For 1-year-olds! Fall Craft Ideas [Part 2]
A must-see for teachers who want to enjoy autumn crafts with children!
This time, we’re sharing Part 2 of our autumn craft ideas recommended for one-year-olds.
We’ve gathered lots of ideas featuring motifs that let you fully experience autumn, such as acorns, fallen leaves, bagworms, and mushrooms.
We’re also introducing ideas that use techniques and materials likely to engage curious one-year-olds, so we’re sure they’ll dive in with sparkling eyes.
Feel free to use these for autumn craft play or wall decorations, and enjoy an artistic autumn together with the children.
Because what the children create is treated as artwork, we use the term “seisaku” (制作: production/creation) in the text.
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For 1-Year-Olds! Fall Craft Ideas [Part 2] (11–20)
Grapes with balloon stamps
This is a grape craft using balloons that kids love.
Inflate a balloon, dip it in paint, and stamp to create grape shapes.
Once the paint dries, cut out the grape shapes and attach a paper leaf and stem to finish.
It’s best to use the paint without thinning it so the color goes on well.
You can use just one color, but using multiple colors like purple, navy, and pink will make the result more vibrant and three-dimensional.
Inflate the balloons only a little so they’re easy for children to hold.
A mountain of crimson leaves with just a single fold
This one is a bit abstract, but we’ll make a mountain of autumn foliage.
Prepare a sheet of origami folded into a triangle, then tear several colors of origami paper into squares and paste them on however you like.
You’ll end up with your very own original mountain.
Tearing the paper is fun, and it’s also good practice for fine motor control.
You can make it more engaging by giving it a story—like saying, “This red part is the autumn leaves,” and so on.
It might also be nice to use a large sheet folded into a triangle and create a big mountain together with several people.
Sweet potato that breaks in two folds
Many children will likely get to experience digging up sweet potatoes on autumn field trips! How about trying sweet potato origami that’s perfect practice for potato digging? With just two folds, your origami paper transforms into a splendid sweet potato! Don’t worry about making it too neat—actually, not folding it perfectly is the trick to making it look cute.
For the finishing touch, you can draw or paste on the potato’s patterns, leaves, and vines—it’ll look adorable! Try to create a piece that even curious two-year-olds will be delighted with.
A ghost wearing a pumpkin and a hat
Paper collages of ghosts and pumpkins are perfect for the Halloween season.
Using the back side of black origami paper for the ghost gives it a three-dimensional look.
Folding pumpkins from the reverse side of orange origami paper can also produce creations full of each child’s unique originality.
The hat is finished by folding a small piece of origami paper into a triangle and then folding it back once more.
It’s nice to choose your favorite color to make the hat.
For both, you can draw the eyes and mouth by hand, or simply use stickers to finish them easily.
Autumn fruits with balloon stamps
Let’s use balloons like stamps to make delicious autumn fruits! On white drawing paper, dab paint onto the paper using a paint-covered balloon.
Once the paint dries, cut the paper into the shapes of your favorite fruits to match the paint colors.
Prepare separate paper to make stems and leaves, then combine them with the fruit shapes to finish! Have the children do the balloon stamping, and let the teacher handle any tasks that involve using scissors.
In conclusion
We introduced some recommended autumn crafts for one-year-olds.
In this season, when you can sense the smell and colors of autumn just by stepping outside, it’s wonderful to let one-year-old children express how they feel about autumn through crafting.
Displaying their creations will also bring a touch of autumn into the room!