leaving only the textured rim.

Paint the bottom half of the textured rim green. Paper plates make the best watermelon crafts!

Step 2

Next cut a small rectangle of clear shelf liner (enough to fit inside the space in your paper plate).

Invite your child to cut small circles from the black tissue paper and place them directly onto the sticky side of the shelf liner.

Step 3

Next, place small squares of pink tissue paper onto the sticky side of the shelf liner.

When the shelf liner is covered, cut another small rectangle (about the same size) and place it over the tissue paper. Trim any ragged ends.

Step 4

Place the tissue paper rectangle into the paper plate (seed side out) and secure it with tape. Trim off excess edges to create a watermelon slice.

Step 5

Hang in the window with tape and enjoy!

Our Experience Making Watermelon Suncatchers

This watermelon paper plate craft is really the cutest thing. The sun makes the “fruity” part of this watermelon activity look so vibrant when you hang it in the window. The watermelon seeds really pop out against the pink as does the rind!

What is even cooler is that our paper plate watermelon craft even has the white part of the rind on it. Most watermelon activities only have a green rind, so I appreciate the realistic touch on this one.

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Paper Plate Watermelon Suncatchers

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Celebrate summer and the bounty it brings with this super fun paper plate watermelon suncatcher craft!

Materials

• pink tissue paper (cut into 1 inch squares)
• black tissue paper (cut into small circles)
• white paper plates
• adhesive clear laminate shelf liner
• green paint and a paint brush
• tape
• scissors

Instructions

1. Cut the paper plate in half.
2. Next, cut off the "plate" part leaving only the textured rim.
3. Paint the bottom half of the textured rim green.
4. Next cut a small rectangle of clear shelf liner (enough to fit inside the space in your paper plate).
5. Invite your child to cut small circles from the black tissue paper and place them directly onto the sticky side of the shelf liner.
6. Next, place small squares of pink tissue paper onto the sticky side of the shelf liner.
7. When the shelf liner is covered, cut another small rectangle (about the same size) and place it over the tissue paper.
8. Trim any ragged ends.
9. Place the tissue paper rectangle into the paper plate (seed side out) and secure it with tape.
10. Trim off excess edges to create a watermelon slice.
11. Hang in the window with tape and enjoy!

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Did you make this watermelon suncatcher? How did it turn out? We’d love to hear from you down below!