[Autumn Activities] Nature Play and Craft Ideas for Fall to Incorporate into Childcare!
Autumn is a season full of nature that can be put to good use in childcare.
It’s also a time when we can really feel children’s growth, isn’t it?
As it becomes more comfortable to spend time outdoors, many preschools and kindergartens likely enjoy activities like collecting nuts and gathering fallen leaves.
You want to introduce lots of new activities but can’t find any ideas…
For those with that concern, we’ve gathered recommended nature play and craft ideas for autumn.
Enjoy them together with the children and savor the fruitful season.
The experiences they have at your center will become precious memories for them.
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[Autumn Activities] Fall Nature Play and Craft Ideas to Incorporate into Childcare! (21–30)
Bagworm made with a coffee filter
https://www.tiktok.com/@soiflhoiku/video/7305376784868969735After enjoying free drawing with markers on a coffee filter, turning it into a bleeding/absorption painting is a fun craft idea.
Once you’ve made the bleeding effect, let the coffee filter dry and cut it into leaf shapes with scissors.
Attach them with double-sided tape to the base of a mino (a straw raincoat) made from construction paper.
Then stick on the face and hat, also made from construction paper.
Finally, draw the face with a pen or crayon, and it’s complete! The patterns and marker colors create unique variations in each mino, which is really fun.
A bagworm papercraft made with an envelope
Let me share an idea for making a bagworm using a brown envelope.
Cut off the top of the envelope with scissors, then fold the top left and right corners to the back.
Stick on eyes made by layering white and black round stickers, and then decorate the body with colored paper or yarn to represent the case.
Tear the colored paper into small pieces beforehand, and cut the yarn into suitable lengths.
Finally, tape a piece of jute string to the back of the envelope, and it’s done.
In addition to colored paper and yarn, you could also glue on leaves or small twigs you collected on a walk for a cute touch.
Easy and cute way to fold an apple (origami)
Let’s make a fall favorite—an apple—using two sheets of origami paper.
Use one sheet for the fruit and the other for the stem.
Fold the paper for the fruit in half twice to make a small square, then open it back up once the creases are set.
Fold the top edge down to meet the horizontal center crease, and fold the bottom left and right corners in toward the center of the paper.
Fold both top corners into small triangles, then tuck in the left, right, and bottom corners to round the overall shape.
Cut a slit at the top center, then open the cut section to the left and right and fold them down.
The fruit is complete.
Next, use a small piece of origami paper to make the stem.
Fold the paper in half by matching the top and bottom edges, then start at the bottom right corner and fold diagonally, rolling it into a narrow strip.
Secure it with glue so it doesn’t come undone, and the stem is finished.
Attach it into the slit you made, and your cute apple is ready!
Wobbly fun! Paper-cup bagworm
Hang these on the wall to meet lots of colorful, fun bagworms! First, prepare two sheets of origami paper in your favorite colors, then tear each one vertically into roughly four strips.
Next, apply glue to one end of a torn strip and randomly stick it onto the side of a paper cup near the bottom.
You can alternate the two colors or group the same color together—either is fine! At this point, also attach the bagworms’ eyes made from construction paper or origami.
Finally, use an awl to make a hole in the bottom of the paper cup, thread through some kite string for hanging, and secure it—that’s it! Please make sure that a kindergarten or nursery teacher, or a guardian, handles the hole-punching with the awl.
Make a cute bagworm with kraft paper and washi tape!
I’ll show you how to easily make a bagworm using kraft paper, yarn, and masking tape! First, roll up the kraft paper to form the body.
Wrap yarn around it and stick pieces of masking tape on randomly.
Next, draw a face on the face parts you made from colored construction paper, then attach it to the body with double-sided tape.
Finally, tape a string to the back of the face with clear tape, and you’re done! If children will be handling it, twine is recommended.
It looks super cute if you also make a tree branch out of cardboard and hang it, so give it a try!
