[Childcare] Fun craft ideas and craft activities perfect for summer
Summer is full of fun events at daycares and kindergartens! With water play, festivals, and fireworks events, children really get a feel for the season.
Here, we’ll introduce craft ideas recommended for summer.
You can make all sorts of things like colorful fireworks, delicious-looking shaved ice, beautiful morning glories, and cute beach sandals.
These activities let you enjoy the summer atmosphere through crafting, so please use them as a reference! Some projects use unique techniques, so be sure to make fun summer memories together with the children.
Since the works created by children are regarded as artworks, the term “seisaku” (制作) is used in the text.
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[Childcare] Fun craft ideas and craft activities perfect for summer (41–50)
Origami Whale
Perfect for summer! Here are some origami whale ideas.
How about making a whale gliding gracefully through the sea—you can almost hear the splash! Displaying your finished creation in a room will give it a cool, refreshing feel.
What you’ll need: blue-toned origami paper (like light blue), pens or crayons, and construction paper.
It also sounds fun to let your finished whale swim in the ocean you imagine and to draw its expression.
You’ll probably see creations full of the children’s unique touches.
An easy way to fold a whale
Let’s try making one with a single sheet of origami! Here are some easy ideas for folding a whale.
How about creating a whale that swims gracefully through the vast ocean? It’ll be exciting to add facial details with crayons or pens once you’ve finished.
All you need is one sheet of blue-toned origami paper, such as light blue, plus crayons or pens.
If you plan to mount your work on construction paper for display, prepare a sheet of construction paper as well.
It could be fun to have the kids draw the ocean they imagine on the construction paper and then let the finished whale float on it.
Watermelon that fits in your pocket
We’re introducing a cute watermelon origami that’s like a little pocket that can hold anything.
Prepare one sheet of origami paper and start by folding it horizontally.
Then open it up and make creases along the center line.
Flip it over and fold the top, bottom, left, and right corners to meet the second crease from the top.
To shape it like a watermelon, fold each section in order while checking where to fold.
While adjusting the shape, create the pocket.
For the inside (the red part of the watermelon), use red origami paper and fold it to fit the pocket.
Layer the two parts together, and it’s complete.
Ice cream that can also be used on walls
Perfect for a class of four-year-olds! Here are some ice cream craft ideas that can also be used for wall displays.
When you think of hot summer days, what do children imagine? It might be fun to ask this as an introduction to the activity.
This time, let’s make ice cream that you’d want to eat in summer.
You’ll need one sheet of brown origami paper and crayons or pens.
The key step is folding back the corners on the reverse side to create a rounded ice cream shape.
It’s also fun to use crayons or pens to turn it into your favorite flavor!
Perfect for summer! Watermelon
When you think of summer, you think of watermelon! Let’s make a summer watermelon out of origami.
Prepare one sheet of origami paper and a felt-tip pen.
Fold the paper in half, then fold up the four corners slightly.
Fold the sections between the corners.
Flip it over and slightly fold the corners again.
Fold the paper in half so that the colored side shows, and your delicious watermelon is complete.
Draw the seeds with the felt-tip pen to finish your tasty-looking watermelon! It might also be fun to use different colors of origami paper to make a colorful variety of watermelons.
Shaved ice you can make with a single sheet of origami paper
Perfect for three-year-olds! Here’s an idea for making shaved ice using just one sheet of origami paper.
In summer, colorful shaved ice lines the shops and festival stands—it’s so icy-cold that you can’t help craving it on hot days.
This time, let’s make that shaved ice with a single sheet of origami.
All you need is one sheet of origami paper in your favorite color and a pair of scissors.
The key is to use the scissors to cut it so it looks like syrup is poured over the ice! This is where kids’ individuality will really shine through in their creations.
Give it a try!
watermelon
Watermelon, the quintessential summer fruit that many people say they “absolutely eat every year once summer arrives!” Its distinctive look—so iconic that the green-and-red combo instantly brings watermelon to mind—also makes it an easy motif to craft.
You can make one simply by sticking red construction paper onto green and drawing the seeds.
There’s also a way to create a watermelon-inspired paper fan decoration by accordion-folding origami paper, so be sure to look up the method and give it a try.
