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[For 1-year-olds] Craft ideas to enjoy in June | Various expressive play activities

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One-year-olds are becoming able to make more and more things.

Here, we’ll share fun craft ideas for June, when we tend to have many rainy days.

Use colored paper to make flowers, or adapt handprints and footprints.

If you try using familiar materials, children are more likely to be interested.

It’s also important to give them time to draw freely with crayons and paint.

Support them and have fun together so they can express their feelings.

The key is to value the moments when they feel the joy of “I did it!” Because we treat what the children make as works, we refer to it as “production” in the text.

[For 1-year-olds] Craft ideas to enjoy in June | Various expressive play activities (11–20)

[Newspaper Stamps] Hydrangea Craft

Let’s make a June flower—hydrangeas—using newspaper stamps.

First, cut out the hydrangea and leaf bases from construction paper.

An adult should handle the cutting.

Create a stamp from newspaper, apply paint, and stamp onto the hydrangea base.

Color the leaf base in the same way, but using a real leaf as a stamp instead of newspaper is also recommended.

Once you’ve glued the hydrangea and leaf bases together, it’s complete! Try attaching it to a background with painted rain or use it as a wall decoration.

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[Sticker Pasting] Teru Teru Bozu

[Rainy season] Teru Teru Bozu | Handmade | For children | Crafts | Plastic bag | Poly bag [Daycare/Kindergarten]

[Sticker Pasting] Teru Teru Bozu

Let’s make a teru teru bozu while having fun sticking on stickers.

First, have the children crumple tissue paper into a ball.

Tape it to hold its shape, then cover it with a plastic bag and secure it with a rubber band.

If the plastic is too long, trim it to adjust the length—an adult should handle this step.

Next, use round stickers to make the face, and add patterns to the body as well.

Finally, attach a string for hanging, and it’s done.

Try making an extra colorful teru teru bozu to wish for sunny weather.

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[Sponge Stamps] Colorful Umbrellas

[Rainy Season Craft] Make Cute Umbrellas! Perfect for Rainy-Season Projects! Easy with Sponges! [For 1-Year-Olds]

[Sponge Stamps] Colorful Umbrellas

Here’s a fun umbrella craft idea where kids can dab paint like stamps using a sponge.

Cut construction paper into the shape of an umbrella, and prepare a sponge for applying paint plus one chenille stem (pipe cleaner).

An adult should handle the prep.

Put paint on a palette, dab the sponge in the paint, and have the children stamp it onto the construction paper.

If you provide a variety of colors, you’ll get cute, colorful umbrellas.

Once the umbrella is decorated, attach the chenille stem to the back of the paper to finish!

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[Paper Plate] Mini Mini Umbrella

Rainy Season Craft: How to Make a Simple Mini Umbrella with a Paper Plate

[Paper Plate] Mini Mini Umbrella

Let’s make a little umbrella using a paper plate.

First, let the children scribble freely on the paper plate.

They can use crayons, paint—whatever they like.

Once the scribbling is done, an adult can assemble it into an umbrella shape.

Draw lines to divide the plate into eight slices like a pizza, then cut the plate in half.

Fold along the lines to form a cone, thread a pipe cleaner through to make the umbrella’s handle and shaft, secure the tip to the paper plate, and curl the end to form the handle—umbrella complete! It’s cute as a standalone decoration, but if you make several and string them together into a garland, they make a lovely wall decoration too.

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[Footprint Art] A Gift of Gratitude

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[Footprint Art] A Gift of Gratitude

Here’s a craft idea that makes a great gift for someone special.

In this project, you fold an A4 sheet of paper into a shirt and use a child’s footprint as the necktie.

Paint the child’s foot with paint and have them stamp their footprint; let them decorate the shirt with stickers or scribbles to create patterns.

Attach the shirt to a folded card base, then glue the necktie on top to finish.

Add a message like “Thank you for everything” at the end.

For one-year-olds, writing the message themselves can be difficult, so an adult should write it on their behalf.

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Crumpled tissue-paper snail

[Nursery/Kindergarten] June Craft Perfect for the Rainy Season! How to Make a Snail [Toddler/Infant Class]

Crumpled tissue-paper snail

Would you like to make a snail—often seen in June—using tissue paper? Have the children crumple tissue paper in their favorite colors and pack it into a bag.

Once it’s filled, close the bag and shape it into a shell using tape.

Please make sure an adult handles tying the bag or securing it with tape.

Cut the snail’s body and eyes out of construction paper, attach the bag, and you’re done! Using several colors of tissue paper makes it nice and colorful, so it’s recommended.

Be sure to use a transparent bag so the tissue paper inside is visible.

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[1-year-olds] Craft ideas to enjoy in June | Various expressive play activities (21–30)

[Age 3] 3D Umbrella with Sponge Stamps

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Here’s an idea for making an umbrella using a paper plate and pipe cleaners.

First, attach a sponge to a chopstick to make a stamp.

Next, cut a paper plate in half and use the paint-covered stamp to add color.

Prepare a few paint colors and finish it in your favorite colors and patterns.

Finally, glue a pipe cleaner to the inside of the paper plate as a handle, then roll the plate into a cone shape so it looks like an umbrella, and you’re done! If you curl the end of the pipe cleaner that sticks out from the top of the umbrella, you can hang it with thread as a decoration.

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