Fun January Crafts! A Collection of Ideas You Can Make and Play With for 5-Year-Olds

Everyone’s favorite! Oden delivery

We’re going to put odeng (Japanese hot pot) ingredients made from origami into a pot made from construction paper.

First, fold gray origami paper into a triangle and stick on a round sticker to make konnyaku.

Next, fold white origami paper into a triangle, stuff some crumpled tissue or similar inside, and glue the edges to make hanpen.

Fold the corners of yellow origami inward to round them, draw the pattern, and you’ve got daikon.

With light orange origami, keep the white side facing up, fold it into a long narrow strip, and stick on a round sticker colored brown to make chikuwa-bu.

For the egg, layer white and yellow construction paper cut into circles.

Paste the finished ingredients into the pot, draw steam, add a noren curtain, and you’re done!

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Fun in winter! Let’s play Oden shop

Here’s a humorous craft idea where children transform into oden shop owners.

The oden ingredients are made by cutting and pasting construction paper and drawing patterns with pens.

Stick those into a paper pot you’ve made.

Glue the pot near the bottom of a large backing sheet, and above it, attach photos of the children with twisted headbands and their arms folded.

Finally, hang a noren curtain at the top of the backing sheet to finish! The children also write the characters on the noren, and each one gives the shop its own unique vibe.

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Oden made with origami and tissue paper

Tissue paper can transform into all sorts of oden ingredients! For chikuwa, wrap white tissue paper around a toilet paper roll core and brush on brown paint with a cotton swab—done.

For mochi kinchaku, put a small crumpled piece of tissue inside yellow tissue paper and twist the opening shut with a chenille stem—OK! Combine these with other oden items made from origami, and you’ve got a full plate of oden.

You can also make kombu by accordion-folding black tissue paper and securing the center with a chenille stem, and make an egg by sticking a ball of yellow tissue paper onto light orange origami!

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Made with sponge stamps! Fun oden

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Using sponge stamps, we’ll create patterns for oden ingredients.

For example, for konnyaku, if you press a coarse-textured sponge or a sponge with raised bumps onto a triangle-cut piece of gray construction paper like a stamp, you can make the konnyaku’s speckled texture.

In the same way, using a sponge with carved grooves will make the daikon’s striations, and a sponge with fine cuts can create the wavy, mottled pattern of fish cakes.

Once your oden ingredients are ready, paste them onto construction paper cut into the shape of a pot to complete your oden hot pot!

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For winter childcare! Origami oden

Perfect for winter preschool crafts! We tried making oden with origami ♪ #shorts

Let’s make oden out of origami, with three items—konnyaku, daikon, and chikuwa—skewered on a stick.

First, fold a gray sheet of origami paper twice to make a small triangle, draw a pattern, and you’ll have the konnyaku.

Next, fold a yellow sheet using the “cushion fold,” then fold all four corners inward to round it out; draw a cross-shaped slit to finish the daikon.

For the chikuwa, draw a pattern on brown origami paper and roll it into a tube shape.

Finally, fold another sheet into a long, thin skewer and attach the three pieces you made.

Your oden is complete!

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[Yarn] Snowflake

This is a great idea for those in snowy regions or anyone looking for a craft with a seasonal feel! You’ll need items like thick paper or a milk carton, cool-colored yarn, cellophane tape, scissors, and so on.

Many children may have never seen real snowflakes.

Before starting the craft, it’s helpful to look at snowflakes in picture books or encyclopedias to help them build an image.

The yarn-wrapped pieces are cute enough to display on their own, but turning them into a garland or mobile can create a lovely atmosphere!

Make a stylish snowman!

[Winter Bulletin Board] Stylish Snowman Craft by Preschool Teachers (for 4-year-olds)

We usually imagine snowmen as pure white, but let’s get creative and turn them into stylish art.

First, fold a sheet of white origami paper and make several cuts.

The key is to cut it so that when you unfold the paper, it forms a round shape.

You’ll get a circular shape with beautiful patterns.

Children will be excited to see how the snowman’s pattern changes depending on where they cut.

Use the patterned cutouts to make the snowman.

If you stick it onto black cardstock, you’ll have a lovely winter craft.

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