[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! Fun April Craft Ideas (41–50)
Spring laundry
The way the colors gently spread is beautiful! Here are some spring laundry-themed craft ideas.
When you ask children what colors they like, they’ll tell you lots of names like “blue!” and “green!” Let’s create using the colors they love.
You’ll need construction paper, scissors, paint, origami paper, jute twine, paper towels, and craft glue.
Fold the paper towel and soak it with diluted paint in the child’s favorite colors.
Watching the color slowly seep in will captivate the children.
Flappy butterfly
Arranging is fun! Here are some fluttering butterfly ideas.
Speaking of butterflies, you might see them often this season when you go for a walk or an outing.
They also appear frequently in fingerplay and picture books, so they may be an insect familiar to children.
This time, let’s make a butterfly you can wear on your finger and flap to play.
What you’ll need: construction paper in your favorite colors, origami paper, round stickers, scissors, glue, and a pen.
The best part is that you can enjoy decorating the wings with paints or crayons.
Customize it to suit your child’s growth and interests!
cucumber
How about an idea for folding a cucumber out of origami to spark more interest in vegetables? This one uses a simple method that even toddlers can enjoy! Prepare a sheet of green origami paper cut in half.
Place the half sheet with the short side at the top, then fold it in half vertically.
Even at this stage it looks like a long, rectangular cucumber, but if you slightly fold all four corners inward to round them, it will look even more like a real cucumber! You can draw prickles with crayons, and adding eyes and a mouth makes it cute, too.
tomato
Let’s make vegetables with origami! Here’s a tomato idea for you.
What you’ll need: a piece of red origami paper cut to 7.5 cm and some crayons or colored pencils.
By simply folding in the corners of the red paper, you’ll have a vibrant tomato! Add color for the stem with crayons or colored pencils, and draw a face to create your very own original tomato.
It’s fun to focus and use your hands while expressing the tomato’s round shape and juiciness! Try making it while paying attention to the colors and shapes.
Shinkansen
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Let’s try folding a Shinkansen—the kids’ favorite—out of origami! This video shows how to fold a bus, a yacht, and a Shinkansen.
They all use basic techniques centered on mountain and valley folds, so even toddlers can enjoy folding them! By changing the color of the paper for the Shinkansen, you can also make versions like Komachi and Hayabusa, so be sure to try different origami papers.
As an introduction, reading a picture book or preparing an illustrated book about vehicles can make the origami activity even more enjoyable.
peach blossoms
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Let’s try making a spring blossom—peach flowers—out of origami! There are quite a few steps in this folding process, so please work through it together with the teachers.
First, make a petal out of origami paper; once you’ve made five petals of the same shape, glue them together to finish the flower.
Since you’ll be making multiple identical pieces, it’s helpful for teachers to demonstrate and fold along together.
You can enjoy displaying the finished flowers on the wall, or hang them as a mobile using clear thread—they’ll look super cute either way! The sight of the hanging peach blossoms swaying in the breeze is sure to captivate the children.
rabbit
How about making the Easter bunny, a character from the spring holiday, out of origami? After folding the paper into a triangle twice, open the pockets on both sides and flatten it into a square.
Place it with the flaps at the top, then fold the top corner down to the bottom corner.
Flip it over and do the same—doesn’t it start to look like a bunny? The two triangles become the ears, so fold them in toward the center line on the left and right.
Shape the chin and ears to complete the face.
The body is a bit more complex to fold, so please work on it together with an adult or teacher.
Once you glue the face and body together, your cute bunny is complete!