[For 5-year-olds] Crafts to try in July! Ideas that capture the season

Easy Suica

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Easy! Let’s make watermelon you’ll want to eat in summer 🍉＾＾ Our eldest son in 2nd grade starts summer vacation tomorrow 🌻 We don’t have any long trips planned for now, but we’re thinking of enjoying lots of classic summer activities like catching stag beetles, going to a nearby pool, playing in the river, watermelon splitting, and getting shaved ice＾＾ I was so happy that so many people checked out yesterday’s post on how to make a stag beetle 🥰 Thanks to your lovely requests, today I posted how to fold a “watermelon 🍉”! Half-cut watermelon, quarter-cut watermelon. Red watermelon, yellow watermelon—please make your favorite versions ❤️ I think they’ll look super cute displayed together with yesterday’s stag beetle! I also tried making a yellow watermelon, and it turned out really cute 🥰 For the yellow watermelon, I used check-pattern origami for the rind. Note: You can find this at DAISO＾＾ Lately I’ve been getting messages from followers saying, “I tried making it!” and it makes me so happy and motivated! Please feel free to DM or comment, “I made it! 🙌” I’m waiting to hear from you🥰 +———————————————+ I’m Sachi-mama, raising three boys ages 7, 5, and 1—chaotic mom life in full swing ❀´- I share play ideas and easy crafts with kids using 100-yen items, nature finds, and recycled materials. Feel free to like, follow, and DM! +———————————————+How to Grow Watermelons　How to make watermelon#AtHomePlay　#AtHomePlayworkPlay with children#I love crafts　Handmade　 Childcare　#Summer Craft　 OrigamiSummer　extreme heat　Insect　#BugLoverIndoor play　origami　 #origamiEducational　#EducationalPlay#StagBeetle　watermelon　Watermelon#How to fold a watermelon　# How to fold a watermelon#Watermelon Craft　Watermelon craft#watermelon

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Here’s an easy watermelon idea you can make with origami.

Prepare green and red origami paper.

First, let’s make the rind with the green sheet.

Fold the paper in half twice to form a smaller square, then open it up and use the creases to fold all four corners toward the center.

Open the folded parts again, then fold each corner along the crease lines and make a second, tighter fold (a wrap fold).

Repeat for the remaining three corners.

Next, fold the four remaining white corners inward to match the width of the wrap folds.

Now use the red origami paper.

Up to folding all four corners to the center, the steps are the same.

From there, fold each of the four corners inward by about 2 cm.

Layer the two pieces and glue them together, and your watermelon is complete.

Try different shapes like a half-cut or quarter-cut and have fun!

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Easy cicada

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So nostalgic! Let’s make an origami cicada! 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍 My boys love bugs—how about you? ☺️ This season we go looking for rhinoceros beetles and stag beetles, catch cicadas, and then taking care of them keeps us busy. 😂 It’s so hot during the day that we can’t stay outside for long, so we made cicadas out of origami at home. 🥰 I used to make them a lot when I was a kid too. ✨ My boys were thrilled. ☺️ It’s easy, so definitely try it with your bug-loving kids! +–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––+ I’m Sachi-mama, raising three rambunctious boys ages 7, 5, and 1. ❀´- I share play ideas and simple crafts using 100-yen items, nature finds, and recycled materials. Feel free to like, follow, or DM! +–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––+#BugLover　I want to connect with people who like insects.#AtHomePlay　#AtHomePlayworkPlay with children#I love crafts　Handmade　 Childcare　#Summer Craft　 OrigamiSummer　extreme heat　Insect　#BugLoverIndoor play　origami　 #origamiEducational　#EducationalPlaycicada　Semi-Origami　How to make a semicrease

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Here’s how to make a cicada—the quintessential summer creature—that almost sounds like it might start chirping.

When folding the wings, tilt your folds slightly so they angle diagonally.

At the end, when bending the left and right sides, make diagonal folds while keeping a good balance between the cicada’s body and its wings.

Finish by drawing the face with round stickers and a felt-tip pen! Cicadas made with checkered origami paper are adorable, too.

It’s also fun to create a big tree on the wall and have the children stick on the cicadas they made.

Enjoy the activity while feeling the season!

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corn

How about making corn—one of the summer vegetables that grows under plenty of summer sunshine—out of origami? For this, stack two sheets of origami paper, light green and yellow, with the white sides facing inward.

First, keep the papers stacked, fold them into a triangle, and open it.

Then fold both side corners and edges toward the center line.

Open both corners outward and fold them, then make small folds inward.

Flip it over and, imagining the shape of a corn cob, fold the top, bottom, left, and right corners.

Turn it over again, draw a face and the kernels, and you’re done! It’s an easy and cute craft, so give it a try!

Mr./Ms. Crab

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Make a crab with just one sheet! Let’s try making a little crab! 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍 We always say the ocean is far so we rarely go, but the other day we happened to be nearby, so we took a sudden drive to the beach! Our family usually plays in the mountains and rivers, but the kids had an amazing time at the sea and are already saying they want to go again 🥰 Yesterday they picked up seashells and spotted tiny fish, and they were totally absorbed chasing them!! Today’s craft is a little crab 🦀 You can make it with a single sheet of origami and it’s super easy, so definitely try it with your kids 🥰 +——————————————— I’m Sachi, a mom of three energetic boys ages 7, 5, and 1 ❀´- I share play ideas and simple crafts with kids using 100-yen items, nature finds, and recycled materials. Feel free to like, follow, or DM! +———————————————#AtHomePlay　#AtHomePlaywork　#Summer Craft　Summer activitiesPlay with children#I love crafts　Handmade　 Childcare　Seashell Crafts　sea　SummerOrigamiIndoor play　origami　 #origamiHow to make crab　How to fold a crab (origami)#How to fold a seashell　fishSea creaturesSummer activities　Crab

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Let’s make a crab that lives in the sea or rivers.

Prepare origami paper, round stickers, and felt-tip pens.

Crease the origami paper, open it while puffing up the center to form the crab’s body, and fold the claws, pressing the folds as you go.

Finally, stick on the eyes and you’re done.

Using patterned origami paper lets you enjoy making different kinds of crabs.

Give your finished crab a name and have fun creating it!

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cream soda

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Let’s make a retro-cute cream soda! ❤️ 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍 Fizzy fizzy~ ✨ Don’t you crave cream soda in the hot summer? 🥰 It feels like there aren’t many places selling cream soda these days… But I absolutely love it! ❤️ Today I made a cream soda out of origami! I used white round stickers to represent the soda bubbles, but if you don’t have them, drawing circles with a white crayon or pen will give a soda vibe too 🙌 There are a few steps for the straw and cherry, but it’s very easy to make, so please give it a try! +——————————————+ I’m Sachi-mama, currently raising three rambunctious boys ages 7, 5, and 1 ❀´- I share play ideas and simple crafts with kids using 100-yen items, nature finds, and recycled materials. Feel free to like, follow, or DM me! +——————————————+#AtHomePlay　#AtHomePlaywork　#Summer Craft　Summer activitiesPlay with children#I love crafts　Handmade　 Childcare　sea　Summer　SweetsOrigami#SummerSweets　DrinksIndoor play　origami　 #origamicream soda　Melon soda#HomeFestivalCream Soda Craft　#CreamSodaOrigamiHow to make cream soda

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Let’s make a summery cream soda with origami.

Prepare one large sheet of origami paper, three small sheets, and some round stickers.

For the drink portion, fold the large sheet horizontally, then shape it evenly on both the left and right sides as you adjust the paper.

Cut a small sheet into quarters to make the cherry fruit and the cherry stem.

Once finished, attach them to the cream soda.

Finally, take one small sheet, offset-fold it into a triangle, and roll it to create a straw.

Give this delicious-looking cream soda a try!

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Summer Seashells

Let’s make a seashell out of origami that captures the feeling of summer.

Fold the origami paper into a triangle twice, then unfold it once.

Fold the left and right corners in to meet the center line.

Fold those corners back outward, then fold the creases so they align with the center line.

Next, tuck the left and right corners up toward the center line so they go underneath the small triangle, and fold the tip of the small triangle slightly inward.

Finally, fold the top corner down to shape it like a shell, and you’re done.

Add patterns to make it cute!

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A bamboo leaf that folds in eight steps

Folds in 8 steps! Tanabata Origami: Simple and Cute Bamboo Leaf Origami (For Kids!) · Origami Leaf

Speaking of July, we have Tanabata, don’t we? In childcare facilities and the like, some may create bamboo grass decorations on the walls.

Here’s an origami idea for bamboo leaves that’s useful on such occasions and only takes eight folds.

First, fold the origami paper into a triangle to make a crease, then open it up and fold the two left edges to align with the crease.

At this point, make sure the tip is nice and sharp, and align the edges just slightly outside the crease.

Doing so will help express the leaf’s central vein.

Flip the paper over and fold the triangular section inward.

With the triangle’s base positioned at the bottom, refit the paper and fold the two bottom corners up to meet the center line.

Finally, tuck the left and right corners created in the last step slightly inward, and you’re done!

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