[Childcare] Craft ideas perfect for June

A teru teru bozu you can make with a single sheet of origami paper

[Made with a single sheet of origami] Easy! How to fold a teru-teru bozu (sunshine doll) Origami doll made of white paper or cloth, rain, cute, doll, June

Make it with a single sheet of origami! Here are ideas for crafting a teru teru bozu.

These suggestions are perfect for anyone wanting to make one.

Use stickers and pens to draw expressions and create your very own teru teru bozu.

You’ll need one sheet of white origami paper, a black pen, a white pen or correction fluid, and a pink pen.

You can attach a string and hang it by the window, or stick it onto light-blue construction paper and display it together with motifs like umbrellas and hydrangeas—it looks lovely either way.

Give it a try!

Leaves and a snail

Seasonal Origami: Rainy Season (Tsuyu) - How to Fold Leaves and a Snail [With Subtitled Explanations]

The rainy season can make you feel gloomy and damp.

At times like that, folding some cute origami can brighten your mood.

Here, let’s fold a leaf and a snail to capture the feeling of the rainy season.

First, fold the paper for the leaf into a jagged, accordion-like shape to give it a leafy look.

For the snail, it might be lovely to use a color that contrasts with the leaf to create a nice visual pop.

Once both are finished, place the snail on top of the leaf and you’re done.

Putting it in your entryway can help set a seasonal mood.

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Let’s draw a picture using rain.

[For 5-year-olds] Let's paint using rain!

Rain during water play or swimming makes children look even more delighted.

Maybe it’s that sense of invincibility that comes from thinking, “It’s okay to get wet.” It can also be fun to create using the properties of pens—oil-based pens don’t bleed in water, while water-based pens do.

That opens up lots of inventive ways to plan in reverse: “It’s okay if this part bleeds a bit,” or “I don’t want this section to bleed.” You could even wait for a rainy day and let it actually get wet.

If you’re thinking about health considerations, a spray bottle or watering can is a good substitute.

[Ages 3 and up] Frog Instrument

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

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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[For ages 4–5] Hydrangea Craft

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

Making hydrangeas using origami and construction paper is recommended for children aged 4 to 5.

Cut the construction paper into a cloud-like shape, then make small flowers out of origami to form the hydrangea and paste them on.

For the small hydrangea flowers, it’s best to use smaller-sized origami.

If you don’t have small origami, cut a regular sheet into four pieces and use those.

Also, if you fold circular pieces of origami, you’ll create a different kind of hydrangea flower than with square origami.

You can combine both types of flowers, or use just one—either is fine! Encourage the children to think for themselves about how to arrange the small flowers as they create their work.

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Simple hydrangea

[Easy ✨ Origami] How to Make Hydrangeas 💐 [Quick and Simple] June Decorations | How to Make Paper Hydrangea, Paper Flower.

Here’s an easy hydrangea craft that combines origami and tissue paper.

Prepare origami paper, tissue paper, a stapler, a felt-tip pen, and glue, and let’s get started.

Fold the origami paper in half twice.

On the folded paper, lightly sketch cutting lines by drawing a curve at the corners.

Cut along the lines with scissors and open it up to finish the shape.

Stack four sheets of tissue paper, staple them, and then open the tissue paper layers one by one to fluff them up.

Gently place the cut origami hydrangea on top of the opened tissue paper and glue them together.

Making a lot of these will add depth and volume to your hydrangeas and help you feel the season.

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Swaying Creation

[Kindergarten/Daycare] Rainy season craft / Hydrangea / How to make a fun June craft that gently sways ♡

Things that sway gently—lately, I feel like there are more seasonal advertising pop-ups hanging from the ceilings in supermarkets and convenience stores.

Not only children but adults will find their eyes drawn to them.

Making a gently swaying craft like that sounds fun too.

If you imagine a small mobile, the creation process should go smoothly.

For the hanging pieces, don’t just draw illustrations on paper—using cellophane or metallic gold and silver paper could spark even more imagination! Using yarn for the hanging thread will make it colorful as well.

Be sure to include motifs that evoke June, like hydrangeas and snails!