For 4-Year-Olds: January Crafts! A Collection of Fun Ideas with Winter and New Year Themes

Let’s make winter animals!

Let’s make a winter animal—a snow rabbit—using colored construction paper.

First, use white paper to make a plump, egg-like shape.

Cut out nandina (heavenly bamboo) leaves and berries from colored paper as well.

Create a window with falling snow from colored paper, then paste the rabbit there.

If the snow pieces for the window are too small and tricky, a parent or guardian can cut them, or you could draw them with a white crayon instead.

Putting this on a wall or mounting it on a backing sheet will enhance the winter mood and look lovely.

You could also change the wall decorations with each season.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Shimenawa you can make with chiyogami paper

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We’ll make a shimenawa-style decoration using washi paper.

The base will be a paper plate with the center cut out.

The cut-out center of the plate will be used as the knot of the shimenawa.

First, glue crumpled brown-toned washi paper onto the paper plate that will serve as the base.

Attach washi paper to the knot in the same way.

Once that’s done, create and stick on decorations such as the zodiac animal for that year, as well as pine, bamboo, and plum blossoms using colored construction paper.

And that’s it—you’re finished.

If you make the zodiac ornament removable, you can likely reuse the decoration the following year.

Give it a try!

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Handmade milk carton battledore

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When it comes to New Year’s games, hanetsuki comes to mind.

Let’s try making this hagoita using a milk carton.

Open the carton and remove the bottom section.

After removing it, turn it inside out and fold it in half.

If you fold the spout area, it will resemble the shape of a hagoita.

Put a wooden chopstick inside some newspaper, fold the newspaper, and it will become the handle of the hagoita.

Set that into the milk carton and secure it with tape.

Once secured, tape the top and bottom as well as the seam of the carton.

You can also glue some cute patterned origami paper on the outside.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Fluffy snowman made by threading yarn

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While enjoying lacing, let’s make a snowman perfect for winter.

In this idea, you punch holes into a circular frame cut from white construction paper and thread yarn through the holes.

Once you’ve threaded yarn through all the holes, the snowman’s body is complete.

Then cut a slightly smaller circle from construction paper and glue it on as the head.

Finish by attaching a scarf, hat, arms, and facial features.

Some yarns come in colorful multicolors, so using one of those will give it a bright, festive look.

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Daruma origami that even 3-year-olds can make!

[Origami] New Year’s “Daruma” ornament made together with a 3-year-old child

Let me introduce an origami daruma that even a three-year-old can make.

It’s great as a New Year’s decoration, and carefully following the folding steps is beneficial for brain development, so I highly recommend it.

First, fold a red sheet of origami paper into a triangle.

Unfold it, then fold the corner on the creased side twice, and slightly fold the left and right sides.

Next, fold three corners toward the center.

Of those three corners, fold the middle edge upward, then flip the paper over and fold both corners into triangles.

Turn it face up, draw the daruma’s face on the white area, and you’re done.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Moving! Paper Cup Snowman

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When January comes, there will surely be regions where snow piles up.

One of the seasonal symbols of snowy weather is the snowman.

So let’s make a snowman craft using a paper cup.

Draw the snowman’s face on the paper cup.

Then make a hole in the cup, insert a straw, and attach a mitten made from construction paper to the end of the straw.

When you move the straw, the hands will flap.

Kids are sure to enjoy a craft with a moving mechanism like this.

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Nakajima Junko

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Make It with Resist Painting! Gloves and Hat

Crayon Resist Painting: Winter Craft for Ages 3 and Up

Are you familiar with the crayon-resist technique? It’s a method where you paint watercolor over a drawing made with white crayon, and the paint is repelled by the crayon so the drawing emerges.

Because you can barely see what you’ve drawn in white crayon, applying the paint can lead to surprisingly delightful results.

Try drawing on colored construction paper cut into winter-themed shapes like scarves, hats, and gloves.

If you plan to display the artwork, you can mount it on a backing board afterward.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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