Make a little snake and go for a spring walk

[Ages 1–2] Let’s go for a walk with the Wiggly Snake!

Here’s a craft to make spring walks even more fun: a wiggly snake! Prepare construction paper, twine, scissors, crayons, glue, and stickers.

Draw on the construction paper with crayons, then add stickers or pieces of cut origami paper.

Using scissors, cut the paper into a spiral snake shape.

If you draw guide marks where you’ll cut, it will be easier.

Attach the twine to the head, and you’re done.

Take your freely wiggling snake for a walk—up, down, left, and right—and have fun!

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Quick and easy with bubble wrap stamps! Cute beehive

For spring crafts! An easy way to make a beehive using bubble wrap stamps

This is a fun stamping activity to make a cute honeycomb using bubble wrap.

Roll the bubble wrap to create a stamp, dab it in paint, and pop-pop it onto construction paper to easily make a honeycomb-like pattern.

Using two colors of paint lets you enjoy the contrast and looks very pretty.

Once the pattern is done, make bees and other parts and glue them on.

Since it’s just stamping, even young children can enjoy it and get absorbed in the activity.

After you attach the parts at the end, your adorable honeycomb artwork is complete!

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Two easy and cute spring wall decorations

[Recommended when you're short on time] Two tulip crafts you can use for spring wall displays 🌷 #preschoolcrafts #nurseryteacher #teachingideas #traineenurseryteacher #nurseryteacherlife #withkids #origami #origamicraft #tulip

Here are two quick and easy tulip crafts perfect for when you’re short on time.

The first is an origami tulip.

Start with the back side of the origami paper facing up, fold it into a triangle twice, then open it once.

Using the center line of the edge as an axis, fold up the left and right corners diagonally to suggest the shape of a tulip.

Glue it in place and you’re done! The second uses a sheet of drawing paper in a size that’s easy for kids to draw on.

Let them freely add color with crayons.

Then decorate with round stickers and the like, have an adult cut it into a tulip shape, and paste it onto a backing sheet.

Finally, draw the stem and leaves with crayons to finish.

It’s fun to play with all kinds of colors, so be sure to give it a try.

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Cherry blossom tree made with plastic bags

Blow into it and make it! Let me show you how to create a cherry blossom tree using a plastic bag.

You’ll need construction paper, a plastic bag, paint, a cherry tree shape made from construction paper, and glue or double-sided tape.

First, tie the bottom of the plastic bag tightly, turn it inside out, then blow into it and tie it off.

Dab paint onto the plastic bag, which will be puffed up like a balloon, and stamp it onto the paper to make big cherry blossom petals! Attach the cherry tree cutout made from construction paper, and you’re done!

Cherry blossoms made with newspaper stamps

Let’s make use of familiar materials! I’ll show you an idea for creating cherry blossoms using a newspaper stamp.

You’ll need drawing paper, crayons, newspaper, paint, and a paper plate.

First, use crayons to draw the cherry tree trunk on the drawing paper.

Next, put some paint on the paper plate.

A single color looks nice, but I recommend using two colors so you can enjoy the way they blend.

Finally, pick up some paint with a crumpled piece of newspaper and dab it onto the paper—stamp, stamp—and you’ll have a tree full of cherry blossoms!

wriggly caterpillar

Here’s a perfect craft for two-year-olds: a wiggly caterpillar made with tissue paper.

Prepare construction paper, thick cardstock, tissue paper, double-sided tape, and round stickers.

Cut one circle from construction paper and five circles of the same size from cardstock.

Have the children crumple the tissue paper and stick it onto the cardstock circles.

Mixing different tissue paper colors before crumpling and attaching them will look cute, too.

Connect the tissue-covered cardstock circles in the color order they like, then attach the circle of construction paper with the caterpillar’s face drawn on it at the front—and it’s done! The color order and facial expression will showcase their individuality and make for adorable caterpillars.

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A flower field made with fork stamping

Let’s make a colorful, cute spring flower field using fork stamps.

Prepare paint, a fork, green-toned tissue paper, construction paper, and glue.

Tear the tissue paper vertically by hand to create stems and leaves.

Tissue paper is delicate, so tear it gently.

Once you’ve glued the tissue paper onto the construction paper to represent stems, start stamping with paint applied to the fork.

If you load the fork with plenty of paint, the flowers’ shapes and colors will stand out clearly.

The softness of the tissue paper will help express the movement of the stems and leaves, too!

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