[For 5-year-olds] Let’s Make It! A Collection of Recommended Craft Ideas for February
February is packed with exciting events like Setsubun and Valentine’s Day! For projects with five-year-olds, there are plenty of ideas that make clever use of fine motor skills, such as making oni horns by wrapping yarn and creating items with scratch-card-style surprises.
It’s wonderful to nurture that special “I want to make it myself!” spirit unique to senior kindergarteners, while also giving them time to show their creations to friends and play with their finished works.
Here, we introduce craft ideas perfect for February’s seasonal events.
Enjoy the season together with the children as you create! Note: In this article, we use the term “seisaku (制作)” to refer to children’s creations as works (artworks).
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[For 5-year-olds] Let’s Make It! A Collection of Recommended February Craft Ideas (21–30)
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The sheer look is so cute! Here’s how to make an oni (demon) bean holder that’s perfect for Setsubun.
First, apply glue to a clear plastic cup.
Next, stick on pieces of cut colored film, then nest another clear cup over it.
Attach double-sided tape around the top of the cup and add tissue paper to create the oni’s hair.
Put double-sided tape around the bottom of the cup as well, and add tissue paper or construction paper to make the oni’s pants.
Use a pen to draw a pattern on the pants.
Finally, attach the face and horn pieces, and add a pipe-cleaner handle to finish!
[Construction paper] Oni bean-holding bag
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When it comes to Setsubun, we think of bean throwing.
How about making a bag to hold those beans? Instead of a masu box, let’s make an oni (ogre) face bean bag out of colored construction paper.
Create two oni faces: one for the front and another for the back view that will serve as the reverse side.
Cut out the trademark shaggy hair and horns from colored paper and paste them on.
You can use round stickers for the facial features, or draw them in with crayons, whichever you like.
Finish by attaching the side gussets with double-sided tape and adding ribbon handles, and it’s ready to go.
Easy! Origami Snowman
This is an origami snowman you can make with simple steps.
Choose the color of your origami paper based on the hat you want the snowman to wear.
Once you’ve decided, place the paper with the colored side facing up and fold it in half by bringing the left and right edges together.
Next, fold it again by matching the top and bottom edges.
Then, using the second crease, make a step fold (accordion fold), and fold the two ends of the stepped section inward, opening them into triangles.
This creates a waist, giving you a two-tiered snowman.
Finally, tuck the remaining corners at the top and bottom inward to round the shape, and you’re done.
One corner will become the hat, so fold only one layer inward so that a triangle of the colored side appears on the snowman’s surface.
Picture-book-style heart message card
This is a heart-shaped message card made with origami.
It has multiple surfaces to write messages on, so you can flip through them and enjoy it like a picture book.
The method is very simple: fold the origami paper into a triangle three times, then cut it into a heart shape with scissors.
Open the paper and, following the crease lines, alternate mountain folds and valley folds to collapse it.
When folding, place the colored side of the origami facing up before folding into a triangle.
Also, when cutting the triangle into a heart shape, you’ll trim off two corners, but be careful not to cut the corner that is the center of the origami.
Chocolate sticks made with construction paper
Let’s make heart-shaped chocolate sticks that are perfect for pretend play or Valentine’s Day.
Cut construction paper into heart shapes and draw designs with crayons.
Flip the heart over, tape a stick to the back, then slip a clear bag over it to wrap it up, and you’re done.
It’s also a great idea to decorate cutely by using torn origami paper or washi tape when drawing pictures or patterns on the construction paper.
If you make chocolates in various shapes—like stars and circles—just looking at them might make you feel excited, not only for pretend play.
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.
Mittens made by threading yarn
Gloves are familiar, everyday items for three-year-olds that keep their hands warm on cold days.
They’re often told, “Let’s put them on before we go outside,” so they easily evoke a winter image.
In this activity, we make playful gloves using construction paper and yarn.
Threading yarn through holes is simple, and even just choosing colors is satisfying.
You can clearly see the pattern forming bit by bit, and if you line up everyone’s gloves and put them on the wall, the display becomes lively.
It’s a perfect winter wall decoration idea that sparks conversations like, “Whose is this?” as children look at the gloves lined up together.
