[Nursery/Kindergarten] New Year’s wall decorations! A collection of craft ideas to enjoy with children

Handprint Kadomatsu Ema

How about making ema plaques decorated with handprints—something even infants can take part in? Let’s turn the children’s handprints into kadomatsu and create a fun, pop-style ema! First, trace the children’s hands on paper and cut around the outlines.

Next, make the kadomatsu section by attaching a base and adding decorations.

Finally, glue the kadomatsu onto a piece of construction paper cut into the shape of an ema, and finish by adding squares of origami or chiyogami paper in the blank spaces.

The meaning of kadomatsu might be a bit difficult for little ones, but the festive New Year’s decorations are sure to lift their spirits.

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[Tissue Paper] Pine Tree

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The pine tree, which keeps its vibrant green needles even in the cold winter season, is known as a symbol of good fortune and longevity.

Why not make a wall decoration inspired by this strong and enduring pine? It’s easy to create using tissue paper! First, take green tissue paper folded in an accordion style, cut it in half, then fold each piece in half again and make cuts with scissors.

Next, open the cut tissue paper, tie the center with a pipe cleaner, and gently fluff out the tissue.

Make lots of these pine parts and combine them with a pine trunk shaped from brown tissue paper to complete the piece! The children are sure to be delighted with the large artwork made by the teacher.

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Torn-Paper Collage: Daruma Craft for 2-Year-Olds

[New Year Craft] Daruma Wall Decorations Explained by a Nursery Teacher! (For Ages 2 and Up)

How about incorporating daruma dolls made with torn-paper collage into your New Year wall decorations—an activity even 2-year-olds can enjoy? Children can freely place the facial parts of the daruma, adding a “fukuwarai” element that makes the creation process fun! Teachers prepare in advance by cutting the daruma bodies and facial parts out of construction paper.

The children can then enjoy arranging the facial parts on the daruma as they like.

You can also have them tear and paste origami onto the body of the daruma to create patterns.

Let the children choose and paste papers in their favorite colors to nurture their imagination.

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[Scrap Material] Crane and Turtle

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Why not try making a New Year’s crane-and-tortoise craft using recycled materials? By arranging items like toilet paper rolls and paper plates and adding simple drawings, you can create it easily.

It’s also nice to express the crane’s translucent wings with tissue paper or add characters to woven fabric.

Paste on your first calligraphy of the year with your dreams or goals, then place the crane and tortoise to give it a festive finish.

These are auspicious creatures—“a crane lives a thousand years, a tortoise ten thousand”—so enjoy making them with the children!

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[Origami] Shishimai (Lion Dance)

[Origami Instructions] Try it for the New Year! How to fold a Shishimai (lion dance) with origami

Here’s how to make a lion dance figure out of origami that you can display for New Year’s.

During the New Year season, the lion dance is a popular good-luck charm, so let’s try folding one with origami.

If children aged around four and up work together with a teacher, they should be able to fold it too.

Make the face in red and the body in green.

Fold each part separately and then combine the two to form the lion dance shape.

Finally, draw the facial features such as the eyes with a pen, as well as patterns on the body, and you’ll have an origami lion dance decoration perfect for the New Year.

Try arranging it in a way that conveys a sense of movement.

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