[For 2-year-olds] Feel the warm spring! Fun April craft ideas collection
The new school year is an exciting season for both adults and children.
Our hearts are full of anticipation about the fun that awaits with the teachers and friends we’ll be spending time with.
For April, why not choose creative ideas featuring bright, spring-like motifs?
This time, we’ve gathered ideas that are easy for 2-year-olds to try, as well as projects that use recycled materials and various textures.
We hope children can build many joyful experiences while we stay close to their needs.
If you’re unsure about what to make, please use these ideas as a reference.
Because the children’s creations are treated as works of art, we refer to them as “seisaku” (productions/creations) in the text.
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[Age 2] Feel the Warmth of Spring! A Collection of Fun April Craft Ideas (11–20)
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!
Tulips made with sensory play
Introducing a tulip craft made with sensory play that 2-year-olds will love and that both kids and adults can enjoy together.
Prepare paint, construction paper, and a zip-top bag.
Drip your favorite paints onto the construction paper, place it inside the bag, and seal it.
Spread the paint by pressing and sliding it from outside the bag.
Children can experience the cool temperature of the paint and how the colors mix.
Take the paper out, let the paint dry, and then cut it into the shape of tulips.
Finally, glue the cut-out tulip flowers onto another sheet where you’ve drawn the stems and leaves—and it’s complete!
A mimosa bouquet made from handprints
https://www.tiktok.com/@pi_chan.sensei__hoiku/video/7359818005552909575Here’s an introduction to making mimosa flowers—yellow blossoms that bloom in the warm spring months of March to April.
Prepare lace paper doilies, construction paper, yellow and pink tissue paper, double-sided tape, and ribbon.
Start by attaching the lace doily to the base construction paper and decorate it festively with washi tape or similar.
Trace the children’s handprints onto construction paper and cut them out.
Crumple the yellow tissue paper to resemble mimosa flowers, then stick them onto the handprint cutouts where you’ve placed double-sided tape so they don’t fall off.
Wrap the mimosa with the pink tissue paper, add a ribbon, and it’s complete! This is also a great wall art project for two-year-olds.
Spring Stroll Bag
Introducing a handmade walk bag for storing the treasures you find on your strolls.
Prepare a zippered storage bag, round stickers and washi tape, raffia tape (suzuran tape), felt-tip pens, and cloth duct tape.
Stick a strip of duct tape with the child’s name on the front of the storage bag in a visible spot.
Decorate the surface of the bag freely with round stickers and washi tape.
Reinforce the upper left and right edges of the bag by sandwiching them with duct tape, then use a hole punch to make holes.
Braid the raffia tape to a length that fits over the children’s shoulders, thread it through the holes in the bag, and you’re done.
Sensory Bottle Made with Cherry Blossom Petals
When you think of spring, many of you probably picture cherry blossoms.
Cherry blossoms in full bloom are very gorgeous, but they fall quickly and have a fleeting quality.
This time, I’ll show you how to make a sensory bottle that lets you enjoy the beauty of cherry blossoms for a long time.
The method is very simple: put liquid laundry starch and cherry blossoms into an empty bottle, then secure the lid with glue, and you’re done.
Adding cotton balls or beads is also recommended.
As you watch the cherry blossoms gently drift and sway, take your time to relax and let yourself be soothed.
Dandelions made with stamps
Easy yet so eye-catching! Let’s make dandelion flowers with a stamp! The method is very simple.
Prepare a toilet paper roll and make lots of slits on one end.
Add many fine slits while imagining dandelion petals.
Fold the cut sections outward, and your stamp is ready! Draw the dandelion stems and leaves on a sheet of construction paper as the base, then dip the toilet paper roll stamp in yellow paint and start stamping on top.
The toilet paper roll stamp is large and easy to hold, so even infants can enjoy it.
You can make it using familiar recycled materials, so give it a try!
[For 2-year-olds] Feel the warm spring! A collection of fun April craft ideas (21–30)
A bed for Little Broad Bean made of cotton
The picture book Sora Mame-kun’s Bed is hugely popular even among two-year-olds.
Here’s a craft activity using that book as a theme: making Sora Mame-kun’s bed out of cotton.
Prepare green construction paper, cotton, glue, and a piece of construction paper cut into the shape of Sora Mame-kun.
Cut the green construction paper into the shape of a pod to create the base.
Apply glue to the pod, then attach the cotton so it has a nice, fluffy volume all over.
Have the children draw Sora Mame-kun’s facial expression with crayons and stick him onto the cotton bed to finish.
It’s best to adjust the amount of glue together with the teacher as you go.