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

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Deputy Editor of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. I’m Sasashina, a mom currently raising an elementary schooler and a preschooler. During my student years at Kyoto College of Science and Technology, I studied a wide range of fields including sound, lighting, and video technology, building a foundation in comprehensive stage production and creative expression. After graduation, I joined a music production company, where I still work, consistently building experience in production and engaging in a variety of music-centered tasks. Currently, I mainly handle articles for children, drawing on what I’ve learned about parenting and what I feel and discover through daily interactions with my kids. I hope my work can be of help to you, even in a small way!

When you think of summer, it’s the season packed with fun activities like summer festivals, swimming in the ocean, fireworks displays, and Tanabata.

You’ll want your wall displays to be wonderful, too, so they convey the joy of summer to the children.

In this article, we’ll share ideas for summer wall displays.

Alongside classics like the sea and fireworks, we’ll also introduce ideas that incorporate delicious summer foods and seasonal events.

There are ideas you can make together with the children, so they’re great to include as craft activities.

For older preschoolers, it might be nice to discuss last summer’s memories and choose a theme based on that.

[Childcare] Summer wall decoration ideas: fun summer craft activities (81–90)

A giant fish painted with finger painting

How about making a big fish with finger painting? Finger painting, where you paint using paint on your fingers or hands instead of brushes, offers a different kind of charm from regular paintings.

One recommendation is for the teacher to create the rough shape of the fish and have the children help with coloring it using finger painting.

You can cover the whole thing with color, or use the shapes of hands and fingers like patterns to add color—let’s skip the rules and paint freely!

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Fireworks made with round sticker art

Round stickers, once seen as office supplies, are now strongly associated with tools for creating art.

They come in a variety of colors and sizes, and depending on how you combine them, you can make all kinds of artworks—from dynamic to delicate.

Let’s use these round stickers to create dazzling fireworks! You can make fireworks by placing round stickers of various colors on black construction paper, or you can cut the black paper into a circle and arrange the stickers within it to depict fireworks—both approaches are recommended.

By using round stickers in many colors to create fireworks of different sizes and designs, you can fill your room with the powerful spectacle of a grand fireworks display.

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The Mermaid and the Jellyfish

Mermaids like Ariel from The Little Mermaid are such aspirational figures for children, aren’t they? Let’s bring some adorable mermaids and softly drifting jellyfish into an ocean-themed wall display.

If you decorate the mermaids’ tail fins with sparkly origami paper and add patterns to the jellyfish heads using finger stamps or finely cut origami pieces, you’ll end up with a dazzling piece.

Also, using raffia tape (suzuran tape) for the jellyfish tentacles is recommended, as it creates the look of gently floating jellyfish.

The cute ocean scene is sure to delight the children.

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Papercut and spattered fireworks

How about creating a fantastical fireworks scene using paper cutting and spattering? If you want to express the round shapes of fireworks neatly with paper cutting, it’s best to fold the paper several times and then make cuts with scissors into your desired shapes.

When you unfold it, you’ll get beautiful flower-like fireworks.

Try adding color using techniques like wet-on-wet painting.

After you paste the finished fireworks onto a large, dark sheet of construction or poster paper, use spattering to make the fireworks even more dazzling.

Spattering is a method where you flick paint through a mesh with a toothbrush to apply color in a spray-like pattern.

Use colors that stand out against the black surface, such as white or yellow.

This will create a scene like fireworks floating in the night sky!

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Blown-paint fireworks

Fireworks painted with the blow-painting technique are projects that children can easily help with.

Blow painting involves thinning paint with water, dipping a brush or similar tool into it, and then dropping it onto the paper.

You then blow through a straw toward the dropped paint to spread it, creating a variety of patterns.

By changing the direction of your breath and combining different colors, you can produce richer works.

You can depict fireworks using only blow painting, or use blow painting for part of the firework and combine it with construction paper or stickers to create a single firework.

You’ll end up with many unexpectedly beautiful pieces, so give it a try!

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Handprint whale shark

The whale shark, said to be the largest fish in the world.

If a big, impressive whale shark were displayed on the wall, wouldn’t it boost the kids’ excitement? For the whale shark’s pattern, using handprints is recommended.

After cutting out a large whale shark shape from construction paper, add color with handprints.

Handprint stamping is easy to do, so it’s great to have the children help.

The randomly stamped handprints create a cool pattern that rivals the whale shark’s distinctive markings!

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