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

Fluffy Snow Bunny Wall Decor

[Winter Craft] Fluffy Snow Bunny Wall Decoration♪

Why not try making a cute snow-bunny wall decoration? The round, pure white bunny will bring a wintry touch to your room.

First, layer and roll up tissues to create the bunny’s body.

Next, attach red eyes made from round stickers and ears made from green origami paper.

Glue the bunny onto a colored cardstock base, then decorate the empty spaces with snowflakes punched out using a craft punch and flower accents created by combining round stickers.

You’ll have a lovely decoration that evokes winter memories just by placing it on display.

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Make it with straw stamps! Snowman craft

How to make a snowman with straw stamping: a winter craft for ages 3 and up

Let’s make a snowman wall art with straw stamps.

First, an adult draws large and small circles on construction paper.

Using a plate as a guide is fun, too.

Then, draw a snowman’s hat on colored construction paper or origami paper.

Have the child cut it out.

Glue the cut-out pieces onto a darker-colored construction paper.

Once they’re glued, draw the snowman’s face with crayons.

For the straw stamp, cut slits into the end of a straw and spread them out so it forms a flower shape.

Dip it in white paint and dab it on—this creates lovely snowflake-like prints.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Winter oden shop pretend play

Winter Oden Shop Pretend Play 🍢 – Handmade Yarn Toys [Nursery/Kindergarten]

On cold days, some families might gather around a pot of oden.

So let’s make oden ingredients that look just like the real thing and have fun playing pretend shop.

By cleverly using materials like yarn, toilet paper rolls, and felt, you can create delicious-looking oden pieces.

The key is to add small touches, such as coloring them to look like the flavors have soaked in, or giving them a soft, fluffy finish.

Kids will likely enjoy dabbing on color with a sponge, too.

Put them in a toy pot, and when you lift the lid, you’ll have oden that looks good enough to eat.

The children are sure to be delighted by pretend play with such realistic oden ingredients.

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Winter origami! Cute kotatsu

[Winter Origami] How to Fold a Kotatsu [Origami]

Here is an introduction to making a kotatsu out of origami.

First, fold a sheet of origami paper in half in the color you like.

Since it’s a kotatsu, a patterned paper might be cuter.

Then fold back about one-third.

After folding, unfold it, fold it to half that width, and return it.

On the back side, fold back one-third as well.

Next, fold the back diagonally to create the kotatsu’s slope, and the main body is complete.

Now make the tabletop for the kotatsu.

Use a quarter-size sheet of origami paper for this.

Next, make the mandarin orange, which is essential for a kotatsu.

This one is very small, so have an adult help you.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Three homemade kites!

[Craft] Introducing Recommended Homemade Kites for the New Year [Nursery/Kindergarten]

Let’s make kites that are perfect for New Year’s.

It’s also a lot of fun to go out and fly the ones you’ve made.

I’ll introduce three types of kites.

The first is a twirly, spiral kite.

It’s great because you can practice cutting curves while making it.

The next kite is made by stapling construction paper into a paper-airplane-like shape.

You only need a stapler and a hole punch for this one.

The third kite uses a plastic shopping bag.

First, fold an A4 sheet of paper and draw lines to make a template.

Then cut the plastic bag based on that template.

If you draw a picture on it before assembling, you can create a one-of-a-kind kite.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Let’s display the first-calligraphy daruma.

[Wall Decorations] 'Lucky Daruma' New Year Decoration – Crafting, Handmade, Origami Decoration, First Day of Spring Decoration, Preschool Craft, Elderly Care Recreation – How to Make a Japanese Daruma

Perfect for the New Year! Let’s try a craft idea for making a daruma.

In this idea, you’ll cut the body, the face base, and the whiskers from construction paper, then use a brush and ink to draw the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth.

You might usually use crayons and not be very familiar with brushes, but think of it like your first calligraphy of the year and draw freely.

Once you’ve finished the expression, attach the whiskers on both sides and glue them to the body.

Then take a strip of gold origami paper, join the two ends to make a teardrop shape, stick it on the body as a decorative pattern, and you’re done!

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Let’s try playing Fukuwarai!

[New Year’s Games] Let’s make a Fukuwarai!

Why not try making a fukuwarai using crayons, scissors, and construction paper? Fukuwarai is a traditional Japanese game said to date back to the mid-Edo period.

First, draw parts like eyes, nose, and mouth on construction paper and cut around each piece.

Then make a base.

For the base, you can either cut pale orange construction paper into a face shape and glue it down, or draw the face with crayons.

Once everything is ready, start arranging the parts.

You can express different emotions—like a smiling face or a sad face—depending on how you place the pieces.

It’s also fun to arrange the parts while blindfolded.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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