Make a beautiful flower suncatcher for the window! All you need is a paper plate, contact paper, and flowers for a fun flower mandala.
Updated April 2025
If you’ve spent any time on the Artful Parent, you know we love suncatchers! It doesn’t matter the kind; we love them all. But we especially love flower suncatchers.
We’ve made lots of flower and nature suncatchers, including a flower petal stained-glass door and a magical 3D nature suncatcher.
But one of the easiest flower suncatchers to make is this one that uses paper plates, contact paper, and fresh flower petals. So simple and yet so lovely!
Here’s a video showing Flower Petal Suncatchers in action! And don’t forget to scroll down for step-by-step instructions.
How to Make a Flower Suncatcher
MATERIALS
- Paper plates (the thin kind)
- Scissors
- Transparent contact paper
- Flowers and leaves
- Markers
- Hole punch
- Yarn
INSTRUCTIONS
- Create your flower suncatcher frame
Begin by making a frame for your flower suncatcher by cutting a hole in the center of a paper plate.
- Add a center of contact paper
Next, use the paper plate frame to draw a circle on the contact paper. The circle on the contact paper should be about a half an inch larger than the hole in the frame, so that it will fit the opening and stick to the plate.
- Press flower petals and leaves to the contact paper
Arrange flower petals, petal pieces, and leaves in any design you like.
If you want to make a mandala (these suncatchers make perfect mandalas!) make outwardly concentric designs with petals on the contact paper.
- Finish the suncatcher
Add another circle of contact paper over the top to protect and hold the flower design in place.
- Hang your suncatcher!
Punch a hole at the top of the frame and tie a loop of string for hanging. Then find a sunny window and hang your suncatcher!
We love how well these circular frames hold the mandalas so perfectly in the center!
We hope you try these simple and lovely flower suncatchers!
More Nature Suncatchers for Kids
- How to Make A 3D Nature Suncatcher
- How to Make a Flower Stained-Glass Window
- How to Make a Suncatcher with Paper Plates
- How to Make Tissue Paper Suncatchers
- How to Make a Suncatcher with Beads
- How to Make a Bunting with Melted Crayons
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