[For 5-year-olds] Let’s Make It! A Collection of Recommended Craft Ideas for February

Ehomaki made by rolling construction paper

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Setsubun CraftGood evening! I’m Atsumi, a nursery teacher. Today I made a perfect craft for Setsubun: an ehomaki/rolled sushi craft. It’s fun to roll up the ingredients! It’s super easy but looks pretty real… You can even use it for pretend play! Use construction paper in your favorite colors and try expressing your favorite fillings and foods!Materials- Construction paper- Toilet paper roll core- Kitchen paper (paper towels, etc.)How to make1) Cut the construction paper to about the same width as the paper roll core.2) Crumple the “ingredients” and roll them into stick shapes.3) Stack a suitable number of sheets of kitchen paper and roll them up.4) Thread them through the toilet paper roll core.5) Wrap black construction paper around the paper roll core.Sound effects: Maou DamashiiMusic: SUMMER_BREEZE/close spring (DOVA-SYNDROME)Atsumi-sensei’s Nursery Diary @atsumi18Tags: Setsubun, nursery school, kindergarten, craft, DIY, ehomaki, makizushi

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Here’s a very cute Ehomaki craft that’s perfect for two-year-olds.

Prepare a toilet paper roll, colored construction paper cut into squares, and paper towels.

First, roll the colored paper into thin strips to look like fillings.

Next, stack several layers of paper towels to resemble rice, then roll the colored paper up inside them.

Place the roll into the toilet paper tube, spread glue on black construction paper, and wrap it around the tube to finish.

It also works great for pretend play, so give it a try!

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Oden wall decoration

Oden Craft: A Preschool Teacher Explains How to Make a Version That Also Works as a Wall Display (For Ages 2 and Up)

Craving something warm for the cold season? Here’s a craft project to make oden using construction paper.

Prepare construction paper cut into oden ingredient shapes, a soup shape, a pot shape, and a spoon shape.

When it gets cold, we all start longing for hot oden, don’t we? Some children may have already tried oden at home.

It could be fun to ask, “What’s your favorite oden ingredient?” before starting the craft! Try this oden-making activity with construction paper—give it a go!

A tissue paper igloo

Let’s use tissue paper to create a snow-made kamakura (igloo-like snow hut) on a sheet of colored construction paper.

First, cut paper into the shape of a kamakura and glue it onto the colored paper base.

Then crumple pieces of tissue paper into little balls and glue them around the kamakura shape.

Inside the kamakura, make and glue cute animals, a cozy kotatsu (heated table with a blanket), and some mandarins on top of the kotatsu using colored paper.

To depict snow around the kamakura, dip a cotton swab in paint and stamp it lightly to make dot patterns.

This way, you can express fluffy, snowy tissue paper textures and add a three-dimensional feel.

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Fluffy hat wall decoration

Let’s try making a fluffy winter hat using yarn.

The wide variety of yarn sold at 100-yen shops is quite handy for crafting, isn’t it? Thicker yarn is especially easy to work with, and it creates a more noticeable fluffy texture in the finished piece.

For the hat’s ribbing, wrap yarn around a rectangular piece of paper.

Attach three braids of yarn to form the main body of the hat, and add a pom-pom on top.

If you use yarn in various colors, the wall decorations will look lively and fun.

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snow globe

A snow globe is a perfect winter craft for five-year-olds! Let’s create a tiny world filled with winter magic that’s fun to look at.

First, glue decorative paper onto thick cardstock, then attach cutouts made from construction paper—like a snowman and a house—along with cotton to look like snow.

Next, apply glue all around the edge and stick a clear lid on top.

Finally, add a decorated base using washi tape, and it’s done! This handy craft can also be hung on the wall, so children can enjoy displaying it in the classroom or take it home to decorate their house.

Clothes and hats made with decalcomania

[Technique] Making with Decalcomania! Winter/February Craft Journal: “I Tried Designing Clothes” — For 2- and 3-Year-Olds — [Nursery/Kindergarten]

This project uses the decalcomania technique, where paint is pressed between sheets of paper to create a transfer.

This time, we’re going with a winter theme: mittens and knit caps! Place paint freely on one half of a drawing paper with a preliminary sketch, then fold it in half to press.

After it dries well, cut it out to match the sketch and paste the pieces onto a backing sheet along with the facial and body parts.

Observe your friends’ faces, touch and check the placement, and then have the teacher and children draw in the facial features together to finish.

Teachers handle the cutting of the drawing paper, while children can take the lead in creating patterns, pasting, and drawing the faces so they can fully enjoy the process.

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Snowman made from a toilet paper roll

[Preschool Craft] Winter Craft ♪ Cute Rolling Snowman | Snowman with Toilet Paper

Turn a toilet paper roll into a perfectly round, adorable snowman! Cut a toilet paper roll in half and wrap each half with white origami paper.

Stack and glue the two pieces together to form the snowman’s base, then finish by drawing the facial features and adding round stickers to the cheeks and body.

For safety, have teachers handle cutting the roll and gluing the paper, while children can stack the two parts and complete the snowman with the round stickers.

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