[Childcare] Recommended for 3-year-olds! Craft activity ideas

Three homemade kites!

[Craft] Introducing Recommended Homemade Kites for the New Year [Nursery/Kindergarten]

Let’s make kites that are perfect for New Year’s.

It’s also a lot of fun to go out and fly the ones you’ve made.

I’ll introduce three types of kites.

The first is a twirly, spiral kite.

It’s great because you can practice cutting curves while making it.

The next kite is made by stapling construction paper into a paper-airplane-like shape.

You only need a stapler and a hole punch for this one.

The third kite uses a plastic shopping bag.

First, fold an A4 sheet of paper and draw lines to make a template.

Then cut the plastic bag based on that template.

If you draw a picture on it before assembling, you can create a one-of-a-kind kite.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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You can make it with a plastic bottle! A cute little horse

[Summer Vacation Crafts] [Plastic Bottle] How to Make a Cute Horse and Unicorn [Easy Craft]

This is a craft idea for making a horse by using tissue-stuffed plastic bottles as the head and body.

For the horse’s neck and legs, use construction paper rolled into tubes.

Create the mane with slitted construction paper and the ears with paper cut into triangles.

Wrap some construction paper around the tip of the head to represent the horse’s distinctive nose.

Use tape for most of the assembly; instead of clear tape, which can look too plain, we recommend using brightly colored tape.

It will act like a pattern and give the piece a festive finish.

Finally, draw the eyes with a pen to complete your horse.

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Merry-go-round! The horses that go round and round

[Easy Craft 040] Merry-Go-Round — The horses spin around at high speed! Merry-Go-Round

Let’s make a toy where horses spin around like a merry-go-round.

For the base, use a paper bowl and a paper cup.

For the spinning mechanism, use a paper clip, a rubber band, a bead, a toothpick, and a wooden chopstick.

First, use an awl to make a hole in the center of the bottoms of both the paper bowl and the paper cup.

Straighten the paper clip, then bend one end into a hook shape.

Thread a bead onto a rubber band, hook one end of the rubber band onto the paper clip’s hook, and pass it through from the bottom of the paper cup.

On the other end of the rubber band, insert the wooden chopstick so it won’t slip out.

Next, pass the clip up through the bottom of the paper bowl, stack it with the paper cup, then remove the hook and insert a toothpick as a stopper.

Finally, attach paper with horse illustrations to both ends of the chopstick, and you’re done.

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Make it with pipe cleaners! Chigaya horses

I tried making a Chigaya horse using pipe cleaners! [Nerima City Kitamachi Children's Center]

Chigaya horses, a traditional Tanabata decoration often made before the war.

They are made from chigaya, a type of kaya grass, and are typically displayed as a male-female pair.

This idea is to make those chigaya horses using chenille stems (pipe cleaners).

Fold a pipe cleaner in half, twist and secure it as you shape it into a horse.

Use pipe cleaners in your favorite colors to create a vibrant finish.

Since it’s a Tanabata decoration, you could also write a tanzaku (wish strip) and adorn it with a chigaya horse as an accent.

It’s a wonderful idea that also lets you learn about Nerima’s traditions.

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A mysterious horse that walks without power

A mysterious horse that walks without power

Here’s an idea for making a moving horse out of construction paper! First, cut a rectangle from construction paper that’s 3 cm wide and 15 cm long.

Then, on both the left and right sides, make two slits each, 1 cm wide and 5 cm long.

Fold the middle of the slit sections into a valley fold to form the head and tail, and make mountain folds on the sides to create the legs.

Use scissors to round off the corners of the legs.

This will allow the horse to move.

Color it with crayons and draw the face to finish.

Try letting it walk down a slope and have fun!

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