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[For Age 3] Let’s make it in April! A collection of craft ideas to feel spring events and nature

20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.
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After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

It’s April, and the children have moved up to the class for three-year-olds.

The preschool class brings a different kind of excitement than before.

At this age, they’re also getting used to handling scissors and glue during craft activities.

Here are some April craft ideas that three-year-olds can tackle with a sense of accomplishment.

There are plenty of familiar motifs for children, such as spring flowers and animals.

It’s also great to observe spring flowers and creatures outdoors alongside the craft activities.

Because the children’s creations are regarded as works, the term “seisaku” (制作) is used in the text to refer to them.

[For 3-year-olds] Let’s make it in April! A collection of craft ideas (21–30) to feel spring events and nature

Let’s decorate with cardboard! Making dandelions that feel like spring

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Here’s a spring craft idea where you pick real dandelions and arrange them in a cardboard vase.

Cut the cardboard to a size that’s easy for children to hold, and draw a vase on the lower half.

Punch several holes in the upper half.

Take this piece of cardboard on a walk, pick the dandelions blooming along the roadside, and insert the stems into the holes.

Once you’ve filled all the holes with dandelions, secure them from the back so they don’t slip out.

Find lots of dandelions and fill your vase with spring!

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Bubble wrap beehive making

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Bees can be scary, but kids are fascinated by beehives! So let’s make a beehive using bubble wrap, which is often used as cushioning material.

First, paint the bumpy side of the bubble wrap with paint.

Yellow and orange are recommended.

Once the paint is applied all over, stamp it onto white construction paper to transfer the pattern.

After the paint dries, cut the paper into multiple hexagons and paste them onto black construction paper to form a beehive.

Finally, stick on a bee made from construction paper—and it’s complete!

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Make it with hanshi paper! How to make colorful butterflies

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Here’s an idea for making butterflies using calligraphy paper, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Prepare two sheets of calligraphy paper and paint each with your favorite colors.

Using several spring colors will make it nice and colorful.

Once the paint is dry, cut the paper into circles.

These will become the butterfly wings, so cut them to whatever size you like.

Lightly accordion-fold the center of each circular sheet, then place the two together and tie them with a pipe cleaner.

Leave the ends of the pipe cleaner long, and curl the tips to create the antennae.

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Nature’s play of colors! Tie-dyeing with grasses and flowers

Play with nature’s colors: Fold-dyeing with grasses and flowers

Nature’s play of colors! Tie-dyeing with grasses and flowers

Spring is the season when grasses and flowers sprout.

Let’s enjoy orizome paper dyeing.

Pick your favorite flowers and grasses into a bag, add water, and knead to make colored water.

Be careful not to add too much water.

Once the color has come out well, use a tea strainer to transfer only the colored water from the bag into a container.

Next, accordion-fold washi paper, then fold it into triangles, flipping front and back as you go from the edge.

Dip it into the colored water to dye it.

Imagine letting the colored water soak into the three corners of the triangle.

It’s exciting to see what patterns will appear.

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cardboard camera

Kids Will Love It! Make-Your-Own Camera

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Let me introduce a cardboard camera that’s perfect for a walk.

Prepare cardboard, cellophane, a paper cup, and double-sided tape.

Cut two pieces of cardboard to the size of the camera you want to make.

Take a paper cup that’s cut in half horizontally with slits cut vertically, place it against the cardboard, then cut out a lens shape and fit it in.

Stick colored cellophane over the top, glue the cardboard pieces together, and you’re done! Try adding a yarn strap for walks or changing the cellophane colors and decorating it as you like!

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Cute Footprint! How to Make a Caterpillar

A craft that can be fondly looked back on as a wonderful memory when your child grows up: a Very Hungry Caterpillar made using footprints.

Paint the soles of the feet with paint and make four footprints on construction paper.

Once dry, cut them out and stick them onto a backing sheet along with a caterpillar face made from construction paper, and you’re done.

Decorating with round stickers as you like makes it extra cute.

Preserving those tiny footprints that exist only now will be a lovely memory for your child, as well as for caregivers and parents.

It’s also delightful to feel how much they’ve grown when you look back on it later.

Be sure to try making it together with your child.

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Drawing is fun! A mobile of little birds

This is an easy paper-dyeing technique.

Draw patterns on aluminum foil with water-based pens, then mist it with water and place a lace paper doily on top.

Once it’s thoroughly dry, cut the lace paper in half and accordion-fold it.

Next, cut a circle from construction paper and fold it in half.

Attach the lace paper wings and a face, and you’re done! The blurred colors are beautiful, creating a soft, gentle butterfly.

If you thread it and make a mobile, it sways cutely and is lovely as a decoration—highly recommended!

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