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A collection of ideas for making bagworms! Try using a variety of materials

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When it comes to autumn crafts using natural materials, making bagworms is a classic.

Children are always fascinated by their mysterious appearance! Here, we’ll introduce ideas for making bagworms using familiar materials like fallen leaves, paper cups, and toilet paper rolls.

There are many ways to express creativity—such as achieving a realistic texture with natural materials or decorating with sparkling cellophane—to expand children’s imagination.

Be sure to incorporate these into your autumn craft activities! Because the children’s creations are treated as artworks, the text uses the term “seisaku” (制作) rather than “seisaku” (製作).

Bagworm craft ideas! Try making them with various materials (1–10)

Make it with handprints! Wobbly bagworm

[Autumn craft] We’re going to make a wobbly leaf insect using handprints!

Make it with handprints! Wobbly bagworm

Here’s a craft idea for making bagworms using children’s handprints and footprints! First, create the bagworm’s body out of colored construction paper.

Next, take origami paper in your favorite colors and tear it into long, thin strips.

Paste the strips onto the body with glue, and use the child’s handprints to make a cute outfit.

Draw the face, attach a piece of yarn to hang it, and you’re done! You can also decorate with yarn instead of or in addition to origami paper.

Making lots in different colors and displaying them looks super cute, so it’s highly recommended.

Be sure to have fun tearing and pasting together with the kids!

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Yarn Winding! Bagworm Ornament

[Autumn Craft] Yarn-Wrapped Bagworm Ornament

Yarn Winding! Bagworm Ornament

Let’s try making a bagworm craft that also lets you have fun with yarn.

First, glue colored construction paper onto white construction paper and cut it into an egg shape.

Make small slits around the edge, then wind the yarn around and around, tucking it into the slits as you go.

Wrap gently so the paper doesn’t warp, but firmly enough that the yarn doesn’t loosen and come off.

Once you’ve finished wrapping the yarn, decorate the case with round stickers, draw the face with a pen, add a touch of pink to the cheeks with blush, and you’re done!

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Autumn wall display! Mushrooms and bagworms

[Autumn Wall Decorations] A Preschool Teacher Explains Mushrooms and Bagworms! (For Ages 3–5)

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.

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Collection of ideas for making bagworms! Try using a variety of materials (11–20)

a warm, woolly inchworm

How about making a cozy bagworm using yarn? First, cut open a milk carton and build a small rectangular box.

This will be the bagworm’s body, so adjust the size to something easy for children to handle.

Next, have the kids glue short pieces of yarn onto the carton.

Layering lots of yarn creates beautiful colors and conveys the yarn’s warm texture.

Once the glue dries, attach the bagworm’s face to the top of the body—and it’s done! Be sure to let the children draw the facial expressions themselves.

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A cute bagworm made of masking tape

Let’s use masking tape to create cute bagworms.

Make tree branches and animals out of construction paper, then attach them to the wall so it looks like they’re hanging from the branches.

Give the animals’ bodies rounded brown shapes.

Then randomly stick on torn pieces of masking tape over them to create a bagworm-like look.

Make your favorite animals and decorate the wall with all kinds of bagworms.

It’s also nice to add items that evoke the start of winter, like scarves or knit hats.

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Let’s make a bagworm with torn-paper collage

[Making Bagworms] Autumn Craft: Tearing Paper Play for Children (Nursery School / Kindergarten)

Let's make a bagworm with torn-paper collage

How about trying a seasonal fall craft—bagworms—using torn-paper collage, a favorite with children? You’ll need brown origami paper, a toilet paper roll, glue, and so on.

Prepare the bagworm’s eyes in advance as the teacher.

First, tear the origami paper.

It’s nice to have several shades of brown.

Next, glue the torn pieces onto the toilet paper roll, covering it so there are no gaps.

Finally, attach the eyes and it’s done.

Tearing the paper engages the senses through touch and sound, and it also serves as fine motor practice!

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Bagworm made with a toilet paper roll core

[Kindergarten/Daycare] Let’s hang them up! November Craft: Making Bagworms with Toilet Paper Rolls!

Bagworm made with a toilet paper roll core

One of the insects that leaves a strong impression in autumn is the bagworm.

It’s amusing how it looks as if it’s bundling up in clothes for the cold winter.

This craft recreates that cozy appearance.

The base is a toilet paper roll wrapped in construction paper, and you simply layer origami paper, fabric, yarn, and pipe cleaners on top.

The more materials you layer, the softer and warmer it looks, so it’s important to think about which colors to use for the “bag” part and how many layers to add.

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