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

[Scribble] Ema (votive plaque) making

[Wall Decorations] How to Make a New Year Ema! Ema, winter, December, January. Easy with free templates! Construction paper craft, wall decoration, papercraft, paper craft.

Why not make ema (Shinto votive plaques) with the children as a recommended craft or wall decoration for January? It will be a great opportunity for one-year-olds to experience traditional New Year’s customs! First, the teacher should prepare the ema bases in advance.

It’s nice to add auspicious motifs like pine, bamboo, and plum.

Next, let the children freely draw with crayons, pens, or paints! How about entrusting it to their free imagination and creating one-of-a-kind works of art?

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[Stamping] Koinobori (carp streamers)

[Easy Craft] Perfect for Children’s Day! We made a Koinobori (carp streamer)! [For 1-year-olds]

Here’s an idea for kids to enjoy stamping: attach a plastic bottle cap to a lactic acid bacteria drink bottle to make a handle, stick on a spiral-shaped pipe cleaner to form the stamp, and stamp away! What you’ll make is a carp streamer, perfect for Children’s Day.

Have the kids stamp scales onto white paper, then cut out a carp streamer shape from construction paper and glue on the scales and an eye.

Wrap the head around a straw, add a rotating wheel and streamers, and it’s done! Please have an adult handle any steps other than the stamping.

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Sparkly-Eyed Owl

[Kindergarten/Daycare] October: Bright-Eyed Owls in the Dark – Art and Craft Activity

Here’s a craft idea for making “Bright-Eyed Owls” using aluminum cups.

Prepare by pre-cutting the owl’s small parts.

Have the children cut out an owl, a moon, and circles from construction paper.

Then cut each circle in half to make the wings.

Glue the aluminum cups onto the pre-cut owl to form the eyes, and attach all the pre-cut parts to complete the owl.

Prepare a background sheet and glue on the moon and the owl to create a nighttime scene.

When you shine a light on it, the eyes sparkle like those of a real owl you might see at night—it’s really fun!

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mushroom mask

November Production Activity: Mushroom-themed Mask

Let’s use our hands with sticker play! Here’s a mushroom mask craft.

You’ll need construction paper, stickers, glue, double-sided tape, thick cardstock, scissors, rubber bands, a stapler, and vinyl tape.

It’s a fun activity perfect for one-year-olds! By freely decorating with colorful stickers, children develop fine motor skills.

As they enjoy sticking stickers however they like, they can express their imagination and create a unique, one-of-a-kind mask.

Watching them play while wearing their finished mask is absolutely adorable and full of a sense of accomplishment.

It’s a simple yet heartwarming and enjoyable activity!

carp streamer

[By Age] 5 Types of Koinobori Crafts 🎏 Fun for Infants to Preschoolers! [Nursery School/Kindergarten]

These are age-appropriate koinobori crafts you can make from infancy through early childhood.

For 0–1-year-olds, use cute baby hand, finger, and foot stamps.

They’ll enjoy the cool sensation of paint on their skin.

For 2-year-olds, try torn-paper collage—the fresh, fun feeling of freely ripping paper is a hit.

For 3-year-olds, make a bleeding-art design with coffee filters.

The way the colors spread through the filter creates a wonderfully textured look.

Enjoy making koinobori crafts that match your child’s growing abilities step by step.

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Koinobori craft

[By Age] 5 Types of Koinobori Crafts 🎏 Fun for Infants to Preschoolers! [Nursery School/Kindergarten]

Let’s make handmade koinobori (carp streamers) for Children’s Day on May 5! For children who can’t yet hold pens or crayons well, we recommend dipping their fingers in paint to make stamped patterns, or painting their palms to create handprints.

As they become more dexterous, try activities like torn-paper collages, wet-on-wet bleeding art, or origami.

Attach the koinobori you’ve made to a disposable chopstick, and you’ll have a mini koinobori you can wave like a flag and make it ‘swim’!

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An ogre mask made with torn-paper collage

Setsubun Craft: A Torn-Paper Oni (Demon) Mask! [For Ages 1 and Up] (ASMR-Style Video)

Let’s make an oni (demon) mask with torn-paper collage that even one-year-olds can join.

If a class of one- and two-year-olds is doing it, adults should prepare the oni face out of construction paper in advance.

Tearing paper into pieces and sticking them onto the hair part of the oni is a fun and recommended task.

Tearing helps develop fine motor skills in the fingers, and sticking lets children enjoy the unique feel of glue.

From age three, it’s also fun to have them draw the face with crayons.

For four- and five-year-olds, creating the entire face with torn-paper collage can be interesting.

Because it’s a task that requires perseverance, it helps build concentration and lets children experience the joy of creating something they’ve imagined in their minds.