[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 (31–40)
Easy and cute way to fold an apple (origami)
Let’s make a fall favorite—an apple—using two sheets of origami paper.
Use one sheet for the fruit and the other for the stem.
Fold the paper for the fruit in half twice to make a small square, then open it back up once the creases are set.
Fold the top edge down to meet the horizontal center crease, and fold the bottom left and right corners in toward the center of the paper.
Fold both top corners into small triangles, then tuck in the left, right, and bottom corners to round the overall shape.
Cut a slit at the top center, then open the cut section to the left and right and fold them down.
The fruit is complete.
Next, use a small piece of origami paper to make the stem.
Fold the paper in half by matching the top and bottom edges, then start at the bottom right corner and fold diagonally, rolling it into a narrow strip.
Secure it with glue so it doesn’t come undone, and the stem is finished.
Attach it into the slit you made, and your cute apple is ready!
Cute Shichi-Go-San origami
Actually, this idea separates the body and the long sleeves, then layers them to look like a single kimono.
First, for the long-sleeve part: fold the origami paper into a triangle twice to make creases, then unfold it and fold the top and bottom corners to the center.
Next, fold the left and right sides as well, but this time align them about 1 cm short of the center.
Fold the left and right corners back outward, flip the paper over, and fold the left and right corners slightly inward.
Flip it over again, then fold the top and bottom corners of the parts you just folded back about 1 mm inward.
Fold the paper in half along the crease, then fold both sides inward so the arms look overlapped, and that part is done.
For the body: fold the paper into a triangle with the top and bottom corners slightly offset.
Flip the paper over and fold the left and right sides so they overlap at the center.
The white area created by the offset becomes the haneri (half-collar).
Tuck the protruding bottom corner to the back, and slide it between the sleeves you made earlier.
Cute parent and child owls
First, fold the paper up to the crane’s basic form.
Take the two open tips (the side that isn’t closed) and fold them toward the center edge to make crease lines.
Next, using those creases, perform an inside reverse fold on both open tips so they align with the center crease.
Fold the closed bottom corner up on both the front and back.
Then fold the bottom corner upward and squash it open like a balloon fold.
Turn it over, and fold the lower tip up along the edge.
Fold the top tip down.
Finally, fold up a little bit to create an owl’s head that slightly sticks out.
Add cute decorations, and you’re done!
Cute! How to fold an origami Totoro
Totoro, a hugely popular Studio Ghibli character, can be made using gray and light peach origami paper, plus two white and two black round stickers.
First, fold the gray paper into a triangle and unfold it, then fold both side edges toward the center crease.
Fold the corners to round out Totoro’s shape.
Next, open out the two edges you folded first to create Totoro’s arms.
Trim a little off the tip of the longest pointed part, and use that piece to make ears and attach them.
Then shape the light peach paper into Totoro’s belly and combine it with the gray paper.
Finally, add Totoro’s eyes with the round stickers, and draw the nose and belly markings with a pen to finish.
Wobbly fun! Paper-cup bagworm
Hang these on the wall to meet lots of colorful, fun bagworms! First, prepare two sheets of origami paper in your favorite colors, then tear each one vertically into roughly four strips.
Next, apply glue to one end of a torn strip and randomly stick it onto the side of a paper cup near the bottom.
You can alternate the two colors or group the same color together—either is fine! At this point, also attach the bagworms’ eyes made from construction paper or origami.
Finally, use an awl to make a hole in the bottom of the paper cup, thread through some kite string for hanging, and secure it—that’s it! Please make sure that a kindergarten or nursery teacher, or a guardian, handles the hole-punching with the awl.