Even 1-year-olds will be captivated! A collection of craft ideas to enjoy the art-filled autumn
When it comes to autumn crafts, there are tons of ideas you can enjoy with children! This time, we’ve gathered autumn craft ideas you can do together with one-year-olds.
From colorful autumn leaves made with newspaper stamping, to grapes made by rolling up tissue paper, to moon-viewing dumplings made from air-dry clay—these are all projects that let you feel the season while having fun.
You can nurture your child’s sensitivity and create wonderful memories at the same time.
We’ll introduce autumn craft ideas perfect for childcare settings or for parents and children to try together! Because we feature ideas that nurture children’s free expression, we use the term “seisaku (制作: creation/production)” in the text.
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Even 1-year-olds are captivated! A collection of craft ideas to enjoy the autumn art season (21–30)
Grape craft for ages 1 and up
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A cute bunch of grapes that’s finished by crumpling tissue paper, putting it into a bag, and shaping it.
Change the color and you’ve got muscat grapes, too.
Cut grape leaves out of construction paper and stick them on.
Using tissue paper in the same color family with different shades will make it look even more vibrant.
Once it’s done, you can display it as is to enjoy an autumn mood, or stick it on the wall and have a grape-picking game.
Since the tissue paper gets packed into the bag, it doesn’t need to be perfectly crumpled.
Let the kids enjoy the feel of the tissue paper while they work on it.
Hedgehogs for infants (ages 1 and up)
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A hedgehog craft made by sticking pieces is perfect for one-year-olds who find complex tasks difficult, and it’s a great activity that lets them feel a sense of accomplishment from “I did it!” Prepare construction paper cut into parts for the hedgehog’s legs, body, and spines, along with glue and round stickers.
Have the children glue each part onto the body.
Repeating the sticking action is also recommended for promoting children’s fine motor development.
As the teacher encourages them by saying things like “You stuck it on so well,” the children accumulate small successes, build confidence, and this leads to meaningful growth.
Halloween ghost
Speaking of autumn, Halloween is a favorite among children.
How about making ghosts that even one-year-olds can enjoy? Prepare the parts for the ghosts—eyes, mouth, hands, and so on—in advance, and put double-sided tape on the back.
First, attach a sponge to the end of a chopstick and secure it with a rubber band.
Dab white paint on the sponge and use it to draw big ghosts on black construction paper.
Next, peel the backing off the tape on the parts and hand them to the children so they can stick them on.
It’s best to let them be as free as they like, both when drawing the ghosts and when placing the parts.
You’ll end up with wonderfully unique and adorable ghosts!
Dragonflies made with wet-on-wet painting
How about an idea for making dragonflies using wet-on-wet painting? Wet-on-wet painting is done by wetting drawing paper with water and letting watercolor paints bleed.
You can use any colors you like, but if you want an autumn feel, red, yellow, and orange work well.
Once the paint dries, cut out wing shapes with scissors, then attach them along with eyes to a straw that will be the body, and you’re done.
If you gently move the straw up and down, the wings will flutter beautifully.
Display them on a wall, and you can create a lively swarm of colorful dragonflies.
stylish tree
Perfect for the art-filled days of autumn! Here’s a stylish, artistic tree-making idea.
It’s a creative activity that draws out children’s free imagination, so why not try it at your nursery or kindergarten? The teacher cuts construction paper into leaf shapes, and the children freely color them with crayons or paint.
Next, tear craft paper (or similar) into branch and trunk shapes and glue them on.
Finish by arranging the colored leaves you made earlier.
If you have time, you can add a stamping activity using various recycled materials—kids will love it.
Moon-viewing craft
Let’s create a craft themed around moon viewing (Otsukimi).
Prepare dark blue construction paper to represent a night sky with the moon.
Arrange pictures of the moon, rabbits, and moon-viewing rice dumplings (dango) on it.
You can draw each element, or you can make them with origami and glue them on—both are great options.
For the dango, you can also line up small balls made from crumpled tissue paper.
For the moon, try a collage style using torn pieces of origami or tissue paper, or make a stylish moon by cutting a circle from construction paper and adding color with marbling techniques.
Adjust the methods and techniques to suit the children’s ages.
Grapes made with tissue paper
Autumn is full of delicious foods, and it’s especially the season when many fruits are harvested.
How about making grapes, a seasonal fruit you can enjoy in autumn? Roll purple tissue paper into balls to create the many round grape berries in a cluster, and have the children stamp their handprints in green on construction paper, cut them out, and use them as grape leaves.
Glue the grape berries onto a backing sheet of the same color.
The number of berries and how they are arranged will change the size and appearance, giving each piece its own personality.
