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[Childcare] Craft ideas perfect for 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 as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is 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.

June often brings unstable weather.

If children are always making the same motifs, they might get bored, even if they’re having fun creating.

Frogs and snails are popular, but it can be hard to come up with fresh ideas, right? So here, we’ve gathered craft ideas recommended for June.

There are all kinds of ideas, from things you can hang on the wall to items you can play with.

Please use this as a reference to enjoy fun, creative time with the children and make rainy days enjoyable!

[Childcare] Craft ideas perfect for June (51–60)

Rain Mobile

[Rainy Season Decor] Handmade Rain Mobile [Easy] [DIY] [Stylish]

Rain Mobile

This sparkling raindrop mobile will lift your spirits on rainy days! Cut holographic or other reflective origami paper into raindrop shapes, and cut light-blue origami paper into the same shapes.

Fold each piece in half, then glue them together two at a time in alternating colors to create 3D raindrop parts.

Finally, attach a string along the fold line so the drops line up in a chain, and you’ll have an adorable mobile that blows away rainy-day blues.

It’s also great to pair with cloud pieces to evoke raindrops falling from the sky!

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Hanging Umbrella Decoration for Ages 0–2

[Nursery/Kindergarten] Umbrella Craft Ideas ♪ Cute Hanging Decorations! [Rainy Season & June Crafts/How-To]

Hanging Umbrella Decoration for Ages 0–2

A perfect craft for the rainy June season is a hanging decoration with an umbrella motif.

By making it together with the teacher, even very young children from ages 0 to 2 can take part.

First, prepare paper plates and let the children color them freely.

Finger painting, crayon-resist (wax-resist) techniques, or using dabbers/tampons can be used—choose according to age and preference.

Once colored, cut the paper plates in half and attach the cut edges together.

Then thread a pipe cleaner through the center to make the umbrella handle—and it’s done! After the coloring step, you can let the children choose the color of the pipe cleaner and the shape of the umbrella’s edge, while the teacher handles the actual assembly work.

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[For Ages 0–1] Crinkly Tissue Paper Snail

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

[For Ages 0–1] Crinkly Tissue Paper Snail

A great craft for children aged 0 to 1 is making snails using tissue paper.

First, the teacher should cut out the snail’s body, eyes, and other parts from construction paper.

Have the children crumple up lots of tissue paper in their favorite colors and stuff it into a plastic bag.

Once it’s filled to a certain point, seal the bag and shape it into a round form.

It’s best if the teacher handles the shaping step as well.

When it’s ready, attach it to the snail’s body to finish.

You’ll have a colorful, adorable snail!

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Hydrangea craft using bubbles [Ages 2 and up]

Bubble-painted hydrangeas (3) · Easy · Wall display · June · Paint · Craft · Fun · Straw play · Hydrangea ❤︎ How to make/Bubble Hydrangea ❤︎ #525

Hydrangea craft using bubbles [Ages 2 and up]

How about making bubble-painted hydrangeas with children aged 2 and up? Put watercolor paint diluted with water and some dish soap into a cup, then use a straw to blow and create bubbles.

Once lots of bubbles form, press a sheet of drawing paper onto the bubbles to transfer them.

You’ll see tiny bubbles appear on the paper like the small florets of a hydrangea—your hydrangea artwork is complete! It’s also recommended to draw leaves around the finished hydrangeas.

It’s quick and easy, so give it a try.

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[Ages 3 and up] Frog Instrument

[Kindergarten/Preschool] Let’s all make some noise♪ June Frog “Ribbit-Ribbit” Instrument Craft

[Ages 3 and up] Frog Instrument

A great recommendation for children aged 3 and up is making a frog-themed instrument.

Prepare a paper cup, a bendable straw, and construction paper, and start by creating a frog out of the construction paper.

You can either cut out and glue all the parts in detail or simply draw a frog on the paper.

Next, make a hole in the bottom of the paper cup large enough for the straw to pass through.

Attach the straw to the back of the frog you made first, then thread it through the hole in the cup to complete the frog instrument! The sound is produced by pushing and pulling the straw so that the corrugated part of the straw rubs and makes noise.

Depending on the children’s age, teachers should handle tasks like punching the hole in the cup and cutting the parts.

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Based on my experience working with children in childcare and with reference to multiple websites, I carefully selected craft ideas that can be enjoyed in June under the theme of “Crafts to Enjoy in Childcare in June.” I structured the content with an emphasis on making it enjoyable for both children and adults to do together.

Kepiko (10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminder)

Moe Tsukada (nursery teacher and mom writer)

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