[Childcare] A collection of craft ideas to make for Mother's Day

Canvas flower

Perfect for Mother's Day! Just stick and go! How to make canvas flowers

Canvas flowers made by attaching blossoms to a mounting board! On a backing sheet with a bouquet outline, you attach your choice of flowers, leaves, and seed pods—easy to find at 100-yen shops.

Add decorations like ribbons, and you’ll have a gorgeous piece perfect for Mother’s Day! A project created together with teachers and friends will surely become a cherished Mother’s Day memory.

After you finish, lean it against the wall or add a string to hang it as a wall decoration, and display it somewhere you can admire it anytime.

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pen holder

[Respect for the Aged Day • Father’s Day • Mother’s Day] Cute Pen Holder Craft Gift Ideas [Nursery School • Kindergarten]

How about a pen holder as a practical gift? Pen holders made from toilet paper rolls are great because they make it easy to use children’s artwork.

First, have the kids create several sheets of drawing paper using different techniques such as spattering and marbling.

Next, wrap the paper around the toilet paper rolls.

Make a few and vary the heights to create a more functional pen holder.

Attach them to a cardstock base with glue, and it’s done! You’ll have a lovely piece that brings back memories of the children’s smiles whenever the pens are used.

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Handprint carnation

Why not send a cute handprint carnation for Mother’s Day—something even infants who can’t use scissors or glue can make? Little children’s hands are as adorable as flowers.

Take a print of those sweet little hands and decorate it cutely.

First, press your child’s hand into air-dry clay to make a mold.

Spread the palm open for the imprint, and paint it red so it looks just like a tiny carnation.

Before the clay dries, embed sparkly pieces and colorful beads, and attach a green-painted chopstick as the stem to finish.

Adding a photo or a ribbon is a nice touch, too.

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Spring snack making

[Kindergarten/Preschool] Spring Craft / Easy / How to Make a Strawberry Cake ♡

Here’s a spring snack-making craft activity.

Gather construction paper, paint, tissue paper, pastel crayons, and paper cups to make a delicious-looking strawberry cake.

Paint the paper cup to serve as the cake base.

Tear, crumple, and glue the tissue paper to look like whipped cream.

Finish by attaching strawberries made from construction paper.

If you glue the tissue paper in a way that adds volume, it creates a three-dimensional effect that makes it look like a real cake.

Cutting and pasting also gives kids practice using glue and scissors!

[2-year-old class] Crinkle-Crinkle Bouquet

[2-year-old class] Mother's Day and Father's Day crafts

How about making a bouquet using tissue paper, which is thinner and softer than origami paper? Create a base with a circle of thick paper and a slightly smaller patterned paper in a matching color.

Put double-sided tape on it, then stick on crumpled tissue paper pieces.

Attach a green chenille stem for the stalk, fold both sides of the base inward, and you’ve got a lovely bouquet! One of the charms of tissue paper is that it unintentionally forms flowers in all sorts of shapes.

For Mother’s Day, give a one-of-a-kind bouquet.

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