[For 4-year-olds] Enjoy February! A Collection of Craft Ideas

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!

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cute origami demon

[Origami Play] Easy Setsubun Craft! Let's Make Cute Oni (Demons) with Origami

Let’s make an origami oni (demon) that’s perfect for Setsubun.

When folding the oni’s face, make clear creases, and fold the horn area carefully so the tips come to a sharp point.

If you want the oni to have two horns, be careful not to cut too deep when making the slits with scissors.

When opening and puffing out the body section, it’s best to watch the shape and size so they stay even as you open it.

Fold the legs and arms, wrap the body with origami paper decorated with the oni’s underwear pattern, then attach the head to the body to finish.

This is a great Setsubun craft that uses fine motor skills, so give it a try!

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Hand-painted oni creation

[Setsubun] Making an Oni with hand painting #Setsubun #February

Let’s try painting an oni (demon) face by hand.

Prepare a black construction paper base and paints in any colors you like.

First, put some watered-down paint on your hand and use it to draw the outline of the oni’s face on the base.

The outline can be round or triangular—anything is fine.

Have the children imagine the kind of oni they think of and draw it.

Once the paint dries, glue on the parts you made from construction paper—face, cheeks, horns, and hair—to finish.

Any paint color is okay, but since the base is black, bright colors work well.

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Snowman Fashion Show

Developing Thinking and Observation Skills through Crafts! February/Winter Craft Book: “Snowman Fashion Show” — For Ages 3–4 [Nursery/Kindergarten]

Here’s a craft idea where kids can freely create snowmen using circle, triangle, and square pieces.

First, stick a large round piece onto a backing sheet to make the base of the snowman.

Then glue on a scarf made by wrapping yarn around a piece of thick paper cut into a rectangle, and you’re all set! From here, let the kids freely express their snowmen using the circle, triangle, and square pieces.

Some children might use circular pieces for the eyes, while others might use triangular pieces.

It’ll be fun to see how their unique sensibilities come through in their creations!

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Making oni masks

Making Oni Masks with 2-Year-Olds [Yaizu Preschool]

Let’s make oni masks to wear for Setsubun! As a first step, cut the base shapes for the oni’s face and hair from construction paper.

Next, cut out the parts for the eyes, nose, fangs, cheeks, and horns, and pre-cut short pieces of yarn for the hair.

Adults can handle the prep, but it might be nice to let the children do it since it’s good practice with scissors.

Once everything is ready, glue each part onto the face base.

After the oni’s face is complete, attach it to the mask base to finish! The mask base should be prepared by an adult in advance.

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Make it with an envelope! Oni (demon) mask/hat

@chooobo2

New for this year! Making an Oni (ogre) headpiece. Using a No. 2 (long) envelope, you can wear it and have fun—perfect for Setsubun. Stamp paint onto the envelope with a water balloon in any colors you like. (Using multiple colors looks beautiful.) For the hair, just crumple up tissue paper and glue it on. Draw the horns and eyes however you like. Note: Once the paint dries, the envelope’s opening can curl. We recommend folding the opening inward and gluing it down. Also, be sure to cut out the oni’s mouth only after the paint has fully dried. If you stamp with paint before it dries or after cutting it out, the envelope can wrinkle easily. Tip: You can adjust the steps to suit ages 2–5. Try it in a way that fits your class and developmental levels!Setsubun craftDemon maskMade in FebruarySetsubunSetsubun Festival

♬ A cute pop song with the sound of bubbles(1563452) – sanusagi

Let’s make an ogre (oni) headpiece using a Kaku-2 size envelope as the base! First, cut along the fold on just one side edge of the envelope.

Once cut, seal the flap, place the envelope horizontally with the cut side facing down, and draw a half-circle where the face opening will be.

Next, fold both corners on the uncut side into triangles and secure them with tape, then color the entire envelope in your favorite color.

After coloring, cut along the half-circle line.

Attach the oni face and horns made from construction paper, as well as the hair parts made by gluing crumpled tissue paper onto a cloud-shaped base.

Finally, punch holes on both sides of the half-circle, thread an elastic cord through, and you’re done!

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Perfect for February! Easy snowman

@shokaaijien

We’ll be making snowmen in February. ⛄️ You can use your favorite colors to make your own snowman, so be sure to give it a try!TsunashimaShohana Nursery School#Nursery schoolNursery teacher / Childcare worker#IWantToConnectWithChildcareWorkersAspiring childcare worker#NurseryTeacherInTrainingNursery school teacherProductiontranslation#Production VideoMade in FebruaryFebruarySnowman3 years oldWinterWinter ProductionThe cutest ever#SuperTokimekiPromotionClub

The most supremely cute! – Cho Tokimeki♡Sendenbu

This is a fun snowman craft where the paint bleeds into patterns! Brush water onto the surface of a snowman-shaped piece of construction paper, then dab on your favorite colors of paint.

Once the paint dries, draw the snowman’s face and glue on a paper bucket to finish.

Prepare paints and construction paper in various colors so children can enjoy choosing their colors.

The way the paint bleeds changes depending on how much water you mix with it, so be sure to observe the differences.

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