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

Paper cup rocket you can play with indoors

[For 4-year-olds] Easy rocket craft using paper cups!

Let’s make a rocket you can play with indoors using a familiar material: paper cups! Since it’s made with paper cups, you don’t have to worry about getting hurt when you launch it.

First, prepare two paper cups and cut four slits into one of them.

Next, cross two rubber bands, tie them together, and attach them to the slits on the paper cup.

Your rocket is ready! Place this ‘rocket’ over the other paper cup and release your hand to make it fly.

It’s also fun to draw freely on the paper cups with markers or decorate them with construction paper and stickers.

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Origami Goldfish & Construction Paper Poi

Goldfish Scooping [Origami]

Here’s a crafting idea for making a goldfish scooping set using origami paper and construction paper.

Wrap a crumpled tissue with origami paper, secure it with a pipe cleaner, shape the tail, then stick on a round sticker and draw the eye—your goldfish is done, and it’s easy! The scooper (poi) can be made simply by combining a round-cut piece of construction paper with a pair of chopsticks, so it could also be used as a summer recreation activity.

You can make it even more vibrant by using your favorite colors of origami paper, and thanks to its cute look, it also works great as a room decoration.

Give it a try!

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Morning glories made with dyed paper

[Kindergarten/Daycare] Try paper dyeing with paint in July! Summer Morning Glory art and crafts

One of the things to look forward to as summer approaches is the morning glory.

Let’s use brightly colored dyed paper to express these flowers! First, cut a circle from washi paper, fold it, and dab paint onto the top so it soaks in; once it’s dry, unfold it.

Next, make leaves, vines, and a pot from construction paper and combine them with your dyed-paper morning glories.

If you use washi that absorbs paint well, you can beautifully recreate morning glories in soft, pale tones.

Coloring only the outer edges of the petals will make them look even more realistic.

You’ll end up with a summery piece that highlights each child’s individuality.

Be sure to include this in your summer craft ideas!

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fireworks

[Fireworks Craft] Easy Stained Glass with Kirigami [Preschool/Kindergarten] [5-Year-Olds] [Wall Display]

Fireworks crafts really are a hallmark of summer, aren’t they? How about enjoying the process while imagining your child’s smiling face? I recommend drawing lines on black construction paper with a white crayon, then stamping paint on top with your fingertips.

If you work from the center outward, you can create beautiful firework shapes.

Use lots of your favorite colors and try expressing dreamy fireworks you’d love to see.

If everyone works together on a large sheet of paper, it’ll make a perfect wall decoration, too.

Make a butterfly net and play pretend

[For 3-year-olds] We played pretend bug catching!

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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