Crafts parents and kids can enjoy together. Recommended craft ideas to keep children entertained.

Plastic-bottle kendama

Let’s make it with an empty bottle! R-1 Kendama that brings out strength

If you have small bottles at home, like those for lactic acid drinks, try making a kendama! After you make it, you can enjoy playing with it.

Using a smaller bottle makes it easy for little hands to hold, making it perfect as a toy.

Since this craft involves using a utility knife and scissors, adults should assist according to the child’s age.

The cut edge of the bottle can be dangerous, so please cover it with vinyl tape or similar.

You can also seal decorations inside the handle or decorate it with washi tape—so cute! It would be fun to make a few and hold a parent–child kendama tournament, too.

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Handheld fan made from scrap materials

[Summer Vacation Craft] How to Make a Handheld Fan Using Recycled Materials — Great for Elementary School Science Projects

This is a craft project inspired by a handy fan, a useful item for hot summers.

While it’s hard to generate enough wind to actually cool you down, you can enjoy a sense of coolness from watching it spin.

The handle is made from a toilet paper roll, the fan’s base from thick paperboard, and the rotating part combines an ice cream stick and a bamboo skewer.

Assemble each component, fix kite string to the bamboo skewer and wind it around; pulling the string completes a mechanism that makes the fan spin.

Since the visual impression of coolness matters—including the spinning—be mindful to decorate it in ways that look refreshing, such as by adding origami paper that suggests coolness.

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Infinitely openable card

Open it forever and it never ends!? How to make an infinitely opening card

What kind of card keeps opening and unfolding infinitely? Here’s how to make one: Prepare four sheets of construction paper in your favorite colors, scissors, glue, and a pen.

Square paper is best, but if you only have rectangular sheets, cut them into squares.

Cut all the sheets in half, then fold each piece in half vertically and horizontally to create creases that form eight squares.

Next, glue the pieces together in an alternating pattern—on the corners and across the whole surface as needed.

And then…

you’ll have a mysterious, infinitely unfolding card! If you draw different pictures on each face, various images will appear as you flip through it, making it lots of fun.

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Fun-to-shake shaker

Here’s a fun shaker made from a plastic wrap core.

Use origami made of film.

Wrap double-sided tape around the core and seal one end with the origami.

From the other side, add beads or similar fillings and seal it the same way with origami.

Wrap washi tape around it, then cut the origami into strips and wrap them on.

Add googly-eye stickers and a mouth to finish! It’s fun to dance with to music, too.

Little kids will enjoy it, so be sure to make it together and have a great time!

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Maze ideas

You can make a fun maze with a cardboard wrap core! Here’s a simple way to do it.

First, cut construction paper to the length of the wrap core, and draw a maze on it using any writing tools you like.

Attach double-sided tape to the paper with the maze and wrap it around the core.

Next, cut a piece of wrapping film to about 5 cm and stick your favorite stickers on it—that’s it! Thread it through the wrap core to play the maze game.

If you make the construction paper removable, you can enjoy original mazes over and over again.

It’s also recommended to use stickers of your favorite characters to enjoy a themed world.

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Maze ideas

You can make a fun maze with a cardboard wrap core! Here’s a simple way to do it.

First, cut construction paper to the length of the wrap core, and draw a maze on it using any writing tools you like.

Attach double-sided tape to the paper with the maze and wrap it around the core.

Next, cut a piece of wrapping film to about 5 cm and stick your favorite stickers on it—that’s it! Thread it through the wrap core to play the maze game.

If you make the construction paper removable, you can enjoy original mazes over and over again.

It’s also recommended to use stickers of your favorite characters to enjoy a themed world.

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Fly! Core Rocket

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Here’s how to make an easy “core rocket.” You’ll need a plastic wrap core, a toilet paper core, two rubber bands, and a straw.

First, cut the straw so it’s just a little longer than the opening of the toilet paper core.

Link the two rubber bands by looping them together.

Tape the rubber bands to the straw, then tape the straw onto the plastic wrap core with cellophane tape.

Once it’s set up so the toilet paper core can be launched, you’re done! Decorate the toilet paper core however you like to make your own original rocket.

Have fun and get creative!

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