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February is full of unique delights—like Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, and activities that make the most of the cold, such as ice-making—that children look forward to.
However, when it snows or the temperature drops too low, there will be more days when you can’t go outside.
So this time, we’re sharing craft ideas perfect for February.
We’ve gathered lots of fun projects that will excite children and blow away the winter chill.
Be sure to try making them together with your kids.
Note: Since items made by children are treated as artworks, we refer to them as “creations” in the text.
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[Childcare] Fun to Make! February Craft Ideas (1–10)
An ogre mask made with torn-paper collage
Let’s make an oni (demon) mask with torn-paper collage that even one-year-olds can join.
If a class of one- and two-year-olds is doing it, adults should prepare the oni face out of construction paper in advance.
Tearing paper into pieces and sticking them onto the hair part of the oni is a fun and recommended task.
Tearing helps develop fine motor skills in the fingers, and sticking lets children enjoy the unique feel of glue.
From age three, it’s also fun to have them draw the face with crayons.
For four- and five-year-olds, creating the entire face with torn-paper collage can be interesting.
Because it’s a task that requires perseverance, it helps build concentration and lets children experience the joy of creating something they’ve imagined in their minds.
Oni roly-poly doll
Here’s an idea for a roly-poly oni (ogre) made with balloons from the 100-yen shop! You’ll also use shoji paper and flower paper.
First, inflate a balloon, add a small weight, tie the neck, and make it the base.
Tear the shoji paper, then use glue thinned with water to layer it onto the balloon and shape it.
Once dry, stick on flower paper to add color, and attach eyes, mouth, and horns made from construction paper to complete the oni.
Kids will love how it pops back up when knocked over.
It’s also fun to adapt it for the season into a daruma or animals.
How to make a fluffy, fuzzy snowman
Stick double-sided tape onto a strip-cut piece of white construction paper, then place cotton on top.
Roll it into a ring and secure it! Connect two of these, add a hat and facial features, and you’ll have a fluffy snowman! Since attaching the hat on top of the cotton is tricky, it’s best to glue it to the paper base before adding the cotton.
For the facial features, bend and twist pipe cleaners to make them.
Depending on the child who makes it, each snowman will have a different expression, resulting in a set of unique, characterful creations.
Easy with just one sheet! Snowman
The charm of this origami is how easy it is—you can make a snowman with just one sheet of white paper.
There are many small, detailed folds, so try tackling it together with your child.
Each step is simple, but because it involves lots of precise finger work, staying focused is important.
As you go, guide them with prompts like “This part is next,” or demonstrate each step so they can work with confidence.
At the end, draw the face with a pen or add patterns, and each snowman will have its own unique expression.
When you line up the finished pieces for display, you can clearly see how different their expressions are—even though they’re all snowmen—making them even more fun to look at.
Oni’s Den-den Daiko (Demon’s Pellet Drum)
Let’s make a den-den daiko (a hand drum you spin to make sound) out of construction paper! Cut the paper into shapes for an ogre’s face, hair, and horns, then glue them together.
Draw the facial features, and punch one hole on each side of the finished face.
On the back, firmly attach a chopstick with vinyl tape.
Thread a string—tipped with a small ball made by crumpling aluminum foil—through each hole and tie it off, and you’re done! The sound won’t be as clear as a real drum, but the way the silver balls twirl beside the spinning ogre face is super cute!
