[Childcare] Perfect for March! A collection of craft ideas recommended for 5-year-olds
March is a special time as children prepare to move up to the next class. In the 5-year-old class, how about trying art projects that let you feel the growth of the past year? There are plenty of seasonal ideas unique to this time, such as motifs that evoke the arrival of spring and works that preserve memories in tangible form. Here, we’ve gathered ideas perfect for March projects in the 5-year-old class. Each activity lets children enjoy hands-on steps and experience the joy of creating their very own work. Be sure to incorporate them into your daily childcare. Note: In this article, items made by the children are treated as “artworks,” so we use the term “制作 (seisaku)” to mean “production/creation” in the main text.
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[Childcare] Perfect for March! A collection of craft ideas recommended for 5-year-olds (1–10)
Fits perfectly on walls too! Cute bubbly strawberriesNEW!
When you think of strawberries, you picture all those seeds on the surface! In this craft, we’ll use bubble wrap and paint to represent the strawberry’s seeds.
After cutting construction paper into a strawberry shape, layer on bubble wrap brushed with paint and stamp it.
Once the paint dries, finish by adding a calyx made from construction paper.
The classic combo is stamping white paint onto red construction paper, but stamping red paint onto pink paper is cute, too.
What color are strawberry seeds again? Chat about that while you make some delicious spring strawberries.
With a milk carton! Ladybug Toko-Toko DrumNEW!
It’s a spring-themed musical toy! First, fold the spout of a milk carton inward to make a box shape, then wrap it with green origami paper to create the feel of soil and leaves.
Cut tulip petals and stems out of construction paper, and draw faces on the flowers with crayons.
Attach the tulips to the sides of the box, and decorate ladybugs using circles cut from construction paper or round stickers.
Glue the ladybugs onto a pair of chopsticks with wood glue to make ladybug drumsticks.
When you tap the box with the drumsticks, you can enjoy cheerful sounds as if a ladybug is walking through a spring tulip field.
It’s a craft that uses fine motor skills and a sound play activity all in one, so try it with different themes and motifs!
Wavy 3D butterfly with fluttering wingsNEW!
The wings sway gently, making it look like a real butterfly is flying.
As March brings warmer weather, it seems like something you could enjoy taking outside to play.
Prepare two pieces of colored construction paper measuring 28 cm wide by 3.5 cm tall, and a sheet with a butterfly drawing that is 9 cm across at the center.
Use a paint-dipped plastic bottle cap to stamp patterns, then stick them onto the butterfly’s backing.
It’s best to attach them with the awareness of making the wings three-dimensional.
Add antennae with a pipe cleaner, and it’s complete.
Use your favorite colors of paper and paint to create your own original butterfly.
Pop-up! Fluttering TulipNEW!
This is a tulip craft with a charming, fluttering, raised look.
Fold the origami paper in half horizontally, then fold both sides toward the crease.
Fold back along the previous crease, and fold so the piece becomes one-third its size vertically.
Draw half of a tulip on it, cut along the line with scissors, and you’ll have six parts.
Glue each part together, attach them to a backing sheet, and adjust the shape to complete the flower.
Making a stem and leaves as you like will make it even nicer.
It’s a tulip craft that makes your heart flutter with the coming of warm spring—please give it a try.
Flying butterfly toyNEW!
How about making a flying butterfly craft that’s fun both to create and to play with afterward? You can just picture the children gleefully jumping around as they watch it move up and down.
Prepare thick paper or cardboard, cut it into a butterfly shape, then glue on colored paper, add patterns, and attach a pipe cleaner to finish the butterfly.
On the back, glue two small pieces of straw and thread twine through them.
Tie straws to both ends of the twine, and you’re done.
Hook the twine that comes out from the top of the butterfly onto a pushpin or similar, and when you move both ends of the twine… the butterfly starts to move! It’s a perfect craft for spring—give it a try.