Simple yet amazing crafts: craft ideas that elementary school students will want to make

Cute seasonal decorations and keychains

Using shrink plastic, fluffy pipe cleaners, and clear stickers, you can make seasonal decorations and keychains.

Cut the shrink plastic into any shape you like, then use a single-hole punch to make holes around the edges for threading the fluffy pipe cleaners.

After threading the pipe cleaners, stick clear stickers onto the transparent area in the center.

You can add a chain to make it a keychain, or hang it with a string to turn it into a suncatcher.

Swapping out a seasonally themed keychain for each season is stylish and delightful, isn’t it?

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gemstone soap

Gem Soap 💎 How to Make ✨ DIY ✨ Easy Handmade ✨ How to make a gem soap ✨ Great for independent research/projects too ✨ Sumomomo-dot-com!

How about making pretty, gem-like “jewel soaps” that look just like real gemstones? With a jewel soap kit, which lets you color glycerin soap, it’s surprisingly easy.

Simply mix your desired colors into glycerin soap, melt it in the microwave, pour it into a mold to set, then cut it into any shapes you like.

Try making one in your birthstone color, or experiment by blending different hues.

With a small twist to shape it like a crystal, you’ll end up with a beautiful soap that will amaze everyone!

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Cute crafts in the kitchen

Great for free craft time too! 'Cute Crafts in the Kitchen for Elementary School Kids' (Gakken) – children, parents and kids, DIY, at-home activities

Do you know the book “Cute Crafts in the Kitchen for Elementary School Students,” published by Gakken? It’s packed with fun craft ideas, including many that would be perfect for summer vacation projects and crafts.

Let me introduce one from the book: the “Paper Dome Cup.” The simple process is to coat a water balloon with glue, wrap it with Japanese paper or tissue paper, and once it’s dry, pop the balloon.

It doesn’t take much time, so it’s recommended even for those who are short on time.

Squeeze

[Handmade Squishies] How to Make Chewy Squishies with 100-Yen-for-3 Sponges 🧀 [Summer Vacation Craft]

Squeezes that you can easily make at home add a little comfort to everyday life.

With store-bought sponges, acrylic paint, and some glue, anyone can easily create their own original squishies.

Without much effort, you’ll end up with an adorably cute squishy that brings a smile the moment you hold it, helping nurture creativity through crafting.

With easily accessible materials and simple steps, why not try making one and experience the joy of having a small, pleasantly tactile item in your hands?

Mini Kokedama Terrarium

Mini Kokedama Terrarium Made with 100-Yen Shop Items [Daiso Edition] #26

How about trying to make a popular moss terrarium yourself? It might seem daunting because it feels like you need to gather lots of items or specialized tools, but the appeal is that you can actually get most of the materials at a 100-yen shop.

They sell jars for planting, bamboo charcoal, absorbent sponge materials, and even small plants for planting.

Cutting the moss into small pieces and planting it into the absorbent sponge takes patience, but once it’s finished, its cuteness will make you forget all the effort you put in.

After you’ve made it, be sure to keep caring for it and shower it with affection.

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Kaleidoscope in an ice cup

[Elementary School Summer Crafts / Independent Research] 🌻 Kaleidoscope with Ice Cream Cups

A kaleidoscope where you can enjoy geometric, mysterious pattern changes.

Let’s make such a kaleidoscope using an ice cream cup.

First, use nail polish remover to erase the letters and designs from two ice cream cup lids.

Next, cut aluminum foil to your preferred length, fold it three times to make a long, narrow rectangle, then cut it into shorter pieces, roll each into a tube, and secure with tape.

Make many small tubes and pack them tightly into the ice cream cup without gaps.

Then put on a lid and sprinkle beads or pieces of translucent origami paper cut into small shapes on top.

Finally, place the other lid on top and tape it in place to finish.

Point it toward the sunlight and spin it around to play.

Cream soda trinket case

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When it comes to summery drinks, cream soda is a classic! So let’s make a cream soda-themed trinket holder.

This idea uses a flower vase sold at 100-yen shops.

It’s shaped like a rectangle topped with a half-circle, and it already looks like cream soda, doesn’t it? Apply green iridescent origami paper to the rectangular part and white masking tape to the half-circle to represent the drink and the ice cream.

Glue a cherry made from a pom-pom and a craft pipe cleaner to the outside, then insert a straw.

Add iridescent round stickers to mimic bubbles for an even cuter finish.

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