Umbrella Craft Ideas by Age Group: Perfect for Rainy-Season Childcare

[Age 5] Hanging decorations of umbrellas and raindrops

These days you can even find transparent origami paper at 100-yen shops.

How about using that transparent origami to make a hanging decoration of umbrellas and raindrop shapes? Use pipe cleaners to make the umbrella handles.

With umbrellas in different colors and raindrops fluttering gently, it’s a delightful, mesmerizing decoration to look at.

You can make it with colored cellophane too, but transparent origami paper is sturdier and holds its shape more easily.

You can also get pipe cleaners and nylon thread at 100-yen shops.

It should look even more beautiful when the light hits it.

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[Age 2] Umbrella and Frogs with Marbling

Introduction to a Rainy Season Craft Using Marbling [Nursery/Kindergarten]

Let me share an idea for making “Umbrellas and Frogs” with marbling.

Marbling is a technique where you drip paint onto water to create patterns, then transfer them onto paper.

Fill a tray with water, then drip marbling paints onto it as you like.

Use a toothpick or skewer to create a pattern, and gently lay the paper on top.

Lift the paper, and if the pattern has transferred, let it dry.

Cut the marbled paper into an umbrella shape, glue it onto a backing sheet, and draw the umbrella handle and raindrops with a pen.

Finally, add an origami frog, and you’re done.

It’s a fun project that makes you excited to see what kind of umbrella pattern you’ll get, so give it a try in June!

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[Age 3] Torn-paper umbrella and snail

[Kindergarten/Preschool] Two ways to enjoy: open and close! June umbrella snail artwork/craft for taking shelter from the rain

Here’s a cute craft idea that looks like a snail taking shelter from the rain under an umbrella.

Fold a sheet of construction paper in half and cut the top layer into the shape of an umbrella.

Let the children tear origami paper however they like.

Paste the torn origami pieces onto the inside of the bottom sheet.

Finish by attaching a snail and an umbrella handle made from separate sheets of paper.

By changing the construction paper and origami, you can create umbrellas with all sorts of different looks, so let the children choose their favorites.

This is also an idea that’s easy to display on a wall.

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[Age 3] Crayon-resist Painted Umbrellas

[Nursery/Kindergarten] Resist-Painting Umbrellas Made with Paper Plates [Rainy Season Craft]

Here’s a perfect craft idea for June: a resist painting umbrella.

First, use crayons to draw umbrella patterns on the back of a paper plate.

Once you’ve finished the patterns, paint over them and enjoy the resist effect.

If you thin the paint with plenty of water, it will repel nicely from the crayon.

Cut a slit in the paper plate and overlap the cut edges to form the umbrella shape.

Make a small cut on one end of a straw and open it up; then tape it to the back of the umbrella-shaped paper plate, and you’re done! If you bend the accordion part of the straw, it becomes the umbrella handle.

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[Age 4] Colorful Umbrella Ornament

[Rainy Season Craft] Perfect for the rainy season! Make colorful umbrellas with origami! Great for mobiles too!

Let’s make a three-dimensional umbrella out of origami—an essential item for rainy days! The steps are very simple.

Prepare 10 sheets of origami paper, all cut into circles of the same size.

Fold each one into quarters.

Once you’ve folded all 10, glue them together one by one, stacking them up.

Finally, take a pipe cleaner, bend it into a curved shape to resemble the umbrella handle, and tape it to the center of the stacked origami.

You’re done! If you hang everyone’s creations from the ceiling, even rainy days will feel cheerful.

Try using different colors and patterns of origami to make your very own favorite umbrella.

[Age 3] 3D Umbrella with Sponge Stamps

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Here’s an idea for making an umbrella using a paper plate and pipe cleaners.

First, attach a sponge to a chopstick to make a stamp.

Next, cut a paper plate in half and use the paint-covered stamp to add color.

Prepare a few paint colors and finish it in your favorite colors and patterns.

Finally, glue a pipe cleaner to the inside of the paper plate as a handle, then roll the plate into a cone shape so it looks like an umbrella, and you’re done! If you curl the end of the pipe cleaner that sticks out from the top of the umbrella, you can hang it with thread as a decoration.

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[Age 4] Construction paper hanging decoration

Here’s an idea for a hanging umbrella decoration made with construction paper and chenille stems (pipe cleaners).

Prepare six circles cut from construction paper and fold each one in half twice.

Stack and glue them together.

Attach a chenille stem as the handle, then open up the paper and shape it into an umbrella.

Make clouds and raindrops from construction paper and hang them with string along with the umbrella.

You can use a single color for the umbrella, but it’s also cute to prepare several colors of paper for a colorful finish.

It’s very easy, so give it a try!

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