How about making your own original accessories and crafts for your summer vacation project? Easy-to-find materials can turn into adorable creations, and these crafts are especially popular among girls.
Many projects are practical—like clocks, cups, and lampshades—so you can enjoy using them after they’re finished.
By arranging the colors and designs to suit your taste, you’ll end up with wonderful pieces full of personality.
In this article, we’ll introduce craft ideas that students from lower to upper grades can enjoy, so find something that interests you and give it a try!
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Simple and cute science project crafts! A collection of ideas for girls that you’ll want to make (1–10)
gel candle
How about making a candle that looks like a real ocean by putting sand in a glass, placing seashells on top, and adding gel? Tasks like first warming the candle in a pot to melt the wax and remove the wick, and threading the wick through the wick tab should mainly be done by an adult.
The sand and shells you put in the glass are sold at 100-yen shops, but using ones you collected at the beach during summer vacation is also recommended.
Create a lovely candle that feels like it captures your summer memories inside the glass.
Recreating Disney park food!
Perfect for a summer vacation science project! Let’s make a “Little Green Men Squishy.” You know them as popular Disney characters.
These cute and unique Little Green Men can be turned into a squishy with a soft, bouncy feel.
It’s a hands-on craft where you can create a mysterious toy that looks just like the real thing and feels great to squeeze.
All you need are liquid foundation sponges from the 100-yen shop, fast-drying clear glue, and acrylic paint.
Finish a Disney park-style treat that looks real, and enjoy your summer vacation!
Cream soda trinket case
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When it comes to summery drinks, cream soda is a classic! So let’s make a cream soda-themed trinket holder.
This idea uses a flower vase sold at 100-yen shops.
It’s shaped like a rectangle topped with a half-circle, and it already looks like cream soda, doesn’t it? Apply green iridescent origami paper to the rectangular part and white masking tape to the half-circle to represent the drink and the ice cream.
Glue a cherry made from a pom-pom and a craft pipe cleaner to the outside, then insert a straw.
Add iridescent round stickers to mimic bubbles for an even cuter finish.
Honey Toast accessory case
Almost real? Let’s make a sweet and cute “Honey Toast Trinket Box”! It’s a big hit with upper-grade girls: it looks like a dessert, but inside it’s a practical storage box.
The design mimics crispy honey toast topped with plenty of honey, ice cream, and fruit.
It’s a craft project with a soft, sweet vibe.
Using paper clay, sponge, and paints, you can create realistic “browned edges” and a “melty” look.
Coming up with the decorations will be fun to do with friends, too.
Try finishing it off cutely with silicone whipped cream and berries.
Ice pop-shaped soap
We’re going to make soap that looks just like ice pops! The materials are: clear melt-and-pour soap, colorants, cookie cutters, and an ice pop mold.
You can find ice pop molds at 100-yen shops and similar stores.
Add colorant to the melted soap, let it set, and cut out shapes with the cookie cutters.
Place those shapes into the ice pop mold, then pour in more melted soap and let it set.
You can also add fragrance with essential oils.
From prep to finish, it takes about half a day, so it’s nice and easy.
dollhouse
If she loves dolls, why not try making a dollhouse? In this idea, colored boards and photo frames are used to create walls and windows.
Using pins for furniture legs and buttons for handles, you can build a surprisingly charming dollhouse with just items from a 100-yen shop or things you already have at home.
These days, many miniature furnishings are sold at 100-yen shops, so you can also modify and use those.
Go ahead and create your ideal room.
How to make a Disney kids’ lunch (bento)
A full-on adorable independent study on “How to Make a Disney Kids’ Lunch.” Think up and create your own Disney-style kids’ lunch that looks cute and exciting—like Mickey-shaped chicken rice, an omelet, fried shrimp, a hamburger patty, potato salad, and more! It’s an edible work of art, perfect for people who love cooking and design.
You can make everything with paper clay, so it’s super easy.
Even if you can’t easily go to Tokyo Disneyland, making this craft will let you feel like you’ve enjoyed a kids’ lunch there.