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[Nursery/Kindergarten] Crafts you can play with after making them

9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

At daycare centers and kindergartens, there are many opportunities to make toys using familiar recycled materials.

Making their own toys and playing with them lets children enjoy the process of creating, builds confidence, and gives them a sense of accomplishment—benefits that greatly support their development.

Let’s actively incorporate lots of these activities.

This time, we’re introducing craft ideas that kids can play with after making them.

Tops, pinwheels, puzzles—ideas that are sure to spark children’s curiosity!

Feel free to adapt them while incorporating the children’s ideas, and create one-of-a-kind toys bursting with originality!

They’ll surely grow attached to them, and the fun will double.

[Nursery school / Kindergarten] Crafts you can play with after making them (61–70)

Handmade Whac-A-Croc

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A handmade Whac-A-Gator game by a newly graduated teacher made its debut at the pretend summer festival! It was so much fun!#Summer Festival Role play #Nursery school Wani Wani Panic lol
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Great for kids trying it for the first time! Here are some ideas for making your own Whac-A-Gator game.

Whac-A-Gator is the game where crocodiles pop out of holes at random and you hit them with a hammer, right? This time, let’s try making a homemade version.

You’ll need cardboard or empty boxes, colored construction paper, plastic ribbon, milk cartons, tape, and more.

It looks like you can make the hammer with a paper cup and disposable chopsticks! It’s sure to be a popular station that children from infant to preschool classes can enjoy.

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Ring toss set

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Usable at summer festivals! Make-and-play ring toss set ✨ Preschool craft, childcare worker, ideas for childcare, together with children, easy craft, ring toss, summer festival, let’s make and play, preschool teacher
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Let’s make and play! Here are some ideas for a DIY ring toss set.

These tips are perfect when you want to set up a ring toss corner but don’t have the equipment.

All you need are toilet paper rolls, origami paper, and foil origami.

Just wrap your favorite origami paper around a toilet paper roll to create a target.

Making and setting up lots of targets will make it even more exciting.

For the rings, twist strips of foil origami to form loops.

Give it a try!

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miniature food

[Miniature Food] Even little kids can do it!!! Tips video ⭐

miniature food

Make it with clay! Here are some miniature food ideas.

These unique ideas are perfect for children’s food education.

By crafting food that looks almost real with their own hands, kids can deepen their interest in and understanding of food and ingredients.

For example, as they observe to match the colors of vegetables and fruits to the real thing and look for shapes and features, natural conversations like “This one is green,” or “What kind of nutrients does it have?” are likely to emerge.

Through making miniature foods with clay, children may also cultivate an appreciation for eating and learn the importance of food.

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Playing ice-cream shop

[For 3-year-olds] Ice Cream Shop

Playing ice-cream shop

Many children probably want to eat lots of ice cream in the summer! So why not make your own ice cream and play shop? Let the kids freely create their own ice creams—cup ice cream, cone ice cream, ice pops, and more.

Draw designs on paper cups to make the cups, and make the ice cream part by crumpling tissue paper and sticking small stickers on it.

For the cones, draw patterns on construction paper, roll it into a cone shape, and secure it.

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[Ages 3 and up] Hamburger Play Set

[Made from Cardboard] Burger Play Set [Craft]

[Ages 3 and up] Hamburger Play Set

Let’s make a hamburger set out of cardboard and play together.

All you need are flat cardboard and hook-and-loop fasteners.

Sketch shapes to match the ingredients—circles, squares, etc.—on the cardboard and cut them out.

Use paints to create your favorite ingredients like tomatoes, lettuce, fried eggs, and bacon.

Don’t forget to make the buns, too.

If you attach hook-and-loop fasteners on both sides, you can enjoy stacking them in various ways.

You could even make a lot and open a pretend burger shop.

Have fun making delicious hamburgers!

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