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By May, three-year-olds may be gradually getting used to their new school year.
Since the weather is pleasant, it’s a great time to actively incorporate outdoor activities.
May is also marked by events like Children’s Day and Mother’s Day, so in this article we’ll introduce crafts related to these occasions, as well as craft ideas you can enjoy outdoors.
Find ideas that suit your class’s atmosphere, interests, and curiosities.
Let’s enjoy making things together with the children!
Because the things children create are treated as works, we use the term “seisaku” (制作) in the text.
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[May] Have Fun with 3-Year-Olds! Perfect Craft Ideas for May (1–10)
Tear it off and stick it! Laundry
Perfect for the warm spring! Here’s a fun craft where you tear and paste paper to make a laundry scene.
What you’ll need: a wide, landscape-oriented backing sheet, clothing templates, tissue paper, string, clothespins, a tree, glue, and tape.
First, cut out the clothing templates with scissors.
Tear the tissue paper and paste it onto the cut-out clothing shapes.
Next, attach the string to the backing sheet and decorate with the tree, clothespins, and the clothes—then you’re done! Let the children choose their favorite colors for the backing sheet and tissue paper.
Hang up your original “laundry” and enjoy a cheerful spring decoration.
Carnation Pop-up Card
It’s a lovely idea where a carnation blossoms when you open the card.
It’s perfect for a Mother’s Day message card.
After cutting construction paper into a circle, fold it in half three times to make creases.
Once you’ve made the creases, open it up, then use the creases to fold it in half just once.
In this state, round off the corners along both sides at the folded edge.
Repeat this process while changing which creases you use, transforming the circle into a flower shape.
Once you have the petals, trim the edges into a jagged pattern to make it look like a carnation.
Of the eight petals you’ve made, adhere the two on the left and right to a card folded in half, and the flower will bloom when it’s opened.
My one-piece dress
Why not have fun trying a painting activity inspired by the popular children’s picture book “My Dress”? You will need rabbit parts, a triangle-shaped piece of paper, bottle caps with felt attached, paint, glue, and a pen.
First, stick felt in any shape you like onto a plastic bottle cap.
Dip the felt in paint and stamp patterns onto the triangle paper.
Once the paint is dry, glue on the face and hands.
Draw the face, add decorations around it, and you’re done! Make it colorful with your favorite colors.
stained glass-style photo hanger
Express beautiful stained glass using a clear file and aluminum foil! You can slip photos or letters into the back, so it’s a great idea for a gift.
First, draw a stained-glass outline on thick paper, then sandwich it with a clear file of the same size and trace the lines with a permanent marker to transfer the design.
Once transferred, color it in from the back with a permanent marker.
Glue crumpled aluminum foil (to create wrinkles) onto the front of the thick paper, and attach colored construction paper of your choice to the back.
Sandwich this in the clear file and secure it to finish.
Punch a hole at the top, thread a ribbon through, and make it ready to hang on the wall.
How to fold a carnation without using scissors
Let’s make a carnation using three 7.5 cm origami sheets.
Fold the paper into a triangle, crease, and open it.
Rotate it 90 degrees and fold into a triangle again.
This time, offset it by about 0.2 mm so a sliver of the white side shows.
Next, fold the left and right corners up toward the top corner, then flip the paper over.
While bringing the back-side corner to the front, fold the left and right edges to align with the center line to complete one part.
Make two more identical parts and combine them to finish the flower!
Also great as a wall decoration! Carnations made of paper
This is a carnation made using red construction paper cut into half-circles.
It’s an idea that can be displayed flat, so it’s great for wall decorations, too.
First, cut the construction paper into a circle, then cut it in half.
Make four of these, then accordion-fold each one from the edge so it forms a fan shape.
Next, snip along the edge with scissors to create petals.
Finish all four in the same shape, stack them, and slide them left and right to form the carnation.
Attach a stem and leaves made from green construction paper to complete it.
Rapeseed flowers made with origami
The steps are simple and easy to understand! Here’s an idea for making rapeseed blossoms with origami.
Many of you may have tried making flowers by folding origami, only to find the process too complicated and confusing for children.
With this idea, you can create vibrant rapeseed blossoms using simple steps! What you’ll need: light green origami cut to half size, six pieces of yellow origami cut to quarter size, and glue or double-sided tape.
It’s also great practice for aligning corners precisely.