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

[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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[Age 0] Umbrella and Frog Made with Sticker Pasting

Let’s try a rainy-season craft made with stickers.

This activity is suitable for 0-year-olds and lets them enjoy sticker pasting and finger stamping.

First, prepare white drawing paper as the base and use finger stamps to represent raindrops.

Next, stick stickers onto an umbrella base cut from construction paper to create a pattern.

Cut out a frog shape from construction paper and attach a photo of the child to the face area.

Finally, arrange and glue the umbrella and frog pieces onto the base paper to finish! Do the finger stamping and sticker pasting together with the child, and have an adult handle the other steps.

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[Age 2] Enjoying Umbrellas and Teru Teru Bozu with Crayon-Resist Art

Here’s a craft idea for making umbrellas with a resist painting technique.

First, cut out umbrella parts and teru teru bozu parts from construction paper.

Let the children freely draw on the umbrella paper with crayons, then paint over it with watercolor to experience the resist effect.

They’ll think the crayon is disappearing—then it reappears, which will surely surprise them! Once the paint is dry, glue the umbrella and teru teru bozu parts onto a backing sheet, draw the raindrops and the teru teru bozu’s face, and it’s complete.

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[Age 1] Sponge-stamp Umbrellas

[Rainy Season Craft] Make Cute Umbrellas! Perfect for Rainy-Season Projects! Easy with Sponges! [For 1-Year-Olds]

Let’s make colorful umbrellas with sponge stamps! First, cut construction paper into the shape of an umbrella.

Cut a sponge into small pieces to make stamps, dip them in paint, and let the children stamp away.

Any stamp shape is fine.

Using several colors will make it look cuter.

Once the paint is dry, attach a pipe cleaner to the back and curve it to form the handle—that’s it! Please have an adult handle the steps of cutting the construction paper and attaching the pipe cleaner.

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[Age 5] Umbrella made with blow painting

[Umbrella Craft (3D)] Useful for the rainy season! A preschool teacher clearly explains how to make it (for 5-year-olds)

Blow painting is a technique where you blow through a straw onto paint to create patterns.

This time, let’s make an umbrella using blow painting.

After drawing a fan shape on construction paper, add a glue tab.

Since this step uses a compass, have an adult do it.

Ask the children to cut only along the outer line with scissors, making sure not to cut the glue tab.

Drop paint onto the cut construction paper, then blow through a straw to create patterns.

The strength of the blowing changes the pattern, so enjoy the variations.

Apply glue to the glue tab and shape the paper into an umbrella.

Trim the top slightly and thread a chenille stem (pipe cleaner) through to finish the umbrella.

Attach a string to the top and it becomes a hanging decoration!

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[Age 3] A Coffee Filter Umbrella

[Rainy Season Craft] Make Cute Coffee Filter Umbrellas! Perfect for the Rainy Season! [For 3-Year-Olds]

Here’s a craft idea for making umbrellas where kids can enjoy bleed art using coffee filters.

First, cut off the rim of the coffee filter to make it a bit smaller, then have the children draw patterns on it with water-based markers.

Once the patterns are drawn, spray water with a mister and enjoy watching the ink bleed.

Since fine details won’t be visible once the colors bleed, let the children know this in advance.

After the water dries, cut a slit in the center of the bottom, thread a chenille stem (pipe cleaner) through to secure it, and curl the handle at the end to finish.

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[Age 0] An Umbrella and a Frog’s Raincoat Made with Sticker-Pasting

We’re introducing a rainy-season craft idea featuring a soft, gentle-looking frog in a raincoat and a cute, colorful umbrella.

First, let’s make the frog’s raincoat using a bleeding-paint technique.

Brush water onto drawing paper, then let watercolor paint bleed on top to create patterns.

Watching the paint gently spread is lots of fun.

Once the paint is dry, cut it into the shape of a raincoat and draw the frog’s eyes and buttons.

Also paste on separately cut pieces for the child’s face and rain boots.

Cut out umbrella parts from construction paper, stick on round stickers of different sizes and colors, and then glue all the parts onto a backing sheet to finish! For 0-year-olds, enjoy the sticker application step together with an adult.

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