[January Crafts] Fun DIY Ideas for Kids: Perfect for Use in Childcare

A craft spinning top that 1-year-olds can enjoy!

Work No.038 “Spinning Top Making” [Handmade Toy by a Nursery Teacher]

Here’s an idea for making a spinning top that even infants can enjoy.

You’ll need a milk carton, a plastic bottle cap, and round stickers.

First, snip the four corners and open the milk carton into a cross shape.

From the edge of the square base, measure 11 cm and cut all four opened sides at that line.

Next, round off the corners and use a craft knife to make round holes near the top of each side.

Decorate with stickers, then glue a plastic bottle cap to the center, and you’re done! If it’s hard to spin using the cap, try hooking a finger through one of the side holes to spin it.

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Festive! Cute origami sea bream

[New Year Origami] Easy and Cute Sea Bream Folding / Origami Fish Tai — Origami Sea Bream

Let’s make a lively sea bream that looks ready to swim away any moment! Sea bream are known to live long among fish, so they’re often eaten at celebrations and events as a wish for longevity.

What’s more, because the word “omedetai” (congratulatory) contains the sound “tai,” sea bream are considered lucky and are sometimes displayed for New Year’s as well.

This time, let’s make a sea bream out of origami and start a wonderful year! You’ll need one 15-cm square of red origami paper, one 7.5-cm square, round stickers or eye-shaped cutouts, scissors, glue, and a pen.

Some steps are a bit complex, so take your time and finish it carefully!

Easy and cute! Shimenawa wreath

[New Year Origami] Easy and Cute Shimenawa Wreath How to Fold / Origami Shimenawa Wreath

Something to make for New Year’s! Let’s decorate the room with a fluffy-looking origami shimenawa.

You’ll need ten 7.5 cm square sheets of origami paper and glue or double-sided tape.

Since you first make parts from the ten sheets and then assemble them, it seems like a great way to develop children’s thinking and spatial awareness.

If you attach flowers, the twelve zodiac animals, or other New Year’s ornaments to the shimenawa, it will look even more festive.

Recommended for preschoolers in the middle to senior age range! Give it a try.

Easy to make! 3 New Year decorations

Crafts: Easy New Year’s Projects [Daycare/Kindergarten]

Here are three New Year decoration ideas: “Shishimai (lion dance),” “Daruma,” and “Ema (votive plaque).” For the shishimai, cut out parts from construction paper, glue them together, and use a toilet paper roll as a stamp to create the body’s pattern.

For the daruma, draw a face on a paper plate and stick torn pieces of red and yellow origami paper around it.

Use yellow for the decorative patterns, tearing it into long, thin strips.

Lastly, for the ema, first cut cardboard into the shape of an ema to make the base, then cover the surface with gold origami paper.

Glue a slightly smaller piece of white construction paper on top, write your wish, and add patterns with stickers or pens to finish it off brightly.

When you want to display them, attach a ribbon or string to each one.

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Origami Plum Blossoms Kids Can Enjoy—Perfect for New Year’s Too!

Childcare Ideas for New Year and Winter Origami: Easy Ume (Plum Blossom) Flower Origami (Kids Can Make It Themselves!) · Origami Flower Ume – Easy

Free-thinking sparks children’s creativity! It’s a great idea that lets kids enjoy both the focus of folding origami along lines and corners, and the excitement of tearing it dynamically.

Use the torn origami as beautiful branches, then stick on carefully folded plum blossoms to create your very own plum tree.

Drawing the pistils and stamens with crayons or colored pencils will help capture the distinctive features of plum flowers even more.

Take this opportunity to give it a try!