[Childcare] Summer wall display ideas: fun summer craft activities

Wax-resist fireworks painting

How to Make Resist-Paint Fireworks that Emerge by Layering Paint

Let’s try drawing fireworks that color the night sky using a resist painting technique! Prepare drawing paper and draw fireworks with crayons.

After the children create colorful, brilliant fireworks with the crayon colors of their choice, paint the entire sheet with black paint.

Once it dries a bit, you’ll have a finished picture of fireworks brightening the dark sky! Since the paint resists the crayon, there’s no need to avoid the fireworks when painting the background.

From drawing the fireworks to adding color and finishing the whole piece, you can enjoy the process together with the children!

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Goldfish Ran Away Made with Balloon Stamps

Let’s make a jar filled with candy! We’ll introduce an idea inspired by “The Runaway Goldfish,” created with balloon stamping.

Balloon stamping is a technique where you inflate a balloon, dab it in paint, and stamp it onto a base paper with a popping motion.

This time, let’s recreate a scene from the popular children’s picture book “The Runaway Goldfish” using balloon stamping.

What you’ll need: paint, brushes, water balloons, a paper goldfish and jar lid cut from construction paper, glue, scissors, white round stickers, and a pen.

You might find yourself getting lost in the charming little world you create.

Tissue paper fish and handprint crab

Let’s make fish and crabs using tissue paper and handprints! For the fish, first cut construction paper into a fish shape, then crumple some tissue paper and glue it on as scales.

Add eyes and other details, and the fish is done! For the crab, paint a child’s open hand with paint and stamp it onto construction paper.

Try stamping so that the thumbs become the eyes and the other fingers become the crab’s legs.

Once it’s dry, add eyes using construction paper or round stickers, and it’s complete! If you cover the artwork with clear plastic, it can look like an aquarium tank.

Give it a try with your kids’ adorable little hands!

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Fireworks in a cup

There are lots of colorful cups used to hold side dishes in bento lunches, right? Let’s make a wall decoration by imagining those side-dish cups as fireworks.

If you have cups with cute patterns or colors, you can simply apply glue to the bottom and stick them on as is—no problem! Cutting small slits around the edges will add a bit of liveliness.

It’s also a great idea to add stickers or draw on them.

Use black construction paper or poster paper as the background for the cups, and then add patterns around the cups with a white colored pencil or by using spattering techniques.

You’ll end up with brilliant, festive fireworks!

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Colorful fish

Speaking of the sea, you probably imagine a scene full of fish, right? Let’s create a dazzling ocean scene by making colorful fish! One way is to cut fish shapes out of construction paper and glue on small pieces of origami paper like patterns.

It’s also recommended to add patterns to the fish using wet-on-wet painting or wax-resist techniques.

You could also use flashy paper itself—something sparkly or with cute patterns.

Try creating a bright, lively ocean you wouldn’t often see in real life.

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shark

When you think of summer, you think of the ocean—and when you think of the ocean, you think of sharks! Let’s make a dramatic shark wall decoration bursting up from the water.

This idea uses newspaper.

From a distance, the layout of the text and the colors give it a sharkskin-like look.

Cut the newspaper into a mountain shape, add an eye near the top, and put a big mouth with jagged teeth at the base.

With its rounded form, it should look more cute than scary! Decorate the background with construction-paper waves, fish, and crabs to boost the ocean vibe.

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Swimmy

Do you know the story of Swimmy? It’s about a little fish named Swimmy, the only one left after a tragedy, who goes on an adventure across the vast ocean, meets many wonderful friends, and regains his sense of self and energy.

This picture book teaches the importance of friendship, so please try reading it together with children.

If you create while expanding the imagery of the story, the kids will surely come up with lots of ideas.

Use a large wall space to depict a grand ocean, and post many colorful fish that showcase the children’s individuality.

Making one big fish together is a lovely idea that can foster a sense of unity in the class.