[Childcare] Recommended for toddlers! Toy ideas you can make and play with

Five-shot rubber band chopstick gun

5-shot! How to Make a Chopstick Rubber Band Gun

With five disposable chopsticks and sixteen rubber bands, you can make a five-shot rapid-fire chopstick gun! Cut the chopsticks to the required lengths for the body, trigger, and grip parts, and assemble them into a gun shape while securing them with rubber bands.

If you set five rubber bands with the trigger locked on the finished gun, you’ll have a chopstick gun capable of rapid fire.

It’s exciting to think you can make a rapid-fire chopstick gun so easily! When cutting, the edges tend to become jagged, so be sure to sand them smooth with a file or sandpaper to avoid injury.

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[Make It a Toy, Too] Handmade Boat from a Milk Carton

[Craft Play] A milk carton boat you can enjoy at the pool or waterside♪

Let’s make boats out of milk cartons and try floating them in the pool! Milk cartons are made of paper, but they’re water-resistant, so you can safely use them as toys in the pool.

First, cut the milk carton into the shape of a boat and decorate it with vinyl tape or similar materials.

If you want to put something inside, secure it with tape so it doesn’t fall out.

Adding a propulsion part will let the boat move on its own, so feel free to include one if you like.

Adjust the tasks according to the children’s ages—for example, from cutting the carton into a boat shape to only doing the decoration.

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For pretend play! Bento ingredients

[Handmade] Felt Pretend Play: How to Make a Bento 🍙

Let’s make a felt bento lunch! You can choose your favorite items like rice balls (onigiri), hamburger patty, fried shrimp, tomato, potato salad, and rolled omelet.

The size of each item will depend on the lunch box you use.

Try making them however you like—glue felt pieces together, or sew them and stuff them with cotton.

There’s also a children’s song about bento, so it could be fun to recreate the bento that appears in the lyrics.

Once you’re finished, enjoy your bento-making!

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Fishing for fish

I made a felt fishing toy / handmade / hand-crafted / educational toy

Fishing is one of the most popular pastimes for children.

So why not try making various sea creatures out of felt? In addition to fish, kids might be delighted to have creatures you wouldn’t normally catch when fishing, like sharks, dolphins, and turtles.

If you put a material inside that sticks to a magnet, they can enjoy “catching” them with a rod that has a magnet on the end.

You can make them by layering and gluing felt, or stuff them with cotton to give them a three-dimensional shape—both are recommended.

Since they’re toys, be sure to make them colorful!

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Felt ice cream with a chick

[Felt Mascot Pretend Play] Magnet-Attaching Chick Ice Cream – Easy to Make Even for Beginners ♪ From Knotting to Stitching Explained in Detail [100-Yen Shop]

It’s fun because you can stack them! Here’s an idea for chick-themed felt ice cream.

Felt is known for its soft touch and warm texture.

It’s relatively easy to work with—simple to cut and sew—so it’s a great material for beginners in handicrafts and crafting! This time, let’s make chick felt ice cream using felt.

What you’ll need: brown felt cut to 10 cm × 16 cm, three colors of pastel felt cut to 7 cm × 13 cm, embroidery thread, stuffing, and magnets.

Its cute look is sure to catch children’s interest!