Perfect Summer Craft Ideas to Try in July for 4-Year-Olds

Sunflowers made with paper plates, tissues, and origami paper

Perfect for summer! Here are some sunflower craft ideas.

Use a paper plate as the base for the sunflower.

First, tear origami paper into long, thin strips.

Apply glue around the rim of the paper plate and stick the origami pieces on.

Cut a circle from construction paper to fit the open center, draw patterns with crayons, then paint over it.

Place a tissue over the top to make a rubbing/transfer effect, then cut it into a circle and glue it in the middle of the paper plate.

If you prepare different colors and patterned origami, your sunflower will look even more vibrant.

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Summer camp

[Kindergarten/Daycare] With open-and-close interactive features! August Summer Camp Painting and Craft Project

This is a craft project with a camping theme.

First, paint patterns with paint on construction paper, fold it into a triangle to make a tent that can open and close.

Attach it to the center of a sheet of construction paper, then create and arrange trees, flowers, and a campfire made from tissue paper around it, gluing them in place.

Finally, make a child out of construction paper and stick them inside the tent, and it’s complete! When you open the tent, you can see a child enjoying camping—such a fun craft.

You can draw the child directly on the tent, or it might be interesting to add a pop-up mechanism that makes the child spring out when opened.

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A stag beetle made of origami

[Origami] Easy way to fold a stag beetle: simple steps and how to make it – summer origami

Many children love collecting insects.

And when it comes to insects you want to catch in the summer, rhinoceros beetles and stag beetles come to mind.

So here’s an idea for making a stag beetle with origami! After folding the paper into a triangle, flip it top-to-bottom, then fold the left and right corners to meet at the center to make creases.

Fold along those creases to form the stag beetle’s mandibles, and tuck the bottom corner slightly inward to finish! Since the mandibles involve opening and flattening a pocket, it can be tricky—try making it together with an adult if it’s difficult.

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strawberry candy

Simple way to make strawberry candy

Let’s make the dreamy dessert you see at festivals and fruit shops! Here are some ideas for strawberry candy apples (candied strawberries).

You’ll need three pieces of red origami cut into quarter-size squares, pale orange or brown origami, glue or double-sided tape, and pens or colored pencils.

Let’s make these popular candied strawberries out of origami—they look adorable, and the crisp texture when you eat them is part of the fun.

It’s best to start by making them together with a parent or teacher so you can feel confident.

Give it a try!

Aloha shirt with bleeding art and vegetable stamps

Aloha shirts, known as one of the formal outfits in Okinawa.

They come in a variety of patterns, and you can’t help but want to wear one when you go on a summer vacation.

Here, we’ll introduce an idea for making your own aloha shirt.

Brush water onto white construction paper, then let children freely add colors with paints on top.

They’ll enjoy watching the paint bleed where the water was first applied.

Once the paint dries, add patterns using vegetable stamps, then cut the paper into the shape of an aloha shirt.

Cut out a collar from the same sheet and glue it on, then add round stickers as buttons to finish! Change up the paint colors and the vegetables used for stamping to create your own unique aloha shirts.

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Marble ice with paper towels

When it comes to summertime sweets, it has to be ice cream! So let’s make some marble ice cream using rolled-up kitchen paper.

First, cut out the cone, heart, and spoon pieces from construction paper.

Paste the cone onto the backing sheet, draw a pattern on it, then roll up the kitchen paper, stack two scoops, and glue them on.

Soak the kitchen paper with watercolor paint thinned with water to add color, and finish by gluing the remaining pieces onto the empty spaces of the backing sheet.

It’ll be fun to see what kind of marble patterns the kids come up with!

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Festival yo-yo with a marble run

Marbles are sometimes found in ramune soda, so they tend to evoke a summery feeling, don’t they? Here’s a craft idea that uses those marbles.

Line a box with construction paper, then roll marbles coated with paint over the paper.

Wherever the marbles roll, they leave paint and create patterns.

Try expressing patterns freely using paints in various colors.

Once the paint dries, cut the paper into a yo-yo shape, attach a fastener made from pink construction paper and a rubber band with the end rounded, and you’re done! It’s also a great idea for a summer wall display.

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