[Summer Vacation Crafts for Lower Grades] Make It with Everyday Materials! Simple Yet Awesome Craft Ideas

How to make a Disney kids’ lunch (bento)

How to make a Disney kids’ lunch: fake food, sweets deco, resin clay, fake sweets, dollar-store items – Disney clay food DIY, summer vacation craft

A full-on adorable independent study on “How to Make a Disney Kids’ Lunch.” Think up and create your own Disney-style kids’ lunch that looks cute and exciting—like Mickey-shaped chicken rice, an omelet, fried shrimp, a hamburger patty, potato salad, and more! It’s an edible work of art, perfect for people who love cooking and design.

You can make everything with paper clay, so it’s super easy.

Even if you can’t easily go to Tokyo Disneyland, making this craft will let you feel like you’ve enjoyed a kids’ lunch there.

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Nanaka

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gemstone soap

Gem Soap 💎 How to Make ✨ DIY ✨ Easy Handmade ✨ How to make a gem soap ✨ Great for independent research/projects too ✨ Sumomomo-dot-com!

Girls are often drawn to things that sparkle like gemstones, aren’t they? Let’s make soap that looks just like jewels.

It’s perfect for a summer vacation craft project, and it would make a delightful gift too.

Put glycerin and colored soap for tinting into a paper cup, melt it in the microwave, let it harden as is, then cut the corners to resemble a gemstone—and you’re done! You can also enjoy various customizations, like mixing several colors, shaping it to look like a raw crystal, or using silicone molds to make lots of identical pieces.

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miyabi

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Crayon Shin-chan chewing bubble gum

How to Make Crayon Shin-chan Chewing Bubble Gum 🎈🖍️ #shorts

This is a toy where a water balloon goes in and out of Shin-chan’s mouth, the main character of the popular elementary school anime Crayon Shin-chan.

Draw Shin-chan’s face on paper and cut it out along the outline.

Prepare another piece of white paper in the same shape.

Reinforce the paper with vinyl tape so it won’t tear, then cut out Shin-chan’s mouth with scissors.

With the top edge left open, tape the two pieces of paper together.

Finally, insert a slightly inflated water balloon through the open top and position it at the mouth to finish.

Try making it with your favorite character, too!

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sasashina

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Kaleidoscope of Flowers

I tried making a flower kaleidoscope.

A flower kaleidoscope with such beautiful, intricate movements that you’ll want to watch it over and over.

It looks really difficult… but you can actually make it easily with thin ribbon, round stickers, a bamboo skewer, and a straw.

First, prepare three round stickers with holes in the center.

Place ribbon cut to the same length on top of one sticker, then stick another sticker over it.

Attach the ribbon ends at equal intervals to the remaining sticker, and secure them with a solid (no-hole) sticker to form a springy sphere.

Thread a bamboo skewer through it, add a bead or similar to the tip, and secure it with glue.

Slide a straw onto the skewer, and it’s complete.

Twist, push, and pull to enjoy a variety of expressions.

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utatane

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Paper Cup UFO Catcher

How to make a UFO catcher with paper cups? Crafting tips from a nursery teacher (for 5-year-olds)

The “Paper Cup UFO Catcher” is a popular DIY recreation idea you can enjoy with elementary school kids.

Cut eight slits into a paper cup to make tentacle-like arms, then insert a straw through the center to move it.

Place another paper cup over the top and move it up and down—this opens and closes the arms.

The moment it grabs the target is super exciting! It’s easy to make with everyday materials, yet the movement feels authentic and makes it really fun to play.

Figuring out the controls is part of the charm, and it gets even more exciting when friends compete.

It’s a recommended activity that combines the joy of crafting with the sense of achievement from a game.

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kojifumi

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Remaking a 100-yen shop clock

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Remake a 100-yen shop clock! Clip clock 👍✨Summer Vacation Craft#Summer Vacation Workshop#100-yen shop DIY#100-yen shop arrangement

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The part you can see from the back of a table clock or wall clock—the section with the battery compartment and the knob for setting the time—is called the movement.

You could say it’s the heart of the clock.

In fact, clock movements are sold on their own at 100-yen shops and home improvement stores, and you can use them to make your own original clock! If you’re good at woodworking, try starting from scratch by buying a wooden board and cutting a groove to fit the movement.

If that’s not your strong suit, there are also assembly kits with pre-cut grooves available, so you can use those instead.

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Hane Keisuke

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Cake-shaped accessory case

Here’s an idea for a cake-themed trinket holder made with paper cups.

First, take one paper cup and cut straight from the rim down to the base, then cut out the base as well.

Use this as the template base, and decorate it by attaching felt or construction paper to make it look like a cake.

Once you’ve finished decorating the base, attach it to another paper cup, and you’re done.

It’s easy and cute, and you can customize the decoration however you like—highly recommended! With a bit more effort, you can even add a lid to the trinket holder, so give that a try if you have the time.

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Hane Keisuke

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