Autumn craft ideas that will captivate 2-year-olds! Have fun making them and enjoy the fall to the fullest

walk bag

Hapichiru Video, Episode 24: “Let’s Make a Walk Bag and Go Out to Play!” [Kisarazu City Childcare Division]

When you head out for a walk with a bag you made yourself, kids get excited, don’t they? Carrying a bag they made on their own can also help nurture a sense of taking good care of their belongings.

You can easily make this project with a freezer bag, round stickers, a hole punch, and ribbon.

First, stick round stickers on the upper left and right edges of the freezer bag to reinforce it, then punch holes there to thread the ribbon through.

After threading the ribbon, let the children decorate the bag freely with round stickers—and it’s done.

Since it’s made of plastic, it’s very convenient: even if it gets dirty, you can wash it quickly, let it dry, and use it again and again.

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Sweet potato craft

[Sweet Potato Digging!] Craft activities and wall displays with sweet potatoes for autumn events! Fingerplay to enjoy with children (nursery schools and kindergartens)

Autumn sweet potato digging is one of the big events for children, isn’t it? Many kids look forward to digging up a big sweet potato! That said, for two-year-olds, digging up real potatoes is still a bit difficult.

So how about trying a sweet potato craft that lets them enjoy “potato digging” indoors? Cut cardboard into the shape of sweet potatoes, and have the children glue on long, single-cut strips of construction paper.

Finally, add some leaves, and your sweet potatoes are complete! Hide the potato part and let them enjoy a pretend potato-digging activity.

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A shichirin and Pacific saury

You can keep playing even after making them! Autumn Appetite Craft Journal — For 2- and 3-year-olds [Nursery/Kindergarten]

Let’s try making some Pacific saury (sanma) crafts and enjoy the flavors of autumn.

Please follow along by imitating the teacher’s sample as you work.

First, make two folded sanma out of construction paper.

Then, attach a silver sanma you made in the same way to the outside.

On the inside, draw the fish bones; on the outside, draw the eyes and patterns so that it looks like a fish when folded.

On the backing sheet, glue on a shichirin (charcoal grill) made from construction paper and a grill grate with crayon patterns, then glue the sanma you made on top.

Finish by making a mini fan (uchiwa) from a paper straw and construction paper.

Try fanning with the uchiwa or playing by opening the sanma flat or folding it into a fish.

If you draw smoke on the backing sheet, it will feel even more realistic.

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Wreath of nuts and berries

[Autumn Craft for Ages 2–3] A Preschool Teacher’s Easy Guide to Making a Wreath with Nuts and Seeds!

Perfect for autumn decorations! Here’s an idea for making a wreath with natural materials.

Prepare a wreath base in advance by making one out of cardboard or similar.

For the materials, try using nuts and seed pods you picked up on a walk, such as acorns or dawn redwood cones.

Once everything is ready, have the children cut decorative items like pipe cleaners and lace with scissors and stick them onto the base.

Finally, an adult should make a hole at the top of the base, thread a ribbon through, and tie it to finish.

It also makes a great autumn wall decoration.

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Expressing autumn with paint

In the art-filled autumn (November), the two-year-old class at a nursery school in Fukui City expressed autumn with paints! How fun!

Let’s paint newspaper with autumn-colored paints and express ourselves to the fullest! As children reach age two, activities using paint gradually increase.

To let them fully enjoy working with paints and brushes, give each child one sheet of newspaper and a brush, and have fun with expressive painting.

Prepare paints in colors like brown, yellow, and orange, then let the children paint the newspaper however they like.

Be mindful not to interrupt their activity so they can stay focused.

The experience of painting to their heart’s content will become a precious memory for the children.

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Autumn Bento and Feast

Super Easy Origami for 2- and 3-Year-Olds – With Step-by-Step Explanations – Beginner’s Guide to Origami – Lots of Food Items: “Bento” and “Autumn Feast” – Let’s fold together with kids ❤︎ easy origami / for kids ❤︎ #681

These are autumn bento and feast crafts that are great for a two-year-old’s first origami.

This activity helps kids practice folding origami into triangles and squares! Place the origami paper face down on the table, match the corners, and fold as if you’re “ironing” with your fingers.

It’s okay if it isn’t perfect—what matters is sharing the fun of origami.

After folding the paper into triangles or squares, glue on torn-paper pieces to create a bento or a feast.

With a bit of creativity, you can make tasty-looking dishes like rice balls, tomatoes, and boiled eggs.

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Two types of Mushichan only for infants and toddlers

Here are two fun bagworm craft ideas using twisted tissue paper and paper tape loops.

First, cut a square piece of tissue paper and round off one side with scissors.

Gently twist the side you didn’t cut, and glue it onto a base for the bagworm made from construction paper.

Prepare tissue paper in various colors to make a colorful “mino” (the bag).

Attach a face made from construction paper to finish.

For the paper tape version, cut the tape to a suitable length, glue one end to the base, then overlap the other end to form a loop and secure it.

Cover the whole body in rows, and finish it the same way by adding the face.

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