For summer vacation homework! Simple and amazing crafts for elementary school students that you’ll want to make after seeing them
A fun summer vacation homework project for kids: crafts! But as children move into the upper grades, they can run out of ideas and worry about making something that doesn’t end up being the same as their friends’.
So here, we’re introducing craft ideas recommended for elementary school students from lower to upper grades.
Many use materials you already have at home or can buy at a 100-yen shop, so they’re easy to try.
The ideas are designed to help kids discover their own unique projects and express their creativity.
Use these as a reference and make some wonderful summer vacation memories!
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[For Summer Vacation Homework!] Simple and Amazing Crafts for Elementary School Students That Will Make You Want to Create (51–60)
Make it with disposable chopsticks! Sniper rifle
Simple yet profound, it features a mechanism as authentic as a sniper rifle! This is an idea for a cool chopstick rubber-band gun that you can make using just disposable chopsticks and rubber bands.
It’s so realistic to play with that adults are sure to get hooked.
It’s a craft that both adults and kids can enjoy, easy to make and fun to play with.
Create your own original toy gun and enjoy group battles together.
Be sure to prioritize safety, and you’ll love the excitement of both the crafting and the play.
Give it a try!
Tabletop clay accessories
Small clay mascots that can sit on a tabletop test your attention to detail precisely because you’re aiming for a compact, easy-to-display size.
While you’re free to create whatever you like, it’s fun to build a unique world with things that don’t exist in reality—like a pig popping out of a flowerpot or a sheep blooming like a flower.
Paying close attention to details such as the pig’s and sheep’s coats to craft them finely adds realism, which in turn makes the finished piece’s strangeness stand out even more.
Using clays in a variety of colors for a colorful finish is a key point that enhances the joy of both the making process and the display.
cardboard vending machine
Intricately functioning clocks made of cardboard and cardboard cars you can actually ride in are hugely popular on video sites.
What surprised me even more was a vending machine made of cardboard—when I first saw it, I was truly amazed.
That “cardboard vending machine” is now being sold as a craft kit.
It looks like you can put it together in about two hours, so why not give it a try over summer vacation? It’s fine for upper-grade kids who like crafts.
I wonder if it would be possible to use this kit as a base and build an even bigger vending machine yourself… Maybe that’s a bit much, but I’d love to see it!
Sparkling hourglass
This item is inspired by an hourglass that measures time by the amount of sand moving from top to bottom.
Prepare two containers of the same size, cut a clear file to match the hole size, and use tape to cover half of the cut-out inner hole.
Put colorful glitter inside one container, then flip the other container over, align the holes, and glue them together.
Once it dries, it’s complete.
When adjusting the speed at which the glitter falls through the hole, be sure to do so before the glue fully hardens.
Decorating the outside of the containers with stickers or beads will make it even cuter.
[For Summer Vacation Homework!] Easy and Awesome Crafts for Elementary School Students That You'll Want to Make When You See Them (61–70)
Handmade makeup tools made of clay
This is a craft project aimed at girls, where you make small makeup items for dolls.
You could probably finish it in a day.
It would be fun to make with friends, too.
Buying ready-made items is easy, but when you get creative and build them from scratch like this, you can enjoy both the fun of making and the fun of using them, which might make playtime even more enjoyable.
This craft is suitable for upper elementary school students.
Piggy bank ghost
The “Japan Post Piggy Bank Idea Contest” has a long history, dating back to 1975.
For each entry submitted, 10 yen is donated to UNICEF and other related organizations.
This summer, try making a “Piggy Bank Ghost” and enter the contest! A Piggy Bank Ghost is a piggy bank with a fun mechanism where a ghost “eats” the coin you place on it.
As a craft project, it’s clearly advanced and quite challenging.
It also takes a considerable amount of time, so be sure to allow plenty of time for crafting.
You can change the ghost’s face and the spinning handle to anything you like—let your ideas lead the way.
Aim to create a one-of-a-kind piggy bank!
Well-Flying Archery
Here are some craft ideas for making an archery set using scrap materials.
First, make a slightly larger hole in one spot on a toilet paper roll.
Make the same hole on the opposite side, then cut small slits at the top and bottom and hook a rubber band onto them.
Twist the rubber band once so it forms an X shape.
That completes the bow.
For the arrow, use a straw and a ball made from rolled-up tissue.
Cut one end of the straw into a V shape, then attach the ball—rolled and secured with masking tape—to the other end.
With the arrow finished, thread it onto the bow and try shooting it for fun.
