For summer vacation homework! Simple and amazing crafts for elementary school students that you’ll want to make after seeing them

Melamine sponge sandwich craft

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How about making a delicious-looking sandwich out of a melamine sponge that you’ll just want to take on a picnic? It’s very easy to make! First, prepare a large, thick melamine sponge and cut it into a triangle, imagining the shape of a sandwich.

Use a craft knife to make a slit so you can insert the fillings.

Next, create the fillings—such as ham, lettuce, or spaghetti—using construction paper or yarn.

If you use colorful materials for the fillings, the result will look extra cute.

Finally, tuck the fillings into the sponge sandwich, and you’re done! Try making different fillings and have fun playing with them.

Plastic bottle drum

[Anywhere Art] [Summer Vacation Crafts] Plastic Bottle Drum [Handmade Instrument]

Simple yet loud! Here’s how to make a plastic-bottle drum.

First, cut off the bottom of an empty plastic bottle and wrap the cut edge with vinyl tape.

Next, stretch a balloon over the opening and secure it firmly with tape so it doesn’t come off.

Decorate the bottle with pens or stickers as you like! Finally, tape a 10 cm square piece of aluminum foil to the tip of a chopstick, crumple the foil into a ball to make a beater, and you’re done! It could be fun for everyone to make their own and enjoy a group performance.

Give it a try!

levitating spinning top

[Independent Research] How to Make a Levitating Spinning Top (Easiest Method) – How to Build a Magnetic Levitating Top / Summer Vacation Craft

If you want to make a craft that makes everyone go “Ah!”, why not try making a levitating spinning top? All you need are two donut-shaped magnets (one large, one small), a pair of bamboo chopsticks, masking tape, a plastic sheet, and cellophane tape in different widths.

Cut the upper part of the chopsticks, wrap masking tape around the middle, thread it through the smaller magnet, and make the top.

Then stack, in order, the large magnet, the cellophane tape, and the plastic sheet, and try spinning the top on it.

If it doesn’t spin well, try changing the width of the cellophane tape or making the top lighter.

If everything goes well, you should be able to lift the plastic sheet while the top is spinning and quickly move it downward—only the top will float in midair!

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Mysterious Bottle

A cute, mysterious bottle made with dollar-store materials! Perfect for summer vacation and independent research projects. Uses few materials and is fun to make. Easy handmade craft, dollar-store DIY, great for time at home, handmade project.

It’s a curious bottle where the liquid separates into two colors when you shake it.

Here’s how to make a cooling item perfect for the hot summer season.

Prepare baby oil, which is gentle on children’s skin, and pour it into the bottle until it reaches about half the height.

Mix food coloring with water to make colored water, then pour it into the bottle along with glitter or holographic flakes.

Close the lid tightly, and decorate the outside of the bottle with stickers or ribbons—your cute and mysterious bottle is complete.

You can enjoy a scientific independent study that uses the properties of water and oil.

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Water You Can Grab

[Fun Experiment] Wow! So easy! Using something from the 100-yen shop, we made water you can actually grab in a surprising way. #HomeExperiment #Daiso #STEMforKids

This is a curious craft that lets you grab “transparent water” with your hand.

It uses Chica Balloons, which are normally attached to the end of a straw and inflated to make a balloon.

Prepare a 5-yen or 50-yen coin, then attach the Chica Balloon to the hole in the center.

Hold it away from the faucet as much as possible and run water over it.

After a little while, you’ll have a balloon with a squishy, bouncy feel.

By taking advantage of the properties of a transparent balloon, it creates the fascinating sensation of holding water in your hand—perfect for a summer vacation project.

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Newton’s cradle

[At-home Independent Research Dojo] The Click-Clack Marble (Newton’s Cradle) Edition (How to Make a Newton’s Cradle)

This is a Newton’s cradle that lets you enjoy learning science while working on your summer vacation homework.

Let’s make a handmade toy where, when you hit the marble on one end, only the marble on the opposite end swings.

Hammer 10 cm-long knitting needles into a perforated board at equal intervals.

Cut corrugated plastic board into 2 cm-wide strips, then trim them to match the spacing of the needles; make slits sized to the marbles’ diameter and insert the strips onto the needles.

Prepare five 15 cm pieces of thread, and tape a marble at the center of each thread.

Insert the threads into the slits so the marbles align at the same height, then tape the threads from the outside to secure them, and you’re done.

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10-yen game

Homemade Super Mario Coin Game DIY Nintendo

This is an idea for making your own 10-yen coin game where you flick a lever mounted on a board to aim for the goal.

You can create designs inspired by summer themes like the ocean or fireworks, as well as motifs from anime and games that kids love.

Prepare either an MDF board, which is widely used for furniture and doors, or a piece of cardboard.

Cut ice cream sticks and use them to build the entry point of the mechanism and the path for the 10-yen coin.

By actually rolling a 10-yen coin as you build, you can gauge the width and the size of the holes.

Mark circles on the correct routes and Xs on the incorrect ones, draw illustrations, and attach a rigid card case.

Glue on a lever fitted with a handle and a stopper using a hot glue gun, attach rubber bands, and you’re done.

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