Get kids excited in November! A collection of play and craft ideas using autumn’s natural treasures

Autumn origami acorn

[Autumn Origami] How to fold an acorn with audio instructions ☆ Origami: How to fold an acorn – September autumn decoration

A big hit with kids! Here are some fall origami acorn ideas.

When you head out for a walk in the park, feeling the cool autumn breeze, you’ll often find acorns scattered on the ground.

Don’t children go hunting for them as if they’ve discovered treasure? This time, let’s make those beloved acorns with origami! All you need is one sheet of origami paper and a pen.

You can choose from long, slender acorns or round ones—the choosing itself is exciting.

Be sure to give it a try!

A chestnut that breaks on the eighth fold

[Origami] How to fold a chestnut — Origami Chestnut

When September comes, it’s the season when chestnuts are delicious.

Let’s fold autumn’s seasonal chestnuts with origami.

After folding the paper in half, fold the left and right corners toward the center line.

Flip the paper over and fold the bottom part of the chestnut toward the center line.

Finally, adjust the shape into a chestnut and you’re done.

You can enjoy different sizes of chestnuts by changing the size of the origami paper.

Also, by folding the corners to create roundness, the chestnut gains a three-dimensional look, resulting in a tasty-looking chestnut perfect for autumn.

Give it a try!

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Leaf art using fallen leaves (4 painting techniques)

[Autumn Crafts] Four Painting Techniques Using Fallen Leaves and How to Do Them [Nursery School/Kindergarten]

When you think of something that makes you feel autumn in the park, fallen leaves come to mind, right? Let’s all pick up lots of leaves and enjoy making leaf art together.

Glue the leaves onto drawing paper and imagine them as something to create your picture.

If you use a leaf as part of a fish’s body, you can add the tail and fins with crayons.

Small leaves can be used as people’s eyes, and then you can draw a face around them.

Also, if you lightly rub the back of a glued leaf with a colored pencil, the veins of the leaf will beautifully stand out.

You can observe the veins and have all sorts of conversations about them.

Fallen leaves are sure to spark children’s imaginations!

Autumn Fruits Made with Various Techniques

Apples, pears, persimmons, grapes, and Japanese pears.

There are surprisingly many fruits that are in season in autumn, aren’t there? The children will surely have tried at least one of them.

Here’s a craft idea to make various autumn fruits using different techniques.

With methods like finger painting, decalcomania, wet-on-wet painting, brushing art, and bubble art, you can create fruits that look absolutely delicious.

Be sure to make them with the children and use them for autumn hanging decorations or wall displays.

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stylish tree

Perfect for the art-filled autumn season! Here’s an artistic and stylish tree-making idea.

It’s a craft activity that draws out children’s free creativity, so why not try it in your nursery or kindergarten? Teachers cut construction paper into leaf shapes, and children freely color them with crayons or paints.

Next, tear kraft paper or other paper into branch and trunk shapes and paste them on! Finish by arranging the colored leaves.

It’s also lovely to add stamp play using various recycled materials.

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Let’s go out with a walk bag

How about handmaking a “stroll bag” that makes autumn walks even more fun? All you need are a toilet paper roll and an insulated bag! It’s perfect for a group craft activity at nursery school or kindergarten, and once you’re done, why not head out for an autumn walk? To make it, wrap your favorite origami paper around a toilet paper roll, insert it into an insulated bag and secure it with tape, then attach a ribbon to wear over the shoulder.

You can also freely customize it—use patterned insulated bags, decorate with stickers or washi tape, and more! Have fun collecting fallen leaves and nuts in your stroll bag.

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Torn-paper collage mushroom

How about adding patterns to the mushroom caps using torn-paper collage? First, make the mushroom caps and stems out of construction paper.

Children who can use scissors should make their own, and for those who aren’t yet comfortable with scissors, please have the teacher prepare them.

Next, tear your favorite colors of origami paper into small pieces.

Then randomly paste the pieces onto the mushroom caps to decorate them freely, combine them with the stems, and you’re done.

If you like, drawing faces on the stems also looks cute.

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