[Nursery/Kindergarten] New Year Craft Ideas: A Collection of Projects You Can Enjoy Even After Making Them

New Year’s shishimai (lion dance) craft

[New Year] Making a Shishimai (Lion Dance) #January #NewYear

This is a handmade activity that lets you enjoy and feel close to traditional events.

While assembling the face and learning the parts of the shishimai (lion dance)—eyes, nose, and mouth—children naturally develop their observation skills.

By freely combining the parts, you can create a lion with tons of personality, from smiling faces to humorous expressions.

It’s also great fun to play as a fukuwarai game, letting you fully enjoy the New Year atmosphere.

Making it together while asking, “What kind of face will it be?” is enjoyable with family and friends, and it’s perfect as a winter break craft activity.

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Make it with tissue paper! Extra-large plum blossom

Kimie Gangi January wall decoration: extra-large plum blossoms made with tissue paper. #NewYearDecorations #TissuePaperCraft #FiveColorCranes #BigFlowers #Easy #Kids #Seniors #DIYCrafts #Fluffy

Perfect for New Year wall decorations too! Here are some ideas for making plum blossoms with tissue paper.

You’ll make two parts: yellow stamens and red petals.

For both, accordion-fold the tissue paper, staple it in the center, then open it up sheet by sheet.

For the stamens, make fine cuts on both sides; for the petals, round both sides with scissors before opening.

Create two types of flowers—one fully open and one bud.

It’s also recommended to make bamboo and pine with green tissue paper; adding them to the wall display will make it look more festive.

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Lovely translucence! Easy New Year’s decoration

Easy New Year’s decorations to make with kids! The translucent look is beautiful.

This is a beautiful seasonal craft that showcases the glossy shine and clarity unique to resin.

The video carefully demonstrates the process of tinting resin and pouring it into plum blossom shapes, and it also discusses tips for coloring and suggestions for substitute materials, making it approachable even for beginners.

As an educational element, it introduces how mixing colors nurtures color sense and how fine finger movements can promote brain development—resulting in a project that’s “fun to make and delightful to display.” A cute New Year’s craft with a satisfying sense of accomplishment.

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A cute kotatsu you can make with 100-yen shop items!

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The kotatsu makes its appearance when winter comes and temperatures drop.

The only downside is that once you get in, it’s hard to get out—but that gentle, enveloping warmth makes you feel so happy, doesn’t it? A kotatsu also makes a perfect motif for winter craft ideas.

Here, two ideas are introduced: one kotatsu made by placing a circular piece of fabric over a doll-sized table, and another made by cutting and shaping a square box.

There’s also a tutorial for making mandarins using decorative pom-poms and pipe cleaners, so feel free to use it as a reference and give it a try.

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Make It with 100-Yen Shop Items! Daruma Otoshi

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🌟 Materials list • ⚠️ Notes & Tips below 🌟 (Follow before you forget ▶︎ @sayacky_be.child) [Materials] • Dessert cups (DAISO) • Vinyl tape or masking tape, etc. • Four plastic bottle caps • Flat-style chopsticks • Small stones or other weights (mine are from DAISO) Handy to have when making it • Permanent marker 🌟 Points 🌟 ▶︎ At first I thought just a few stones would be enough, but it didn’t work well at all 💦 Filling it up works better! ▶︎ Cups slide against each other easily, so I put vinyl tape on the bottom of the cups to add friction 🙌🏻 ▶︎ For New Year’s play, try daruma; for Setsubun season, oni characters—lots of different characters would be cute 🤭 ▶︎ It helps practice things like adjusting force, controlling your hits to tap only the middle cup, and other strength/control skills ❣️ ▶︎ Because of the screen size, I couldn’t stack them high, but try stacking 4 or 5 and give it a go 💕 ⋆┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈⋆ Nice to meet you! “Let’s play like kids!” ✨ I’m Sayacky, a nursery teacher and mom of two 🥰 I share activities that excite both kids and those who were once kids ❣️ Please follow me 💓 @sayacky_be.child ▲ See other posts here ໒꒱ ⋆┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈⋆#Sayakki-World#HandmadeToys#Childcare CraftingCraft Play#Childcare topic#AtHomePlay#StayHomeTime#100-yen shop DIYSimple craftKids' crafts#DarumaOtoshi#Daruma Otoshi#NewYearGames

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How about making the classic New Year’s game “Daruma-otoshi” using items from a 100-yen shop? It’s very easy to make, and you’ll end up with a toy you can enjoy over and over.

First, fill a dessert cup with small stones, put the lid on, and that will be the body of the Daruma.

Create the face base and patterns with tape, stick them on, then draw the eyes and mustache with a pen to finish.

For the mallet, stack and glue four plastic bottle caps together, then attach a wooden chopstick as the handle.

If the Daruma is too light, it won’t stack properly when it falls, so be sure to put plenty of stones inside.

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