[For 1-year-olds] Let’s Learn About May! A Collection of Recommended Craft Ideas

Making bento (Japanese lunchbox)

[For 1-year-olds] Let's make a bento and go for a walk!

Here’s a fun craft for making a picnic-style bento that’s perfect for a sunny day.

The key is to prepare the ingredients—like rolled omelet, sausages, broccoli, and tomatoes—in advance using construction paper or origami paper.

For the main items like rice balls, making them together with the kids can boost the excitement.

Once you’ve laid out the prepared ingredients on the table, start packing them into the bento box.

By choosing and packing the ingredients themselves, children can think about what foods they like and how much will fit, making it both engaging and enjoyable.

Taking your special bento box out for a walk or little outing is a great way to enjoy the season, too.

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Onigiri Boy

May has the perfect weather for field trips, doesn’t it? Here’s a craft that lets you enjoy a field-trip mood: making a little rice-ball buddy.

Gather construction paper, scissors, crayons, kitchen paper (paper towels), double-sided tape, and clear tape, and let’s get started.

Use crayons to draw rice-ball fillings on the kitchen paper.

It’s fun to use lots of different colors.

Wrap a tissue with the illustrated kitchen paper, shape it into a triangle, and keep forming it.

Cut black construction paper into a nori (seaweed) shape and stick it on to finish.

It would be great to enjoy pretend field trips with the delicious-looking rice balls the children make!

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walk bag

Let’s put our treasures inside and take a closer look! Here are some ideas for a nature-walk bag.

Children are naturally curious about the world around them, and by seeing and touching things for themselves, they love making new discoveries.

For example, when they find something appealing like a pretty stone, a leaf, or a flower, they feel it’s special and think, “I want to keep this safe!” At times like that, having a handmade walk bag lets them bring their treasures home, observe their finds more carefully, and show them to a parent or teacher—leading to a real sense of satisfaction.

A little bird made with scribbles

Let’s draw freely with crayons! Here are some ideas for making little birds from scribbles.

Scribbling refers to the bold, free lines and drawings that children create just as they please.

It’s characterized by lines drawn casually with big movements of the hands and arms.

This is an important time to enjoy the fun of drawing and take the first step in self-expression, so let’s make something that makes the most of children’s drawings! What you’ll need: drawing paper, crayons, paper parts (made from construction paper), glue, and scissors.

Give it a try!

Strawberries made with sticker pasting

Let’s have fun sticking stickers with our fingertips! Here are some strawberry craft ideas you can make with sticker pasting.

For one-year-olds, sticking stickers is a wonderful activity that nurtures fine motor skills and concentration.

Placing stickers helps them practice using their fingertips and learn precise movements and pressure control.

Completing a craft also gives them a sense of accomplishment and boosts their confidence.

You’ll need a craft paper plate, construction paper, and round stickers.

Give it a try!

Dandelions Made with Sponge Stamps

Have fun stamping with a pop-pop rhythm! Here are some dandelion craft ideas you can make with sponge stamps.

Many kids don’t like getting their hands dirty, but these sponge stamps are perfect even for them.

Attach a piece of sponge to the tip of a disposable chopstick with a rubber band, soak it in paint, and pop-pop stamp onto construction paper! The dandelion flowers you make from paper will look even more vibrant.

Be sure to try this for your spring crafts!

Strawberries made with sensory play

Let’s try making something while enjoying the feel of paint! Here are some strawberry craft ideas using sensory play.

These ideas are perfect for anyone who wants to do a strawberry-themed project in spring.

You’ll need: bees, strawberries, hearts, caps (leaf tops), and a backing made from construction paper; paint; zipper-seal bags; round stickers; crayons; glue; and scissors.

As the children touch the paint inside the zipper-seal bags, we want to observe and support them while watching how they react.