[October] Craft ideas for fall you can use in childcare
October is when you can feel autumn even more strongly, thanks to changes in nature and the climate.
This is a must-read for teachers who are thinking, “I want to enjoy autumn-specific crafts with the children!”
Here we introduce craft ideas perfect for October.
You’ll find a wide range of ideas: themes inspired by Halloween such as ghosts and pumpkins; and themes that feature autumn-only natural items and seasonal tastes like fallen leaves, acorns, mushrooms, and grapes.
We also introduce techniques that stimulate children’s five senses and curiosity, as well as fun ways to use materials that greatly expand their imaginative world—please use them for inspiration.
Because we focus on ideas for creating works that allow children to freely express their individuality, we use the term “制作 (seisaku)” as “creation” or “craft” in the text.
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[October] Useful for childcare! Introducing autumn craft ideas (51–60)
Let’s make a ghost!
Fold the origami paper in half into a square twice to make creases.
Open it, then fold the top and bottom edges to meet the horizontal crease.
From there, make additional creases and squash-fold the left and right sides into boat shapes.
On one of the boats, squash only one corner into a square to create the ghost’s face.
The sides of the face will be the hands, and the remaining part becomes the bottom.
Use the creases on the hands to create indentations so they look three-dimensional—that’s the key.
Soften the head by folding the corners to make it round, and finish by folding the bottom part up at a diagonal.
Draw the face with stickers or a pen to complete it.
Easy and cute Halloween ghost
After folding the paper in half into a triangle twice to make creases, open it and place the origami so the creases form a cross.
Fold the bottom corner up to the center to make a crease, then fold the top corner down to align with that crease.
Fold the left and right corners to the center line to crease them, then unfold.
Make step folds so the creases you just made overlap with the center line, open the pocketed parts, and squash-fold them into triangles.
These will be the ghost’s hands.
Fold both top corners into small triangles to round the ghost’s head, then fold the left and right edges of the bottom corner to the center line to form the tail.
Turn the paper over, fold both hands inward, and fold the tail up at an angle.
It’s complete.
An easy way to fold fallen leaves (origami)
Fold the paper into a triangle with the colored side on the inside.
Next, fold the base of the triangle back diagonally, leaving about 2 cm from the edge.
Then place it so the 90-degree corner is at the lower right, and fold so that the tip points downward.
From there, continue folding in an accordion (zigzag) manner so that each fold overlaps the one you just made.
When you open up the part you’ve been folding at the end, you’ll have a fallen leaf with veins expressed by the crease lines! Using various colors of origami paper—brown, orange, yellow, and so on—might make it feel like you’re enjoying autumn leaf viewing.
Easy! Halloween Pumpkin
Fold the origami paper twice to make a small square.
Flatten both of the pocket sections formed by the folds into triangles, then fold the left and right edges of one of the triangles toward the center line.
Turn the paper over and fold up the part sticking out at the bottom to hide it as a triangle.
Next, fold the left and right corners of the other triangle toward the center line, then tuck the two corners created by the folds slightly inward.
Finally, fold the top corner downward, then fold it back up a little so the tip sticks out slightly, and your pumpkin is complete.
[October] Useful for childcare! Introducing autumn craft ideas (61–70)
Full moon rabbit for moon viewing
Fold the left and right edges of the origami to meet at the center, then fold the top edge down to the center in the same way.
Squash the folded-down section into a boat shape, then fold up the left and right sides to create the rabbit’s ears.
Fold the side corners and the top corners of the ears inward to refine the rabbit’s shape.
On the remaining lower section, cut a slit along the crease from the center outward on the top layer only, then open it into a rectangle.
Make another slit in the lower section as well, leaving the center uncut, then round the lower part of the rabbit’s face and fold the rectangle to represent a round moon.
Overlap the moon behind the rabbit to finish.
How to fold a cute fox
After folding the origami paper in half into a square twice to make creases, open it, then fold the left and right edges to meet the central crease.
Next, fold the top and bottom edges to meet the horizontal central crease.
Open and flatten the folded top and bottom sections into boat shapes, then make a mountain fold down the center so the two boats overlap.
Hold the lower-left corner of the top boat and fold it upward perpendicular to the boat to form the fox’s face.
Fold the right corner upward toward the back, keeping the two layers together.
The remaining part is the body, and the section you just folded up is the tail.
Draw the face to finish it cutely.
Cute Halloween candy
After folding the origami paper in half into a triangle twice to make creases, open it up and fold the top and bottom corners in to meet at the center.
Next, fold the bases of the two triangles you created in toward the center line.
Fold the left and right corners inward to make the origami a rectangle, then make stepped folds on the left and right sides.
Flatten the upper and lower parts of those stepped sections into triangles to form a candy shape.
If you fold the corners of the square in the middle to round them, it will look even more like candy.
Add patterns or decorate with stickers to finish it nicely.