[For 3-year-olds] Perfect January Winter & New Year Crafts! A Collection of Fun, Hands-On Ideas

A battledore made with rolling marbles

Marble art lets you create accidental patterns just by rolling marbles over paint.

Rolling the marbles around feels like a game and is lots of fun.

Here, let’s use those marble-made patterns to create decorative artwork for a hagoita (traditional Japanese paddle).

First, place your favorite paints on white drawing paper, then roll the marbles over them.

Stop when you like the result and let the paper dry.

Glue the paper onto a paddle-shaped backing, then attach daruma and plum blossom pieces beside it to finish.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Kagami mochi made with whipped paint

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Kagami mochi you can make with 3-year-olds! Here’s a cute whipped-paint craft perfect for January.

What you’ll need: shaving foam, liquid glue, a container, a spoon, a brush, construction paper or origami paper, and a pencil for sketching.

First, do the prep.

Use the pencil to lightly sketch a kagami mochi on the construction paper that will be your base.

Next, make a mandarin (daidai) using origami or construction paper.

Now make the “whip.” Put a small amount of liquid glue into the container, then add about the same amount of shaving foam and mix with the spoon.

If there isn’t enough shaving foam, add a little more as needed.

Spoon the shaving foam onto your sketch in the shape of kagami mochi, let it dry, and you’re done!

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Kagami mochi made with tissue paper

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Let’s make a soothing, cute kagami mochi using crumpled tissue paper.

On a plain white backing sheet, first glue on a paper pedestal (sanpō) made from construction paper.

Tear and crumple white tissue paper into balls, then glue them onto the backing sheet.

By filling in the gaps tightly, you can create the look of many stacked mochi.

Finally, add a decorative daidai (bitter orange) made from construction paper to complete it.

A key point is to prepare the construction paper parts in advance so children can work without using scissors.

This idea creates a three-dimensional kagami mochi just by crumpling and sticking colorful tissue paper.

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Daruma

[Simple and Cute] New Year’s Daruma Craft 🎍 #craft #NewYear #NewYearDecorations #DIY #nurseryTeacher #1yearOld #2yearsOld #3yearsOld

Daruma dolls are often displayed as New Year’s decorations or ornaments to celebrate the new year.

Let’s try making a daruma together with children, since it’s a beloved good-luck item.

Once you prepare construction paper cut into a daruma silhouette, the rest is simply letting the kids draw freely.

They can enjoy various ideas, such as drawing with crayons or sticking on stickers.

It’s also recommended to make it even more festive by adding decorations like eye stickers or chenille stems (pipe cleaners).

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Fluffy colorful sheep

A Preschool Teacher Explains How to Make a Sheep! An Easy Method Using Crayons and Cotton

Warm and cozy for winter! Here’s a fun craft to make a colorful, fluffy-cute sheep.

Prepare cotton, crayons, wood glue, a pen, and colored construction paper with the sheep’s body, face, legs, horns, etc.

drawn in advance.

First, cut out the sheep parts with scissors.

Color the construction paper with crayons, applying the color thickly.

Next, roll five balls of cotton, each about the size of a child’s palm.

Rub the cotton on the crayon-colored areas until the color transfers, and make five balls in different colors.

Glue the cut-out parts together with wood glue.

Finally, attach the cotton to the sheep’s body with wood glue, and you’re done! Use crayons to draw a cute face with eyes and a mouth.

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wobbling daruma

[Nursery/Kindergarten] Wobbly Daruma Craft with Paper Plates! [New Year]

Why not try making a wobbly Daruma doll with a paper plate? The Daruma is a traditional Japanese good-luck charm that has long been cherished.

It is said to originate from Bodhidharma, an Indian monk.

To make one, first prepare a circle cut out of red construction paper.

Attach the Daruma’s parts onto it and draw the face and details.

Next, fold a paper plate in half.

Glue the folded paper plate to the lower half of the back of the Daruma.

Now your wobbly Daruma is complete.

It might also be fun to use just the wobbling mechanism to make things other than a Daruma.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Snowflakes Made with Salt Painting

[Winter Craft] Let's Make Snowflakes with Salt Painting | Demonstration and Explanation by a Nursery Teacher

Do you know salt painting? It’s a method of making art using salt.

You can create three-dimensional pictures, and the texture of the salt makes it a fun and fascinating technique.

This time, we’ll use this method to draw snowflakes.

First, draw the snowflakes with glue, then sprinkle salt over them.

After sprinkling, dab on watercolor paint thinned with plenty of water.

The slightly bleeding effect makes for very cute snowflakes.

Give it a try yourself!

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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