For older kindergarteners: December crafts that 5-year-olds will love — ideas from flat to three-dimensional projects
How about enjoying some fun crafts with children during the winter season? This time, we’re sharing enjoyable craft ideas perfect for five-year-olds, such as Christmas stockings and snow globes made with roll sticky notes, as well as wreaths featuring Santa and reindeer.
These can be made with familiar materials like construction paper, origami paper, and paper cups, so preparation is easy.
Encourage each child to use their imagination and enjoy creating their own original pieces! If you use them to decorate walls and other areas, you can instantly create a festive atmosphere.
Because the children's creations are treated as works of art, we use the term “seisaku” (制作) to refer to them in the text.
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[For Older Kindergarteners] December Crafts Enjoyable for 5-Year-Olds! Ideas to Enjoy from 2D to 3D (11–20)
Snowflake ornament
@hanamikoto8 [Easy] 3D Snowflake ❄️ Christmas Ornament — How to make a simple Christmas decoration with origami. You can connect several to make a hanging garland, or decorate your Christmas tree with them as they are. Using glitter origami paper makes them even prettier as they reflect light. Transparent-style origami also looked beautiful! Please enjoy this not only at home but also in preschools, kindergartens, and senior care facilities.#hanamikotoOrigamiChristmas decorations#Snow CrystalsHandmade#Production Video#100-yen-shop#SeniorActivitiesRecreationHow to make
♬ Stylish cafe-style BGM – Hiro Hattori
Take a square sheet of origami paper divided into four equal parts and fold it into a triangle three times.
Hold the corner that becomes the center of the origami, then round off the edge and cut off the tip.
Draw two curved lines up and down from the left edge to just before the right edge, and make cuts along those curves with scissors.
Open the paper, then glue the middle sections with the slits together at the center on all four sides.
Make another one the same way, rotate it slightly, and attach them back-to-back.
Finally, add a string for hanging, and it’s complete.
Foldable with one sheet! Cute reindeer
You can make a reindeer that brings Santa using a single sheet of origami paper.
First, fold the paper into a triangle twice to make creases.
With the white side up, fold the top corner to the center, then fold it back leaving about 1 centimeter.
Turn the paper over and fold the triangle sticking out at the top down toward you.
Now, using the triangular creases, fold the paper into a square.
Once folded, place the square with the side that hasn’t been folded yet facing up, and position it so that the corner that will be the center of the origami points downward.
Fold both lower edges toward the center line, turn the paper over, then slide the white triangle at the top to the left and right to bring the back section forward.
Fold down the top corner that you brought forward, turn the paper over, and fold the upper left and right edges toward the center line.
These will become the reindeer’s antlers, and the remaining left and right triangles will be the ears.
Adjust their shapes, then fold the three bottom corners inward to shape the face, and you’re done.
Draw the reindeer’s eyes and nose with a pen.
Easy and cute! Snow bunny
Snow bunnies have long been considered lucky and have been loved for generations.
The origami snow bunny is simple to fold, making it a great project for older children.
Prepare one sheet of white origami paper and two pieces of green origami paper cut into quarters.
First, make the bunny’s body with the white paper.
Fold the paper in half, then fold the left and right corners—one a bit larger and the other a bit smaller.
Fold the top triangular portion downward to form the snow bunny’s body.
For the ears, fold the green paper into a triangle and open it, then fold both sides toward the center crease.
Fold the top section in the same way to complete the bunny ears.
Attach the body and ears, and create your own original snow bunny.
Also great for Christmas! Easy way to fold a star
This idea starts with making creases.
By making firm, precise creases first, the following steps will be easier, so proceed carefully.
After creasing, fold the origami twice to make a small square, then squash the pocket to form two triangles.
Take only the top layer of the triangle and fold the right edge to align with the center line.
Turn the paper over and fold the other side the same way.
In this state, hold the remaining right corner and slowly pull the left corner; the folded sections will swap sides, creating the two bottom points of the star.
Finally, adjust for balance and make step folds with the remaining corners to finish.
Cute on the wall too! Christmas wreath
Prepare two sheets of origami paper and cut each into four equal squares.
Take each cut piece, fold the top two corners toward the center, then fold it in half by bringing the left and right edges together.
That completes one part; repeat the same steps for the remaining seven pieces.
After that, simply assemble and glue the parts together to form a wreath.
It’s a very simple wreath, so add a ribbon or draw your favorite patterns with a pen to make it more festive.
It would also look cute decorated with a Santa or snowman made from different origami paper.
Snowflake paper ornament
Here’s an idea for making a papercut design with origami.
First, fold the paper into a triangle by bringing the top and bottom corners together.
Then rotate the paper and flip the top and bottom.
Cross the two triangle corners inward and fold where they overlap neatly.
Draw a crystal-like pattern and cut it with scissors.
Open the paper to reveal your design.
The crystal’s look changes depending on how you make the cuts, so try different variations.
The moment you open it and wonder, “What pattern will it be?” is so exciting and fun.
[For older preschoolers] December crafts that 5-year-olds will love! Ideas to enjoy from 2D to 3D (21–30)
Snowman with a straw stamp
Making snowmen with straws is a big hit with kids.
Prepare a sheet of construction paper as the base, then draw two circles—one large and one small—on white paper, cut them out with scissors, and paste them onto the base.
It might be cute to make a hat for the snowman to wear.
Use crayons to draw the snowman’s facial expression and arms.
Cut small slits into the tip of a straw, then stamp all over the paper like snowflakes to finish.
Try adding more paint colors or adjusting the amount of paint as you create—have fun with it!