[Crafts for 3-Year-Olds] A Collection of Fun Ideas for Autumn! Let's Incorporate Seasonal Motifs

Leaf stamp

[Nature] 3 Leaf-Based Crafts to Try [Nursery School/Kindergarten]

Autumn is the season when countless leaves color the ground at your feet.

How about enjoying stamp art using small leaves, large leaves, leaves that are dry and crisp, or ones that have turned red and yellow? If the leaves are dirty, wipe them clean before using.

Paint the leaves with paint mixed on the thicker side with just a little water, then press them firmly onto drawing paper.

Stamp away in vibrant colors that evoke autumn leaves.

It also sounds fun to gather leaves together with the children.

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Autumn Lion

Here’s a craft idea for making an autumn lion using fallen leaves.

Draw the lion’s face in the center on the back side of a paper plate.

Let the children use crayons or other materials to draw the lion however they like.

Once the face is done, stick double-sided tape around the rim of the plate and attach fallen leaves onto the tape.

Go all the way around the plate so the leaves form the lion’s mane.

Mixing green leaves with orange and yellow ones, as well as leaves of various shapes, will create a unique and expressive lion.

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dragonfly glasses

[Autumn Craft] Dragonfly Glasses ♪ What color can you see? Let’s make and play! [For 3-year-olds]

Dragonflies are a symbol of autumn.

Let’s make fun, colorful dragonfly glasses like the ones in the children’s song “Tonbo no Megane”! Wrap colored tape around a pair of chopsticks to create the dragonfly’s body, which serves as the base.

Use construction paper to make the glasses part and the wings.

Decorate the glasses with pieces of masking tape as if making a torn-paper collage, and stick round stickers on the wings however you like.

Trim any stickers that stick out with scissors, attach everything to the tape-wrapped chopsticks, and you’re done.

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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!

In autumn, all kinds of nuts and seeds fall from the trees.

Here’s an idea to use them to make a wreath full of natural charm.

Gather pinecones, acorns, walnuts, and other items of different shapes and colors from parks, and use them as materials.

For the wreath base, try using cardboard or a paper plate.

Have the children freely glue the nuts and cones onto the base with wood glue, and finish by adding a string or ribbon—the perfect autumn wreath is complete.

Since nuts and cones often harbor insects, be sure to boil them and let them dry thoroughly before using!

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[Halloween] Spiderweb Wreath

Why not try making a Halloween-themed wreath decorated with pumpkins, black cats, bats, and more? This wreath uses a paper plate as the base and black yarn to create a spiderweb effect.

Cut out the center of the paper plate to form the wreath shape, then paint it any color you like.

Snip small cuts about 3 mm apart around the edge of the plate, hook the black yarn into the slits, and weave it over and under the front and back of the plate to create the web.

Decorate the rim of the plate with any items you like.

For decoration pieces, prepare colored construction paper cut into shapes like black cats and ghosts, and let the children draw faces and other details on them as they wish.

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Torn-paper autumn leaves collage

In autumn, many crafts feature colored tree leaves and fallen leaves as their theme.

This project idea also expresses a tree with autumn foliage using a torn-paper collage.

First, glue a tree trunk made from colored construction paper onto drawing paper, then tear colored paper and paste the pieces around it to represent the autumn leaves.

Use origami paper in autumn leaf colors—yellow, orange, and brown.

Start by hand-tearing the origami lengthwise into thin strips, then tear them into your preferred sizes.

Apply glue to the back and paste them on.

It goes more smoothly if you tear a batch of colored paper pieces first and then adhere them to the background.

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Making grapes with glue and crayons

[Nursery/Kindergarten] We Love Fruit! September Craft Book [For 2- and 3-Year-Olds]

Here’s an idea for a craft you can enjoy while chatting about how autumn is full of delicious foods: making grapes.

Prepare circles cut from origami or colored paper and paste them in overlapping layers to fill the drawing paper with a big bunch of grapes.

Apply glue to the back of the round pieces and create both large and small grapes.

Attach grape leaves as well, and draw the grape vines with crayons.

You can also try drawing grapes of different colors with crayons.

Why not make this craft while talking about the many different varieties of grapes?

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