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Craft ideas for 4-year-olds to try in autumn! Enjoy creative activities with seasonal motifs and events.

Nursery Teacher Mom Writertsukada moe
After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

In autumn, when the heat eases and it becomes more comfortable, children grow even more in mind and body and become more dependable.

Four-year-olds may be starting to develop an awareness that they’ll soon be the oldest class.

Autumn also brings seasonal motifs and various events that children are surely looking forward to.

We’d love to incorporate these into craft ideas.

So this time, we’ve gathered craft ideas perfect for autumn.

We’re introducing ideas well-suited for four-year-olds, so please use them as a reference.

Because the things children make are treated as works, we use the term “seisaku (制作)” in the text.

Craft ideas for 4-year-olds to try in autumn! Enjoy crafting activities with seasonal motifs and events (101–110)

Let’s build a 〇〇 tree together!

[4-Year-Olds] Look Forward to What We Can Do! Let’s All Make a ‘〇〇 Tree’ Together!

Let's build a 〇〇 tree together!

Let’s use our hands and feet to boldly spread paint and create an autumn tree! For October projects, we recommend designs inspired by the vivid colors of maple and ginkgo leaves.

Handprints resemble maple leaves, so be sure to give them a try.

You can also use footprint stamps to express the texture of the tree trunk, or stamp handprints on drawing paper and cut them out to make leaves.

Through the process of attaching leaves to the tree, this activity can nurture the imagination of 4-year-olds.

You can also adapt this project to suit different seasons, so please try it out.

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In conclusion

We introduced craft ideas to try with four-year-olds in autumn.

By age four, children can express themselves in more complex ways, so it’s motivating for us to prepare engaging activities, too.

Let’s enjoy making crafts while giving kids more chances to feel, “I did it!” Autumn is full of events as well.

It would be great if they can have a variety of experiences.