[Today's Craft] Fun craft ideas recommended today that are useful for childcare!

Great for New Year’s cards too! Easy-to-use stamps

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This is a New Year’s card featuring Mount Fuji made with construction paper and stamping.

It’s an easy project that kids can enjoy.

First, cut out the base of Mount Fuji from blue construction paper.

Cut it to postcard size, imagining a trapezoid shape.

Once cut, dab white paint onto a sponge dauber and stamp the upper area.

This creates the look of snow-capped Mount Fuji.

After the paint dries, glue it onto the postcard and draw the sun in the blank space to represent the first sunrise of the year.

Finally, write the year in Western numerals, and you’re done!

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Kashiwa-mochi castanets

[Handmade Instruments] With Paper Clay! Kashiwa Mochi Castanets [Children’s Day Craft]

Let’s get crafting for Children’s Day! Here’s a fun idea for making Kashiwa Mochi castanets.

Many preschools and kindergartens probably sing children’s songs like “Koinobori” together during Children’s Day events, right? Let’s make Kashiwa Mochi castanets that will come in handy for those moments! You’ll need cardboard or a milk carton, green construction paper, white air-dry clay, buttons, colored pens, glue, craft adhesive, and scissors.

It’s a delightful, event-specific craft—give it a try!

Kashiwa Mochi and Swaying Kintaro

[Children’s Day] Kashiwa Mochi and Rocking Kintarō [Paper Cup Craft]

Recommended crafts for Children’s Day! Here are ideas for making kashiwa-mochi and a wobbling Kintaro.

Kintaro is a famous hero from Japanese legends, well-loved in folktales, picture books, and songs.

He’s depicted as a boy with strength and courage, so many people might picture him as strong and cool.

This time, let’s make an adorable wobbling Kintaro craft! You’ll need a paper cup, colored construction paper, pipe cleaners, cloth tape, colored pens, a utility knife, scissors, and glue.

Give it a try!

Koinobori binoculars

[Kindergarten/Preschool] May Koinobori Binoculars Craft

Hidden discoveries are waiting in the everyday scenery! Here’s an idea for a carp streamer binoculars craft.

When you think of Children’s Day, many people probably picture carp streamers, right? This time, let’s make a playful toy with a carp streamer motif! You’ll need: toilet paper rolls, red and blue origami paper, paint, gold origami paper cut into eighths, a hole punch, string, glue, and scissors.

Once your carp streamer binoculars are finished, grab them and set off on an adventure!

Sparkly Helmet

[Kindergarten/Daycare] Sparkling Kabuto (samurai helmet) Craft for May

Wear your very own special item! Here are some ideas for a sparkly samurai helmet.

Let’s make one out of newspaper! We’ll show you ideas for a glittery helmet.

May means Children’s Day, right? Many preschools and households decorate with helmets (kabuto) and carp streamers (koinobori), don’t they? This time, the ideas are for helmets you can not only display but also wear, so take this opportunity to give it a try.

What you’ll need: origami paper, round stickers, square stickers, mirror tape, construction paper cut into circles, scissors, glue, crayons, and double-sided tape.

Use shiny tape, stickers, and origami paper.

Wearing your own original sparkly helmet will make the memories even more special.

Let’s make a kabuto (samurai helmet)

Let’s make a special craft just for Children’s Day! Here are some ideas for making a samurai helmet (kabuto).

Even if you’ve finished your main craft for Children’s Day, this is a great idea for something fun to make and play with on the day itself.

Use construction paper in your favorite colors to make a kabuto, then decorate it with stickers and pens.

If you attach string or elastic to the finished kabuto, kids can wear it and enjoy it even more—guaranteed excitement! Be sure to give it a try.

The Milky Way and Orihime and Hikoboshi

Turn a kitchen must-have—parchment paper—into the Milky Way! It’s a fun, hands-on craft you can enjoy with kids.

First, spread several colors of acrylic paint onto the parchment paper, fold it in half, and use your hands to spread the paint.

Next, open it up and flick white paint with a brush to complete the Milky Way.

Then roll the parchment into a tube, staple it, and hang Orihime and Hikoboshi motifs from twine to finish.

The tactile fun of spreading paint on parchment paper and the freedom to combine colors will give you a unique, personality-filled Tanabata decoration!

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