Recommended for elementary school students! A fun collection of craft ideas for first graders

Cardboard guitar that makes sound

Let's Make a Sound-Making Guitar! [Cardboard Craft]

Let’s introduce a fun-to-make cardboard guitar.

Prepare one cardboard box, five rubber bands, a food tray, packing tape, glue, scissors, and a cutting mat, then let’s get started.

Draw a rough outline of a guitar on the opened cardboard and cut out each part along the lines.

Make slits along the long side of the food tray; the depth of the slits will change the sound it produces.

Thread the rubber bands through the slit area.

Attach the food tray to the hole in the guitar body part using packing tape.

Glue the neck and head together.

Then glue the neck and head onto the guitar body to complete it.

Paint it and add decorations to finish your own original guitar!

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a picture from the story

[Elementary School Art: Story Illustrations] Introducing recommended picture books and ways to support children who struggle to draw from imagination — Fukiko Grandma’s Art and Craft Teaching Tips

When drawing, choosing a theme is important, and some people may struggle with that and find it hard to get started.

For those who aren’t good at deciding on a theme, a recommended approach is to use a story as a reference and create your artwork from it.

Freely choose a narrative, find a scene you like, and express it in your own way through your art.

Because cover illustrations and interior artwork can influence you, it takes skill to see how far you can distance yourself from them and how much originality you can bring.

Try to visualize the setting of the story and make a habit of expanding your imagination from there.

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Coin Slider Piggy Bank

[Anywhere Art] [Summer Vacation Craft] Coin Slider Piggy Bank☆

The mechanism is fun! Let me introduce an idea for a coin slider piggy bank.

It’s a unique piggy bank with a special mechanism, perfect for anyone thinking of making one and looking for inspiration.

If the piggy bank has a feature that makes you want to drop coins in, saving money could become a lot easier! This time, let’s make a coin slider.

You’ll need an empty box, paint, a tray, scissors, chopsticks, glue, and so on.

Feel free to customize it with any motif you like.

Give it a try!

Merry-go-round craft

Summer vacation craft project: “Merry-Go-Round” — independent research, scientific creative craft

Make use of motors and magnets! Here are some ideas for building a carousel craft.

It’s perfect for anyone who wants to apply what they learned in class to a hands-on project! When you flip the switch, the motor makes the carousel spin round and round, and thanks to the magnets, the white horse bobs up and down as if it’s hopping.

That alone is wonderful, but adding features like lights or a music box could create an even more magical atmosphere, don’t you think?

Transformable miniature house

For a summer vacation craft! How to make a miniature house that can be freely transformed

Let me introduce a cute, transformable miniature house.

Using cardboard, choose the coverings for the ceiling, floor, and walls as you build each room.

The key is to keep in mind the kind of room you want to create while you work.

Try stacking rooms or changing the combinations to make a miniature house that’s uniquely yours.

By making the wall coverings with colored paper or using patterned paper for the miniature house, you can add originality and have even more fun.

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