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How about making handmade gifts with the children for graduation season? Here, we’ve gathered gift ideas suitable for daycare and kindergarten graduation.
Heartfelt presents like message cards, trinket boxes, and pen holders are sure to be treasured by the recipients.
From handprint bouquets to flower-themed arrangements, each piece showcases the children’s unique personalities.
Please use these ideas as inspiration for a graduation ceremony where kids can enjoy the fun of creating and the joy of giving!
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Small accessory pouch for a randoseru (Japanese school backpack)
A backpack made from a milk carton sounds like a wonderful gift filled with hope for the future.
Cut slits into the corners of the milk carton, open them outward, and make creases.
Cut along the creases with scissors, then fold the milk carton inward to form the base shape of the backpack.
When taping the milk carton, secure the edges.
If you tape the middle, the backpack’s flap might not close.
Make the metal clasp part that fastens the backpack, and you’re done.
Finally, decorate the outside with origami paper or stickers to create a one-of-a-kind backpack in the whole world.
Photo frame
Let’s display the memorable photos taken at the graduation ceremony in a warm, handmade photo frame.
For this idea, you’ll use three 15 cm × 19 cm pieces of cardboard, clay, and beads.
First, cut out a rectangular window from the inside of the first piece of cardboard.
Leave a 3 cm border around the outside as the frame.
Next, cut the second piece of cardboard into a U-shape, again leaving a 3 cm border.
After gluing the second piece onto the third piece of cardboard, apply clay to the surface of the first piece and press in beads to create your original frame.
Once the clay dries, place it on top of the second piece to complete it!
bookmark
Let’s make a bookmark—a hugely popular handmade gift.
Remove the cardstock from the word-ring set and thread a ribbon through the hole.
It might be nice to ask the recipient’s favorite color in advance and choose the ribbon color accordingly.
For the cardstock part, use masking tape, stickers, or finger stamps to design it, or draw pictures to give it a warm, handmade feel.
Rounding the corners can make it even better.
Writing a message to the recipient is also recommended.
piggy bank
A piggy bank that’s perfect as a graduation-from-kindergarten gift! You can come up with all kinds of ideas, like a piggy bank that takes the coin when you place it on its mouth, or one whose wings move when you insert money.
It’s also recommended to decorate the outside with memorable photos, or to assemble it using handprints and footprints.
It might be nice to make a one-of-a-kind piggy bank as a gift, filled with hopes and support for a bright new future.
When you give it, adding a congratulatory message is recommended, too.
Porcelarts
Porcelarts is gaining popularity across the country! How about incorporating it into your kindergarten graduation keepsakes? With porcelarts, you can decorate special white plates using dedicated decals or paints to create original pieces.
While you’ll need specific materials, the process is simple enough that even young children can make them.
Adding children’s handprints makes for a memorable keepsake and is highly recommended.
The plates you make can, of course, be used, so it’s great for creating a plate just for yourself—and it also makes a wonderful gift for someone special.
Original can badge
For gifts between children, how about making pin-back buttons using fabric with their favorite patterns? If you use button-making kits available at 100-yen shops, it’s easy: just cut the fabric slightly larger than the button’s surface and glue it on.
You can give the buttons themselves as gifts, or handmake a drawstring pouch or small case and add a handmade button as a decoration—highly recommended! Buttons crafted with care will likely be cherished and used for a long time, perhaps moved onto a tote bag or other items.
Cherry blossom pen holder
Perfect for graduation crafts and gifts! Here’s a flower-themed pen holder you can make with a plastic bottle.
What you’ll need: a plastic bottle, wooden sticks, double-sided tape, vinyl tape or masking tape, tissue paper for flowers, colored construction paper, and lace stickers.
First, cut the plastic bottle so it’s just a little shorter than the wooden sticks.
Wrap the cut edge with vinyl tape or similar.
Wrap double-sided tape around the bottle and attach the wooden sticks all over the surface.
Next, cut the tissue paper into petal shapes and stick them onto the wooden sticks.
Decorate the top of the pen holder with lace stickers.
Make a name tag with colored construction paper, write a message on it, and stick it onto the pen holder—and you’re done!
A card with potted flowers that pop out
Deliver your feelings in words! Let’s handmake a message card.
This idea uses only construction paper and features a pop-up potted flower.
The flowerpot is given a three-dimensional effect by adding straight and curved cuts along the fold of a sheet of construction paper folded in half.
For the flower, cut a circle from construction paper, fold it in half twice, then make mountain folds outward on the side opposite the creases.
Next, round off the corners to form the flower shape.
Attach the flower above the pot, and it’s complete.
Colorful Coaster
https://www.tiktok.com/@pi_chan.sensei__hoiku/video/7372920493227183367It’s lovely to make original coasters with photos and enjoy tea while reminiscing.
Let’s prepare transparent origami paper and nano tape.
Since nano tape is water-resistant, it’s perfect for making coasters.
After sticking the transparent origami paper onto the nano tape, cut it to the size of the frame parts.
Cut a clear file into the shape of a coaster, then attach the frame parts around it, combining colors as you like.
Once you insert the photo, your coaster is complete, with the frame sparkling like a gemstone.
It’s also super cute as a display piece.
Pencil gift that looks like juice
A perfect gift for your dear friends and teachers! Here’s how to make a cute, juice-like gift.
What you’ll need: a clear cup with a clear lid, small items like candy to put in the cup, writing utensils such as pencils or mechanical pencils, ribbon, and washi tape.
First, cut a slit into the clear cup’s lid using a craft knife.
Put your favorite small items, like candy, into the cup, then insert a pencil or similar item through the slit.
Wrap a ribbon around the pencil and place it in a gift bag.
Seal it with your favorite washi tape, and you’re done!