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May has pleasant weather, and it somehow makes you feel excited, doesn’t it?
The five-year-olds, now the oldest in the class, may have settled down a bit since moving up a level.
May is also known for events like Children’s Day and Mother’s Day, so we’d love for you to try activities and crafts themed around these occasions and the month of May.
This time, we’ve gathered a variety of fun ideas using different materials and techniques.
These are ideas that five-year-olds will feel motivated to tackle precisely because of their age, so please give them a try.
Because the children’s creations are treated as works (art pieces), we use the term “seisaku” (制作) in the text.
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[May] Creative project ideas to try with 5-year-olds (1–10)
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!
Fits perfectly on walls too! Cute bubbly strawberries
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.
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.
Easy! Tissue paper carnations
Carnations made from tissue paper look and feel just like the real thing! The method is simple, so give it a try for Mother’s Day.
Stack six sheets of tissue paper measuring 9.5 cm × 12 cm, then accordion-fold them in 1.5 cm widths.
Once folded, wrap floral wire around the center to secure it, and cut both ends of the tissue paper into a zigzag shape.
Then, as you lift each layer, make small snips with scissors.
This will create petal-like frills just like a carnation.
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.
Make it with kitchen paper! A cute bouquet
Here’s a craft idea for making flowers that also lets you enjoy a bleeding-ink effect.
Prepare two circles cut from kitchen paper and draw on them with water-based markers.
Once you’ve finished drawing, stack the circles, scrunch them up, pinch a bit of the back side at the center, and wrap a chenille stem (pipe cleaner) around it as the stem.
Then simply spray the kitchen paper with water using a mist sprayer to let the ink bleed.
Make several and bundle them together to create a lovely bouquet! It’s especially fun to use multiple marker colors and enjoy the blended color changes.
Make it with paper plates! Handmade carnation
A paper plate turns into a beautiful carnation! Here’s a fun idea that changes as you go.
Cut out the inside of the paper plate so only the rim remains, then color the rim in pink or red.
Next, make small slits all around the edge, and on one spot cut all the way through.
Apply double-sided tape all the way around the inside of the rim, and starting from the spot you cut through, wrap it around a stem made from a disposable chopstick.
Once it’s fully wrapped, open up the slit portions and shape them into a flower.
You can make the stem by wrapping green origami paper around the chopstick.