[Childcare] Let’s make things with various materials! A collection of recommended craft ideas for April
April is the season for starting nursery and moving up a grade.
It’s an exciting time with new classes, but it can also feel a bit unsettled.
Here are some craft ideas that children can enjoy in April.
We’ve gathered everything from activities they can really focus on to ideas they can make and then play with.
When we draw out children’s sense of fun, crafting becomes an exciting time.
We’re sharing a variety of ideas so you can choose based on children’s interests and curiosities—please find projects you can incorporate.
Because children’s creations are treated as works, we use the term “制作” (seisaku: production/work) in the text.
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[Childcare] Let's create with various materials! Recommended craft ideas for April (21–30)
Tear it off and stick it! Laundry

Perfect for warm spring days! Here’s a fun craft making laundry by tearing and pasting paper.
You’ll need a wide rectangular backing sheet, clothing templates, tissue paper, string, clothespins, a tree cutout, glue, and tape.
First, cut out the clothing templates with scissors.
Tear the tissue paper and paste it onto the clothing shapes.
Stick the string onto the backing sheet, then decorate with the tree, clothespins, and the clothes—and you’re done! It’s also fun to let the children choose their favorite colors for the backing sheet and tissue paper.
Hang up your original laundry and enjoy a spring-themed decoration!
cherry blossom hair ornament

Create your own little spring! Let me introduce a cherry blossom decoration.
You’ll need scissors, glue, craft scissors, a craft punch, a hole punch, a pen, origami paper, and a backing sheet.
This cherry blossom decoration is three-dimensional, and a big plus is the freedom to choose any origami colors you like.
By using gold or silver origami as accents, even a single blossom looks glamorous.
It also looks lovely displayed in a frame made from chopsticks! Please give it a try and create a cherry blossom decoration that expresses your very own little spring.
A butterfly with beautiful watercolor-like bleeding effects
Gently blending colors make it so beautiful! Here are some ideas for butterflies using a bleeding painting technique.
Bleeding painting is a form of art that takes advantage of the way paint or ink bleeds and spreads across paper or canvas to create beautiful effects.
Its charm lies in the dreamy atmosphere and soft impression it gives.
This time, let’s use paper towels to make original butterflies.
Color the paper towel with water-based markers, then use a dropper to let water soak in.
Once it’s fully dry, cut it into a butterfly shape and wrap a pipe cleaner around it to finish!
Chick and Four-Leaf Clover
Here’s an introduction to making chicks and four-leaf clovers.
Prepare paint, brushes, a palette, drawing paper, and crayons, and let’s get started.
Put paint on the children’s palms and have them do hand painting to color and create the four-leaf clovers.
Older children can try drawing chicks and ladybugs on the drawing paper.
For younger children, it’s also nice to have them paste pre-made chicks or ladybugs.
For the background paper, we recommend spring-like colors such as pink or light blue!
Butterflies made with colorful tissue paper
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Let’s make your very own special butterfly! Here are some ideas for butterflies made with colorful tissue paper.
Tissue paper is thin and soft, and it’s often used for crafts that have a gentle, festive feel.
With its wide range of colors, it’s perfect for creating three-dimensional flowers and decorations.
It’s lightweight and easy for kids to work with, so they can cut, crumple, and twist it to freely express different shapes.
This time, we’ll make a butterfly from the popular children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The patterns and color choices really show off each person’s individuality.
The kitchen sponge transforms into a butterfly!
https://www.tiktok.com/@hii_hoiku_seisaku/video/7481957164031003911It’s great that you can make use of familiar materials you already have at home or in the classroom! Here’s an idea where a kitchen sponge transforms into a butterfly.
The butterfly made with a kitchen sponge and a spork is appealing because the materials are easy to gather and the steps are simple.
The soft, gentle texture unique to sponges is a key feature! Cutting the sponge into smaller sizes lets you make tiny butterflies too, which is a fun twist.
Give it a try in your activities!
Sparkly-winged butterfly
Let’s make one with colored foil origami! Here’s an idea for a butterfly with sparkly wings.
Colored foil origami has a unique texture and a beautiful finish, giving a more glamorous impression than regular origami.
This time, let’s make the butterfly that appears in the beloved children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” It’s also great practice for cutting straight with scissors.
For toddlers, it might be easier if they tear the paper by hand to create their own arrangement.



