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[Childcare] Recommended for spring! Cute dandelion craft ideas

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Perfect for spring!

Here’s a collection of craft ideas themed around cute dandelions.

Making dandelion flowers, stems, and leaves with paper and colored construction paper together with children is a fun way to feel the spring season.

Through crafting, kids can enjoy expressing colors and shapes while nurturing their creativity.

It’s also recommended to look at real dandelions on a walk to spark their imagination.

Display what you make or play with it, and enjoy a fun time with the children while feeling the breath of spring.

[Childcare] Recommended for spring! Cute dandelion craft ideas (21–30)

Ladybugs and dandelions

We’re introducing how to make cute spring dandelions and round little ladybugs.

Please prepare the bases for the dandelions and the ladybugs ahead of time, teachers.

Stick double-sided tape on the dandelion flower area, and have the children attach torn, crumpled pieces of yellow tissue paper there.

For the ladybug’s spots, use black paint and make finger stamps; if using fingers is tricky, cotton swabs also make adorable stamps! Finally, attach the facial parts of the ladybug to finish.

They look very cute whether you mount them on a backing sheet or display them as they are.

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Dandelions in a wet-on-wet painting

Let’s use the wet-on-wet (bleeding) technique to create a familiar spring flower: the dandelion.

This technique uses water-based pens and water-resistant paper.

Shoji paper or coffee filters are recommended.

Cut the paper into a circle and draw patterns on it with pens in any colors you like.

When you’re done, mist it with water; the colors will gently bleed and spread.

Even if you scribble so the colors mix messily, the way they bleed and blend is beautiful and fun.

Attach a base for the dandelion flower and a stem, and you’re done.

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[Childcare] Recommended for spring! Cute dandelion craft ideas (31–40)

[Paper Cup] Rabbits and Dandelions

[Rabbit] Bouncy Paper Cup Rabbit

[Paper Cup] Rabbits and Dandelions

This is an item that represents a bunny hopping up and down using paper cups.

First, make four slits around the rim of a paper cup.

Next, attach paper-made bunny ear parts to the bottom of the cup.

Then, draw a bunny illustration on the outside of the cup.

Finally, place a figure-eight–tied rubber band into the slits, and it’s complete.

After that, stack it on top of another paper cup and enjoy watching it hop.

It’s also fun to attach dandelion petals like bunny ears and draw a matching illustration.

These bunny-and-dandelion paper cups are perfect for the cheerful spring season.

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Paper-cut dandelion

[Origami] Dandelion / Paper-cut Flowers 65 🌼 Dandelion Origami

Paper-cut dandelion

Let’s make a pop-up-style paper-cut dandelion.

Prepare three sheets of origami in different sizes.

Fold each sheet in half into a square twice, then into a triangle; open it, and fold both sides toward the center crease.

Fold all three sheets the same way.

Draw guide lines and cut along them.

Use the largest cut dandelion as the base, apply double-sided tape to the center, and layer the pieces in order from largest to smallest.

Make the leaves and stem from green origami—sketch them first, and be sure to cut the leaves with a jagged edge.

Attach the dandelion, stem, and leaves together to finish.

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Let’s make it using tissue paper

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Let's make it using tissue paper

Here’s a cute spring wall display featuring dandelions.

Prepare construction paper, tissue paper, round stickers, scissors, and glue to get started.

Cut a circle from construction paper, fold it three times to divide it into eight sections, then cut two triangular notches at the top.

When you open the paper, it will form a dandelion shape.

Make the fluff (seed head) the same way using a different color of construction paper.

Use green construction paper to create leaves and stems.

Glue the dandelion parts onto the base sheet.

For the ladybug, assemble all the parts and use round stickers to make the wing spots.

Changing the color of the round stickers would be cute too.

Crumple tissue paper into a small ball for the dandelion center, glue it on, and you’re done!

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Making dandelions with plastic raffia (suzuran tape)

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Making dandelions with plastic raffia (suzuran tape)

Here’s a craft project for making dandelions with yellow raffia tape.

Wrap the raffia tape around a piece of cardboard to give the dandelion volume.

About 10 wraps creates a nice, full dandelion.

Remove the tape from the cardboard, tie the center, and then split the strands while imagining the dandelion’s petals.

Stick the raffia tape together with double-sided tape, draw the leaves with crayons, and you’re done! It might also be fun to draw your favorite insects and flowers around it.

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Dandelion wreath

Introducing how to make a three-dimensional dandelion wreath decoration with origami! Why not try making it as a spring decoration for April and May? [Tsukuru-mon]

Dandelion wreath

Why not try making a dandelion wreath with origami? Dandelions are one of the flowers that symbolize spring, and some of you may have made crowns with real dandelions.

Here’s how to make it.

Cut yellow origami paper into thin strips and fold each strip in half; connect two strips together, then make small cuts along the looped edge.

After making the cuts, roll it up tightly—this will be the flower.

Create the fluff (seed head) the same way using tissue paper.

The wreath is made by assembling pieces crafted from green paper.

Attach the leaves, flowers, and fluff to the wreath, and it’s complete.

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