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Craft ideas to try in July for 3-year-olds

A three-year-old who loves discovering lots of new things every day.

It can be challenging for teachers to come up with fun craft activities, right?

Here, we’ve gathered craft ideas that are perfect for July.

Let’s create enjoyable projects with the children using materials and themes that evoke summer.

By using their hands and exploring colors, children can take pleasure in their own creativity.

Be sure to try a variety of ideas and enjoy a fun time together.

Because the children’s creations are treated as finished works, the term is standardized as “seisaku (制作)” throughout the text.

[For 3-year-olds] Craft ideas to try in July (71–80)

Chocolate banana stall

[Kindergarten/Daycare] July Festival! Chocolate Banana Stall: Painting and Craft Activity
Chocolate banana stall

Why not make a classic festival chocolate-banana stand? If you’re doing this with three-year-olds, the teacher should pre-cut the banana shapes and let the children start from the coloring.

Once the bananas are colored, stick on decorations made from finely cut origami paper.

It’s easiest if you apply glue over the whole banana first and then sprinkle the pieces on top.

Finally, decorate construction paper to look like a food stall, and line up and paste the chocolate bananas to finish! Create a delicious-looking chocolate-banana stand and enjoy a summery vibe.

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Tanabata decorations

[Craft] Simple and cute! Four types of Tanabata decorations 🎋✨
Tanabata decorations

Let’s make Tanabata decorations with the children in preparation for the Star Festival.

There are many ways to make them, so choose a method that’s easy for your class to try.

Making lanterns is good practice for using scissors—be sure to draw guide lines first.

Also, Tanabata decorations look much more festive when they’re colorful.

If you use patterned origami that you don’t usually use, the children will likely exclaim, “So pretty!” at the results.

It would be great if you could make lots and hang them up.

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Make a butterfly net and play pretend

[For 3-year-olds] We played pretend bug catching!
Make a butterfly net and play pretend

How about making original butterfly nets and enjoying indoor bug-catching pretend play as a July activity? Teachers can prepare the base of the nets in advance, and then let the children decorate them by putting on stickers and drawing pictures.

Letting them decorate freely will nurture their creativity! Also, prepare insects like ladybugs, cicadas, and rhinoceros beetles, and stick them around the classroom or facility.

Then have the children catch them with their nets and get everyone excited! It can be hard to enjoy bug catching outdoors, but with pretend play, you can do it indoors and still make great summer memories.

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Shooting Star Production

[Recommended for Tanabata] Shooting star craft #craft #diy #kidsCrafts #preschool #TanabataDecorations The faces of Orihime and Hikoboshi… facing sideways might look more like a shooting star… 😳
Shooting Star Production

Here’s an idea for making shooting stars that’s perfect for Tanabata decorations in July.

Decorate strips of cellophane tape (suzuran tape) cut to look like shooting stars with star-shaped sequins! When attaching the sequins, you can easily make this using double-sided tape, wood glue, or OPP tape.

Curious three-year-olds will likely be fascinated by the sparkling sequins! For the star at the top of the shooting star, it would be fun to let the children try marble rolling to create the pattern.

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In conclusion

We’ve introduced July craft ideas to enjoy with three-year-olds.

Even as the July heat intensifies, children are full of energy every day.

It would be great to plan craft activities that satisfy their curiosity.

Seasonal crafts are sure to captivate them.

We can’t wait to see what they create!