[For 4-year-olds] Enjoy February! A Collection of Craft Ideas
February is still chilly, but it’s full of fun events like Setsubun and Valentine’s Day! For 4-year-olds, this is a great time to enjoy fine-motor activities like wrapping yarn and weaving paper.
If you incorporate seasonally themed ideas—such as snowflake and heart ornaments or ogre-themed bean holders for Setsubun—the children’s eyes are sure to sparkle with excitement.
Here, we’ve gathered craft ideas perfect for 4-year-olds in February.
Kids can also experience the joy of displaying their finished pieces or giving them as gifts.
We hope you find these ideas helpful! Note: In this article, we use the term “production” (制作) to refer to children’s creations as finished works of art.
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[For 4-year-olds] Enjoy February! A Collection of Craft Ideas (31–40)
ogre’s iron club
For this idea, use origami paper measuring 7.5 cm × 15 cm.
First, position the paper so the 15 cm sides are at the top and bottom.
Next, fold it in half by bringing the top and bottom edges together, crease well, and open it.
Then fold the top and bottom edges in to meet the center crease.
After that, fold the right edge over the left edge to fold the paper in half, and create a step by folding back a strip about 1 cm wide from the crease.
This step separates the club (kanabō) section from the handle section.
For the handle, fold the top and bottom of the right-side portion of the paper in toward the center crease, and squash the pulled corner into a triangle.
Finally, fold the four corners of the remaining club section into triangles to round them off, and you’re done.
Oni made with finger paint
Let’s enjoy the process of paints blending together and the cool, tactile feeling as we create! This is an idea I’d love children who think ogres are scary to try.
You will need drawing paper, paints in various colors, plastic wrap, crayons, scissors, and glue.
Using two to three colors of paint makes the color blending more fun.
Letting children choose their favorite paints might spark excitement and help them express their creativity.
If you use pastel-colored paints, it will result in a gentle, soft look—be sure to give it a try.
Handmade toys for Setsubun
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Let’s make and play! Here’s a fun idea you can use for Setsubun events, too.
It would be a waste to only make crafts for Setsubun—why not incorporate them into a game? In the video, we introduce a game where you launch a paper Ehomaki to hit oni targets made from toilet paper rolls and construction paper.
You can adjust the target designs and the way you play to suit different age groups.
This is a great idea for teachers planning Setsubun events!
An ogre mask made with torn-paper collage
Let’s create a project packed with personal touches! You’ll need construction paper oni parts, origami paper in your favorite colors, scissors, glue, thick cardstock, rubber bands, and a stapler.
The simple step of tearing origami paper for the oni’s hair and gluing it on is great even for infant classes, but since this is for a class of five-year-olds, it might be nice to set a theme of finishing their work with careful attention to detail.
They can have fun arranging the hair in rainbow colors or decorating with craft punches.
Give it a try and incorporate it into your activities!
Making an oni (ogre) using a toilet paper roll core
Let’s try making Setsubun decorations using recycled materials! Many teachers may be thinking about creating oni (ogre) crafts for Setsubun.
This time, let’s make wonderful pieces using toilet paper rolls that we usually throw away.
You’ll need toilet paper rolls, origami in various colors, scissors, glue or double-sided tape, a pencil, a black permanent marker, and a white correction pen or white permanent marker.
The steps are simple and easy to follow, so even children in infant classes can give it a try while arranging the craft together with their teacher.
[For 4-Year-Olds] Enjoy February! A Collection of Craft Ideas (41–50)
Heart mobile
Perfect for Valentine’s decorations! Let’s make a heart mobile using construction paper and twine.
We’ll create two types of parts, so please prepare four heart-shaped pieces of construction paper and two red and two brown strips of construction paper.
First, take the heart pieces: fold all four in half, stack them, and glue them together.
Place the twine in the center, then glue the final edges together so it forms a sphere.
For the paper strips, overlap and glue the ends of the red and brown strips at a right angle.
Then bend the remaining ends to the back and attach them in the same way.
This creates a lattice pattern at the base of the heart.
Make two of these parts, and attach them back-to-back on the same twine as the first heart.
Tissue paper heart
This is a Valentine’s craft with a heart motif.
Try expressing a heart in various ways in the center of a sheet of construction paper.
For infants, a recommended method is to draw a heart outline and fill the inside with crumpled tissue paper to create a three-dimensional heart.
For children who can use scissors well, try cutting a heart-shaped window in the center of the paper and expressing the heart with a lattice pattern made from strips of construction paper.
As a decoration, making heart-shaped paper cutouts with origami is also recommended.
Create a lovely heart using methods suited to each age group!