[Childcare] Summer wall display ideas: fun summer craft activities
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.
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[Childcare] Summer wall display ideas: Fun summer craft activities (111–120)
Drawing an ‘ocean’ with colored ice
Let’s take a peek into an underwater world using refreshing ice paints.
To make ice paint, place your favorite paints or food coloring into each section of an ice tray, add water on top, and mix.
Insert a stick to make a handle, then put it in the freezer until it freezes.
While the ice paint is freezing, draw sea creatures on white drawing paper using a white crayon.
Once the ice paint is ready, brush the colors over the paper with your drawing.
The areas you drew will repel the ice paint, and your picture will magically appear.
If the teachers at a daycare or kindergarten draw the pictures and let the children do the coloring, even very young kids can enjoy this activity with ease!
[Childcare] Summer wall display ideas: fun summer craft activities (121–130)
shell
This is an origami shell with a beautiful appearance.
It uses a single sheet of paper to represent a bivalve.
By adding accordion-like creases on the surface, you create a textured, three-dimensional effect.
Using white origami gives it a fresh look, while blue gives it a cool feel.
It would look great displayed with other sea-themed origami to evoke an ocean scene.
You could also use it as a wall decoration or even like a brooch.
Its simple look makes it easy to pair with all kinds of items and enjoy in various ways.
Sea creatures made with paper chain links
Let’s use paper chains like the ones you see at birthday parties to make sea creatures! You can create animals using only paper chains, or use them as parts of your creations.
When used as parts, they can become the tentacles of octopuses, squids, or jellyfish, seaweed, or even fish scales.
By getting creative with how you link the loops, you can make starfish or shells using just paper chains, too.
Depending on the age group, it’s also a great idea to have the children help make the chains.
Fireworks on a scratchboard
Brilliant, large blooms lighting up summer nights! How about making a fireworks wall decoration using scratch boards? A scratch board is an item where you scrape the surface with a special pen to reveal the color underneath and draw a picture.
Before scraping, the entire surface is black, which perfectly matches the image of a night sky lit by fireworks.
The basic technique is to draw lines of light radiating outward from the center.
That said, with a little creativity, you can create all kinds of fireworks.
Try coming up with designs that kids will love!
Sea creatures
If you want to create a lively ocean scene, the best tip is to include lots of sea creatures! The easiest way is to cut out ocean animals directly from construction paper.
You can also repurpose materials like empty instant noodle cups or candy boxes.
To add a magical, underwater feel, try using raffia ribbon, glittery origami paper, or tissue paper.
It’s also a good idea to ask the children about their favorite sea creatures and incorporate those into the wall decorations.
Sunflower Field Stamp
Why not make sunflower stamps that bloom with energy even on hot days? First, align the tips of about ten cotton swabs and bundle them with a rubber band.
Next, cut many 5 mm slits down to about one-third of a toilet paper roll, then flare them out.
Apply yellow paint to the flared section and stamp repeatedly on drawing paper, imagining sunflower petals.
Dab brown paint onto the bundled cotton swabs to stamp the seed center, and put green paint on your finger to stamp the leaves.
That’s it! The steps are simple, so even younger children can enjoy this activity.
It’s also fun to try a variety of colors.
In conclusion
How did you like these summer wall display ideas? They’re all full of summertime vibes, so it’s hard to choose just one, isn’t it? If you’re making them together with children, let them help by gluing pieces on or painting with colors—assign steps they can enjoy according to their age.
Let’s all have fun together and feel the spirit of summer.