[For 2-Year-Olds] Craft Ideas to Enjoy in August! Incorporate Summery Motifs and Techniques
August is the month when two-year-olds can enjoy summer the most! How about having fun with lively two-year-olds through enjoyable craft activities? Here, we’re sharing craft ideas that bring a sense of coolness for August days that are too hot to play outside.
There are ideas using various materials and techniques, so enjoy the hot month of August together with the children! Since we treat what the children make as works (art pieces), we use the term “production” in the text.
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[2-Year-Olds] Craft Ideas to Enjoy in August! Incorporate Summery Motifs and Techniques (21–30)
Goldfish fan
Here’s an idea for making a fan inspired by the beloved children’s picture book “The Runaway Goldfish.” You’ll use a technique called stenciling, which involves creating pictures and letters with a cut-out template.
Cut a goldfish shape out of the center of a clear plastic file to make your stencil, place it on construction paper, and paint over it.
Decorate around it with stickers, then cut the paper into a round fan shape and punch a hole for your fingers.
Finally, add the goldfish’s eye to complete your cute goldfish fan.
For coloring, dabbing paint with a sponge like stamping gives it a nice texture and is highly recommended.
Sponge stamp ice cream
@hoiku.labo [Pom-Pom Fun!] Make a two-scoop ice cream with sponge stamping 🍨 Preschool craft | Childcare | Ideas for educators | Easy craft with kids | Stamping #IceCream #PreschoolTeacher
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Let’s make ice cream using sponge stamps! First, take a sheet of drawing paper and dab the paint-covered stamp to create patterns.
You can use any colors you like.
Once the paint is dry, cut the paper into the shape of ice cream.
Cut brown construction paper into a cone shape, draw the cone pattern, and paste it onto a backing sheet.
Then stick the stamped ice cream on top of the cone, add patterns in the empty spaces with crayons, and you’re done! You can make several scoops and stack them to create two- or three-scoop ice cream, too.
[For 2-year-olds] Craft ideas to enjoy in August! Incorporate summery motifs and techniques (31–40)
Let’s paint the ocean with PET bottle stamps
@hoiku.labo Perfect for Marine Day crafts! Let’s paint the ocean with plastic bottle stamps 🎶🫧 Preschool craft, childcare, ideas for childcare workers, making together with kids, easy craft, sea, stamps, construction paper, childcare worker
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Let’s have fun creating an ocean scene using a plastic bottle cap stamp that even young children can enjoy easily.
The materials are super simple! All you need is construction paper, a plastic bottle cap, paint, and a paper plate.
Squeeze your favorite paint colors onto the paper plate, dab the plastic bottle cap in the paint, and then stamp it onto the construction paper—that’s it! Using two or three colors like blue and light blue makes it look beautiful.
Finally, attach shell and fish shapes made from construction paper that you prepared in advance to complete the artwork.
It’s also lovely to add motifs you folded yourself with origami.
Give it a try for inspiration!
Colorful ice play with pom-poms
Have fun without using colored water! Here’s a colorful ice play idea using pom-poms.
It’s easy to try because you can get all the materials at a 100-yen shop.
This time, let’s use a round ice tray and colorful decorative balls to enjoy some cool, playful ice activities.
Just put the decorative balls and water into the round ice tray, freeze it, and you’re done! You can play by touching the ice as is, or enjoy watching it melt in the bath.
Try out different ways to play.
Munch-Munch Frog
@sachimama_asobi Kids will absolutely love this! ☺️✨ Chomp-chomp Froggy 🐸💚 Today I tried making a little frog that opens and closes its mouth 🐸✨ This is sure to be a hit with children ☺️ My boys at home can’t get enough of it 👀 You’ll need one sheet of origami paper, plus another sheet cut in half 💓 For the eyes, use round stickers. If you don’t have stickers, paper circles are fine ☺️ The frog’s tongue is made by cutting origami paper and gluing it on ✨ When you move the stick, the mouth goes chomp-chomp ✨ It’s easy to make, so save this and give it a try 🥰 +——————————————+ I’m Sachi, a mom of three energetic boys, ages 8, 6, and 2 ❀´- I share kids’ play ideas and simple crafts using 100-yen items, nature finds, and recycled materials. Feel free to like and follow! +——————————————+#AtHomePlay #AtHomePlaywork Play with children#I love crafts Handmade #origami#papercraftSpring crafts#Foo Foo Caterpillar #caterpillar#origami_caterpillar #OrigamiPlay#Frog #How to make a frograiny season (tsuyu) Paku Paku Frog Rainy Season ActivitiesPlayable Origami
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Unique and adorable expressions! Here are some fun ideas for a chomp-chomp frog.
Frogs are often seen during the rainy season, but they’re also familiar to children through nursery rhymes and picture books.
This time, let’s make a chomp-chomp frog that feels like you can have a conversation with it, and enjoy interacting with kids.
What you’ll need: one sheet of origami paper, one sheet cut in half, glue or double-sided tape, red origami paper, round stickers, a permanent marker, and more.
The lively, talkative movement is sure to capture children’s interest.
yacht

Something to make in summer! Here are some yacht craft ideas.
A yacht is a boat that moves forward by catching the wind with its sails.
Even if you haven’t seen one in real life, they often appear in picture books and anime.
How about making a yacht that evokes the sea and enjoying a summer craft? All you need is a single sheet of origami paper.
The folding method is simple and easy to follow, so once you get the hang of it, kids should be able to finish it on their own.
Use origami in your favorite colors or patterns to create your own original yacht!
Fishing made with origami

Let’s make and play! Here are some ideas for a fishing game made with origami.
When you think of summer, many people probably imagine goldfish scooping at summer festivals, right? On scorching days when it’s hard to go outside, how about enjoying a pretend fishing game indoors? You’ll need origami paper, round stickers, straws, a pen, cellophane tape, and scissors.
When making the fish, the key is to cut the tail into a heart shape! It also sounds fun to freely decorate the fish you make out of origami.



