[Childcare] Recommended for nurseries and kindergartens! Cherry blossom craft ideas
Spring has arrived, and it’s the season when cherry blossoms bloom.
How about enjoying some cherry-blossom-themed crafts with the children?
Here, we’ve put together ideas for cherry blossom crafts that are great for early childhood education.
There are plenty of ideas using a variety of materials, so try choosing ones that suit the children’s ages.
As you soak up the hanami mood and create colorful cherry blossom pieces, you might be surprised by the children’s unexpected creativity.
Enjoy the arrival of spring with the children—hands busy and hearts excited.
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[Childcare] Recommended for nursery schools and kindergartens! Cherry blossom craft ideas (51–60)
Hanging weeping cherry (branch)
Great for events too! Let me share an idea for a hanging weeping cherry blossom decoration.
You’ll need a clear plastic umbrella, string, tape, glue, a stapler, scissors, pink tissue paper, and light pink tissue paper.
First, use the two colors of tissue paper to make cherry blossoms.
If you trim them into a forked shape with scissors, you can capture the characteristic look of cherry blossom petals! Next, glue the tissue paper blossoms onto the string.
Finally, tape them to the clear umbrella and you’re done.
It’s portable too, so give it a try!
Cherry Blossoms Made with Paper Quilling
It’s fun to twirl with your fingertips! Here are some cherry blossom ideas you can make with paper quilling.
You’ll need pink construction paper, a toothpick, scissors, and glue.
First, cut the paper into 1-centimeter-wide strips to make long, thin quilling paper.
Next, use the toothpick to roll the quilling paper into tight coils.
Finally, pinch and shape the coils to form petals, and your parts are complete! Keep making more parts and assemble them to finish your cherry blossoms.
Cherry blossom tree made with handprint tree
Let’s use the children’s handprints as tree trunks to create a cherry tree in full bloom! If you cut brown construction paper into the shape of the children’s hands and look closely, don’t they start to look like branching trees? Make cherry blossoms in full bloom with pink construction paper, and if you stick a small, cute brown handprint in the center, you’ll have a cherry tree in no time.
If you fill the classroom wall with handprint cherry trees, the children will enjoy a wall-mounted hanami, pointing out, “This is my handprint!” and “My hand is bigger!”
Origami cherry blossom garland
Why not decorate your room with a garland of cherry blossoms made from origami? Here’s an idea for a sakura garland created by cutting and linking pieces of origami paper.
Just like when you make an origami star, fold the paper into a pentagon, draw the shape of sakura petals, and cut it out with scissors.
When you unfold it, you’ll have five petals with the same pattern.
Feel free to draw any petal design you like—the surprise when you open it is part of the fun.
To connect them into a garland, make a single cut on one part of each blossom and link them together.
You can connect them horizontally or vertically to create a delightful garland!
[Childcare] Recommended for daycare and kindergarten! Cherry blossom craft ideas (61–70)
Pom-pom stamping with newspaper
Let’s make a cherry tree by dabbing color with crumpled newspaper.
Crumple up newspaper or scrap paper, dip it in paint, and gently dab it like a stamp onto white construction paper cut into cherry blossom shapes.
Even children who have trouble gripping pens or crayons can try this easily, so why not let them handle the coloring? Once everything is completely dry, attach the blossoms to a backing sheet along with parts like a tree trunk and little birds made from construction paper.
The soft, airy coloring is a perfect match for the image of cherry blossoms!
Weeping cherry blossom arch
Here is an arch of weeping cherry blossoms that you can make using only origami paper and bubble wrap (packing material).
Just set it up at your entrance or room doorway to create a gorgeous, festive look.
The main arch is made simply by rolling up the bubble wrap, but it also looks cute hanging directly from the top of an entrance or window.
First, make one cherry blossom to use as a template.
Once that’s done, connect sheets of origami with double-sided tape to create a continuous chain of blossoms.
After connecting them, place half of the template blossom on top and cut along it to finish.
cherry blossom arch window
Cherry blossoms made as papercut art from folded origami.
By changing where you use scissors or a craft knife, you can create cherry blossoms in many different designs.
Try displaying the cherry blossom papercuts in an arched window made from origami.
If you make the window with blue origami paper, it will look like cherry blossoms blooming under a blue sky.
The blue sky seems to bless the children’s upcoming life at the kindergarten.
If you also make cherry blossom petals from origami and decorate the wall, it will look even more beautiful.
This is a craft you can adapt to flowers of other seasons as well, not just cherry blossoms.
