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Ideas for crafts that 1-year-olds will enjoy in June

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Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked for 10 years as a kindergarten teacher and for 7 years as an after-school childcare instructor, then took a post as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I also engaged in activities that shared Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational play, working with many children. Afterwards, through freelance writing, planning, and editing work at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and conveying ideas. Leveraging the perspective cultivated in educational settings and my experience as an editor, I aim to deliver practical information—focusing on fields related to music and children—that values both input and output. Hobbies include instruments, singing, handcrafts, toys, drawing, traditional play, the outdoors, books, DIY, and crafts. Special skill: spinning-top tricks.
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After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

Here are some June craft ideas to enjoy with one-year-olds.There are plenty of colorful, cute motifs unique to the rainy season, like snails, umbrellas, and hydrangeas.We’ve gathered activities that let children enjoy using their fingers—crumpling tissue paper into balls, dabbing stamps with sponges, and more.Working together with a teacher helps even one-year-olds become fully engaged.Precisely because this is a stretch of rainy days, try incorporating crafts that let children feel the season while indoors.Here, we treat what the children make as “artworks,” so we use the term “seisaku” (制作, production/creation) in the text.

Ideas for Crafts Recommended for 1-Year-Olds to Enjoy in June (21–30)

[Marbling] Umbrella and Frog

Introduction to a Rainy Season Craft Using Marbling [Nursery/Kindergarten]

[Marbling] Umbrella and Frog

Let me share an idea for making “Umbrellas and Frogs” with marbling.

Marbling is a technique where you drip paint onto water to create patterns, then transfer them onto paper.

Fill a tray with water, then drip marbling paints onto it as you like.

Use a toothpick or skewer to create a pattern, and gently lay the paper on top.

Lift the paper, and if the pattern has transferred, let it dry.

Cut the marbled paper into an umbrella shape, glue it onto a backing sheet, and draw the umbrella handle and raindrops with a pen.

Finally, add an origami frog, and you’re done.

It’s a fun project that makes you excited to see what kind of umbrella pattern you’ll get, so give it a try in June!

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[Tissue Paper] Fluffy Hydrangea

[June ☔🐌] Introduction to our craft project. Suitable for all ages 🩷

[Tissue Paper] Fluffy Hydrangea

Let’s try making “fluffy hydrangeas” using crumpled tissue paper.

The steps are simple: stick crumpled tissue paper onto a hydrangea base, then add leaves made from construction paper.

Have the children crumple the tissue paper tightly.

If you put double-sided tape on the base beforehand, the tissue paper will stick just by placing it on.

Prepare plenty of base colors and tissue paper so the children can choose—each child will likely create hydrangeas with different color schemes.

These are easy to put on walls, so they’re also great as wall decorations.

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Ideas for crafts recommended for 1-year-olds to enjoy in June (31–40)

Paper Plate Resist-Painting Umbrella

[Nursery/Kindergarten] Resist-Painting Umbrellas Made with Paper Plates [Rainy Season Craft]

Paper Plate Resist-Painting Umbrella

Here’s a perfect craft idea for June: a resist painting umbrella.

First, use crayons to draw umbrella patterns on the back of a paper plate.

Once you’ve finished the patterns, paint over them and enjoy the resist effect.

If you thin the paint with plenty of water, it will repel nicely from the crayon.

Cut a slit in the paper plate and overlap the cut edges to form the umbrella shape.

Make a small cut on one end of a straw and open it up; then tape it to the back of the umbrella-shaped paper plate, and you’re done! If you bend the accordion part of the straw, it becomes the umbrella handle.

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A rainbow made with torn paper collage

Making a Rainbow with Torn-Paper Collage: Easy with Origami! Great for Wall Displays (For ages 4 and up)

A rainbow made with torn paper collage

Here’s a craft idea for a rainbow torn-paper collage that will instantly brighten up indoor spaces during the gloomy rainy season.

Try making a collage by reusing colorful origami or scrap paper.

In torn-paper collages, you create pictures using small, torn pieces of paper, which helps develop finger strength through the tearing motion.

You’ll also use glue to attach the pieces, letting children enjoy the texture of the glue and learn how to use it properly.

Make a big rainbow collage to liven up your classroom!

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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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Umbrella and Frog Made with Sticker Application

Let’s try a rainy-season craft made with stickers.

This activity is suitable for 0-year-olds and lets them enjoy sticker pasting and finger stamping.

First, prepare white drawing paper as the base and use finger stamps to represent raindrops.

Next, stick stickers onto an umbrella base cut from construction paper to create a pattern.

Cut out a frog shape from construction paper and attach a photo of the child to the face area.

Finally, arrange and glue the umbrella and frog pieces onto the base paper to finish! Do the finger stamping and sticker pasting together with the child, and have an adult handle the other steps.

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[Finger Painting] Rain and Teru Teru Bozu

Teru teru bozu hung up on rainy days look different depending on the angle, which makes them fun to observe.

Here’s a craft idea using finger painting.

Prepare white drawing paper and use crayons or stamps to depict rain.

If you’re using crayons, try drawing vertical lines.

Next, cut another sheet of paper into the shape of a teru teru bozu and add patterns with finger painting.

You can spread paint inside a sealable bag or put paint directly on your fingers and draw.

Attach paper-made facial parts to the painted teru teru bozu, then stick it onto the background to finish.

Adding an umbrella piece makes it extra cute!

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