Discuss how sunflowers are painted. Cover the tables or desks with newspaper. Give each child a large piece of paper. Have various colours for painting available. I had orange, yellow, brown, and green available on each group of desks.
Students then begin by painting the centre of the sunflower with brown.
They then painted each of the petals, the stem, and leaves. I encouraged my students to add details in the middle of the sunflower, on the brown section, to put dabs of yellow of orange to show the seeds. Let dry overnight. I cut out the sunflowers with the help of a parent helper. I then cut out a large vase.