Recommended for 2-year-olds! Introducing fall craft ideas and activities for September [Part 2]
Here is Part 2 of our recommended September craft ideas for 2-year-olds.
From event-themed projects like the Harvest Moon viewing and Respect for the Aged Day to nature-inspired creations featuring autumn leaves and acorns, we’ve gathered plenty of craft ideas that let children feel the season of fall.
At age two, children are eager to try things on their own, so we’ve collected lots of ideas that allow them to freely draw and create while enjoying a sense of accomplishment.
Use these as a reference and enjoy the autumn season together.
Because the children’s work is regarded as “artworks,” we use the term “seisaku” (制作) in the text to refer to their creations.
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Making animals with fallen leaves
Making animals out of fallen leaves is fun, too.
I’ll walk you through the basic steps.
First, use construction paper to create motifs like the animal’s face.
Then hand those to the children together with fallen leaves, and let them freely create the body.
For example, for a lion, you can arrange leaves around the face to suggest the mane.
Beyond lions, prepare various creatures and enjoy the activity together! By the way, animals that pair especially well with fallen leaves include bagworms and hedgehogs.
Mushroom vegetable stamp
Let’s use vegetable stamps to create autumn-like mushroom patterns! Vegetables with distinctive cross-sections, such as lotus root and okra, are perfect for stamping.
If you’re growing vegetables in the school garden, harvesting and using those is also great! Have the children stamp on drawing paper with the vegetables, and then the teacher can use that paper to make mushrooms.
They’ll look adorable if you make them in any shapes and sizes you like, or add faces.
Using vegetables as stamps isn’t something you get to do often, so it will surely be a stimulating experience for the children!
Mushroom with a balloon stamp
Would you like to try making mushrooms by stamping with balloons? Have an adult inflate the balloons.
The key is to blow them up a bit smaller so they’re easy for children to hold.
Dip the balloon in paint and stamp it onto construction paper in the color of your choice.
It’s more fun if you use several colors of paint.
Finally, attach the stem pieces and your mushroom is complete.
You can draw patterns on the stem or add a face to create a unique mushroom all your own.
Perfect for autumn wall decorations, too.
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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.
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.
Mushrooms you can make in 2 minutes
An origami mushroom motif that lets you feel the autumn season.
It’s also appealing that you can make it in about two minutes using two sheets of origami paper! You’ll make the mushroom cap and the stem separately.
There are some fine folds, so certain steps may feel a bit difficult for two-year-olds.
In that case, an adult should offer support.
Finally, attach the cap and stem with tape or glue, and it’s done! It’s great to decorate the cap with stickers or draw patterns on it.
It might also be fun to give it an expressive face with eyes and a mouth.
A bagworm that breaks in three folds
With just three folds, your origami turns into a bagworm! It’s a fun, idea-filled craft perfect for autumn.
Place the colored side up, fold the bottom into a triangle, flip it over, and fold the sides.
To finish, stick on torn pieces of origami paper and round sticker eyes—that’s it! The bagworm body doesn’t need to be folded perfectly.
Let 2-year-olds experience the joy of origami.
Also, torn-paper collage is great for practicing finger dexterity and nurturing the senses! Plus, through autumn-themed crafting, it helps enrich children’s hearts.