[Childcare] For 5-year-olds! Autumn craft ideas
Autumn is full of fun events for children, like Halloween, sports days, and field trips.
In this article, we’ll introduce craft ideas that are perfect for the autumn season.
Since autumn is a comfortable time of year, there are also plenty of chances to go for walks and collect acorns and fallen leaves.
We’ve included ideas that use natural materials like these as well.
You’ll also find ideas for crafts and wall decorations that can be used for events, so be sure to try making a variety of them.
Because the children’s creations are regarded as works (artworks), we refer to them as “sei-saku” (制作) in the text.
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[Childcare] For 5-year-olds! Autumn craft ideas (51–60)
Autumn wall display! Mushrooms and bagworms

This is a wall decoration of mushrooms and bagworms that’s fun to stick on with glue.
First, make the parts.
Using construction paper in your favorite colors, cut out mushrooms in various shapes.
If you’re working with small children, please cut them in advance.
After cutting slits in the mushrooms, cut separate pieces of construction paper to serve as the stems.
Next, make the bagworms.
Have the children help with what they can, like drawing the eyes.
Now for the assembly.
Tear pieces of construction paper and glue them onto a background sheet to form the bagworm’s body.
Add the eyes and a little hat, too.
Finally, overlap the mushroom pieces at the slits and glue them so they become three-dimensional—that’s it, you’re done.
Autumn Origami Wreath

Here’s an idea for a wreath you can make entirely from origami—from the base to all the parts.
You’ll be making three parts: the base, a squirrel, and a tree.
Since you’ll need several of each, try spreading the work over a few days.
For the base, fold four pieces the way you would when making a traditional “trick boat” (damashibune), creating parts where two boats overlap, then join the four pieces into a circle.
For the squirrel, first fold the left and right edges to meet at the center, then the top and bottom in the same way.
Next, fold up both corners of the top edge to make the ears, and cut along the crease at the lower right to form the tail.
For the tree, fold it four times so it approaches a triangular shape, and it’s done.
Take this chance to try creating a lovely autumn-themed piece!
Autumn fruit! Persimmon with origami

Fold the orange origami paper in half twice to make a small square, crease well, and open it.
With the colored side facing up, fold the bottom edge up to meet the center crease.
On the white section you folded up, stick a piece of green origami paper of the same size.
Rotate the paper top-to-bottom, then flip it over, and fold the top left and right edges in to meet the vertical center line.
Flip the paper over and fold the top green triangle downward.
Flip the paper over again, open the green pocket into a triangle, and flatten it.
Fold the bottom left and right corners up to match the shape of the orange triangle above, then fold the left and right corners inward to round the shape like a persimmon.
Flip the paper over and fold down the two triangles sticking out at the top to finish.
Fall foliage viewing in your room!
https://www.tiktok.com/@hanamikoto8/video/7418524907274865938Cut a sheet of origami paper into four equal strips (tanzaku) with scissors and separate them.
You’ll use only three, so set one aside for another craft.
Fold each of the three pieces in half vertically, then in half horizontally, in that order.
For just one of the three pieces, cut along the crease made by the horizontal fold to split it in two.
Take one of these halves, fold it so its length is halved, and round off the corner on the side where the layers are not connected.
Insert the remaining uncut piece between the others, and make a matching curved cut slightly above the first curve.
Cut the remaining two pieces in the same way, staple them together at the base, and then fan open the layers—the shape will look like a maple leaf.
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Here’s an idea for a maple leaf made by combining parts.
If you use 7.5 cm origami paper, you’ll get a nicely sized leaf.
First, fold the paper into a triangle to make a crease, then open it.
Place the paper so the crease runs horizontally, and fold the left edge in to meet the crease.
Next, fold the right corner toward the center and tuck it underneath the section you just folded.
With the isosceles triangle positioned upside down, fold the top edge from both sides to align with the center line.
Open the small triangles on the left and right into diamond shapes, and one part is complete.
Make five identical parts, stack and glue them together, then roll another piece of origami to make the stem and attach it.


