[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] Autumn Nature Play and Craft Ideas to Incorporate into Childcare! (31–40)
Origami Halloween wrapping
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Let’s make a candy-shaped wrapping box that can hold a small gift.
First, crease the origami paper finely, then roll it into a tube and twist one end to shape it like a candy.
Make two identical pieces and overlap the tube sections to complete the wrapping box.
It may seem difficult, but as long as you carefully do the creasing steps, it comes together in no time—give it a try! If you use Halloween-colored origami and draw a ghost face, you’ll have a box perfect for Halloween.
Origami Squirrel Arrangement
https://www.tiktok.com/@poccle/video/7266419075482537234Fold the origami paper into a triangle, then fold both side corners diagonally upward toward the center to make a cup shape.
Flip the origami so top and bottom are reversed, and fold the corners you just made diagonally upward to form the squirrel’s ears, then turn the paper over.
Fold up a small portion of the top layer at the bottom corner, then roll-fold it further to create the white belly.
Cut into the remaining single layer and shape it into the tail.
Draw the face with a pen and add patterns on the body to finish.
Making some acorns to display alongside it will help create an even more autumnal feel.
Chestnut made with origami
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After folding the origami paper into a triangle twice to crease it, open it up and fold the top corner down to the center.
Turn the paper over, fold the bottom corner up to the center, then make another valley fold.
Turn the paper over again, and fold the top edges inward from both sides so they meet along the vertical crease.
Fold up the sections sticking out from both sides of the triangle, tuck the left and right corners inward, and shape it into a chestnut to finish.
Draw patterns on the white part of the origami and use it as a piece for wall decorations or as a little accent in your crafts.
How to fold a cute fox

After folding the origami paper in half into a square twice to make creases, open it, then fold the left and right edges to meet the central crease.
Next, fold the top and bottom edges to meet the horizontal central crease.
Open and flatten the folded top and bottom sections into boat shapes, then make a mountain fold down the center so the two boats overlap.
Hold the lower-left corner of the top boat and fold it upward perpendicular to the boat to form the fox’s face.
Fold the right corner upward toward the back, keeping the two layers together.
The remaining part is the body, and the section you just folded up is the tail.
Draw the face to finish it cutely.
Perfect for Halloween! Halloween pumpkin

You can make an essential Halloween pumpkin with simple steps.
Fold the origami paper in half twice to make a square, then squash the pocketed sections to form two triangles.
Fold both side edges of the triangles toward the center line, flip the paper over, and fold the protruding corners inward.
Next, fold the left and right corners of the triangle toward the center line, then fold the newly created corners into small triangles to round the shape.
Finally, fold down the top corner, and fold it back so a little tip sticks up—your pumpkin is complete!



