UN Word Family Flower Craft

Bun, fun, nun, run, sun and spun fill the petals of a -un word family flower craft, and on a second flower students glue picture petals beside the matching -un word.
Year levels
Year 1, Pre-school (Early Years)
Pages
2
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Sep 26, 2026

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Phonics Craft, Craftivity
Resource types
Crafts
Preparation
Print ready
Australian Curriculum content descriptions
AC9EFLY12 — write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate…

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About this resource

Get those creative juices flowing with these UN words flower craftivity. Students will practise reading and identifying UN words while creating a fun spring flower.

What is Included:

  • There is 1 flower template for reading UN family words

  • There is 1 flower template for identifying and matching UN words and pictures.

This resource contains two CVC words flower template. When finished, each flower will have 6 different petals with words and pictures. They can be used to introduce or review CVC words, especially words with the UN spelling. With easy to identify images, students will not have difficulty knowing which picture matches which word.

There are two ways to use this product:

  • One way to use this resource is to simply print, and allow students to colour, cut out and glue the flower onto coloured paper.

  • Another way to use this resource is to print the flower onto coloured card stock paper. The teacher then can cut and laminate the pieces. The flower can make a great matching activity for a literacy centre, or be combined with other word flowers to sort.

Ways to Use:

  • Independent Work - Students can complete books on their own.

  • Small Group Activity - The teacher can target students who need more practice with word families in a small group setting.

  • Early Finishers - Students who finish other work early can make these books for extra practice.

  • Homework - These foldable books can be sent home for students to work on with parents.

  • Relief Plans - The no-prep nature makes these books great for relief teachers to give to students to complete.

  • Create a hallway, wall, door or bulletin board display

Skills Assessed

This activity has students practise scissor skills and following directions.

This activity tests students' ability to read CVC words and match UN words with pictures.

These flower craft templates are a single paged craft that supply a no prep option for teachers. Once the page is printed, the teacher just needs to provide students with scissors, glue, crayons, and coloured paper.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Read words in the -un word family

  • Match each -un word to its picture

Teaching tips

  • The two flowers could be used in order: reading the labelled petals first, then matching pictures to words on the second flower.

Skills covered

  • Word family reading — reading each -un word printed on a petal

  • Word-picture matching — gluing each picture petal beside its -un word

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Australian Curriculum (Version 9.0)

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

Australian Curriculum content descriptions

  • AC9EFLY12 — write consonant–vowel–consonant (CVC) words by representing sounds with the appropriate letters, and blend sounds associated with letters when reading CVC words

Core concepts

  • Word families

  • CVC words

  • Word-picture matching

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