Nursery/Childcare: Creative Ideas for Making Rape Blossoms (Nanohana) Crafts
The bright, vivid yellow of rapeseed blossoms instantly makes spring scenes feel cheerful and festive, doesn’t it?
How about incorporating these springtime blossoms into kids’ craft projects?
Here are some ideas for rapeseed flower crafts.
We’ve gathered a variety of ideas—like wall decorations such as wreaths and mobiles, and cards where you can write a message and send it—so try making them together with the children.
It’s also great to actually observe rapeseed flowers, touch them, and notice their scent; it really helps expand the children’s creative ideas!
Decorating a room with the flowers everyone made and turning it into a flower field would be lovely, too!
Enjoy crafting to the fullest with these spring-only ideas!
[Childcare] Rapeseed blossom craft ideas (1–10)
Butterflies and rapeseed flowers
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcW5FM4LW3M/Rapeseed blossoms, butterflies, and the sun—a collaboration of motifs that evokes the gentle feel of spring! Cut yellow construction paper into the shape of rapeseed blossoms, then add patterns using methods suited to the children, such as finger stamping, tampo printing, string pulling, or wet-on-wet painting.
Add patterns to the butterflies too, using crayons, pens, or stickers.
You can make the sun from colored construction paper or origami, or have the children draw it with crayons—highly recommended! Once all the motifs are ready, glue them onto a backing sheet to complete the artwork.
Collage of rapeseed blossoms
Tearing origami paper into small pieces to make a rapeseed blossom collage is perfect for stimulating the fingertips and building concentration! Tear the paper into long, thin pieces for the stems and leaves, and into squares or smaller pieces for the flowers.
Show photos or picture books of rapeseed blossoms to help spark their imagination as they create.
It’s okay if the torn pieces don’t end up long and thin or very small.
Prepare a backing sheet that’s generously sized, and, while referring to real rapeseed blossoms, have teachers and children enjoy finishing the artwork together.
Canola flowers made with handprints
Children’s tiny handprints transform into a field of blooming rapeseed flowers! Prepare a background sheet in a color that makes the yellow blossoms pop, and stamp on the handprints one after another.
You could also cut out handprints made on a separate sheet of paper and paste them on.
Once the paint dries, use paint on your fingers or crayons to draw in the leaves and stems.
Pairing the scene with spring motifs like butterflies or cherry blossoms makes it even more vibrant.
If you prepare a large sheet of paper, everyone can enjoy making handprint stamps together at once!
Rapeseed blossoms made with cotton swab stamping
This is a super cute rapeseed flower craft made with patterns stamped using bundled cotton swabs.
Prepare six cotton swabs, secure them with a rubber band, and shape them into a flower.
Then simply dip the tips into watercolor paint and stamp onto a base cut into the shape of rapeseed blossoms.
Add the stem and leaf pieces to finish.
The adorable pattern—hard to believe it’s made with cotton swabs—is sure to delight children! It’s a fun way to discover stamping and might inspire them to try all kinds of stamp-based crafts.
Butterfly mobile in a field of rapeseed blossoms
This is a mobile featuring a canola flower field and fluttering butterflies with a sweet, delicate look.
Cut around the middle of a plastic bottle and cover the cut edge with tape.
Attach a ribbon so it can be hung, then decorate it with origami cut into canola flower shapes.
Cut butterfly shapes from origami, attach separately made face and body parts, and fix a thread to the back.
Finally, stick the threads to the plastic bottle to complete a gently swaying, spring-themed mobile.
It would also be adorable to use the children’s face photos for the butterflies’ faces.
Rapeseed blossoms made with stickers and tissue paper
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMRyQ0pFIhy/Let’s use stickers and tissue paper to make colorful, festive rapeseed blossoms! First, cut yellow construction paper into the shape of rapeseed flowers.
Then let the children freely decorate them with stickers and crumpled tissue paper.
Although rapeseed blossoms are usually all yellow, the ones colorfully decorated by the children are absolutely lovely.
Display the unique flowers on the wall together with stems, leaves, and animals, and your classroom is sure to be filled with a lively springtime atmosphere!
Puchi-puchi rapeseed blossoms
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZwJ4rTOhvk/This is a craft that uses bubble wrap to make rapeseed blossoms (nanohana).
Attach bubble wrap to an empty container, such as one from a lactic acid bacteria drink, dab it with paint, and stamp it onto drawing paper.
You can hold the bubble wrap directly in your hand, but sticking it onto something easy to grip makes stamping even easier.
Use a pen or masking tape to draw the stem and leaves on the base paper, then cut the stamped drawing paper into the shape of rapeseed blossoms and paste it on to finish! Add flowers around the rapeseed blossoms, or paste on origami butterflies and small birds to create a vibrant craft full of spring motifs!