Ideas for September Crafts for 1-Year-Olds: A Fun Collection of Autumn-Themed Projects
Here are some autumn craft ideas you can enjoy with one-year-olds.
From mushrooms and grapes to apples and fallen leaves, there are plenty of colorful, adorable creations.
For September projects, activities like finger stamping, painting, and handprints/footprints let children explore by touch and joyfully express the changing seasons.
Through hands-on creative activities, their sensibilities are richly nurtured.
All of the projects are simple in both preparation and steps, so enjoy a fun crafting time with the children! Because we introduce ideas that let children freely express their creativity, we use the term “制作” (creation/production) rather than “製作” (craft-making) in the main text.
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[Age 1] September craft ideas! A collection of fun, autumn-themed projects (11–20)
Maple leaves and ginkgo
These maple and ginkgo origami crafts are perfect for autumn projects with two-year-olds.
Let the children enjoy the sensation of tearing origami paper as they make the maple leaves.
Just glue the torn pieces together into the shape of a maple leaf! For the ginkgo, fold the origami paper into a triangle twice and add a branch to finish.
The goal is to get children familiar with origami, so folding perfectly isn’t important! Both activities are designed so that two-year-olds eager to try new things can have fun and stay engaged.
Grapes with stickers
When it comes to autumn fruits, grapes are a must, right? So, how about making grapes as an autumn craft? Beforehand, have an adult cut grape shapes and branches out of construction paper and glue them together.
Then let the children stick round stickers or circles cut from construction paper on top to complete the grapes.
The process of peeling and sticking the stickers helps train their fine motor skills.
Having a few types of stickers ready makes it fun for the children to choose, and it also creates a more vibrant finish if you use the crafts for wall decorations.
Autumn trees with a stamp
An autumn tree painted with a handmade tampo is a craft that lets children enjoy paint in a different way than usual.
The tampo itself is easy to make—even for small children—by simply attaching cotton and gauze to a small container like a plastic bottle.
The unique patterns and soft hues created by the cotton and gauze will spark children’s imaginations and keep them absorbed in the activity.
It’s a great idea for an autumn craft—simple and satisfying, since all you do is press it onto the paper.
Mushroom with a balloon stamp
Would you like to try making mushrooms by stamping with balloons? Have an adult inflate the balloons.
The key is to blow them up a bit smaller so they’re easy for children to hold.
Dip the balloon in paint and stamp it onto construction paper in the color of your choice.
It’s more fun if you use several colors of paint.
Finally, attach the stem pieces and your mushroom is complete.
You can draw patterns on the stem or add a face to create a unique mushroom all your own.
Perfect for autumn wall decorations, too.
A dragonfly made by dabbing paint with hands and sticking on stickers.
This is an autumn-themed dragonfly craft where you color by patting paint on with your palms.
Apply paint to your palms and add color all over by gripping and rolling a toilet paper tube.
Next, take the pre-cut dragonfly wing pieces and decorate them with your favorite stickers.
Then attach the wings and eye pieces to the painted body parts, and your cute dragonfly is complete! If you’re displaying them in a classroom, it’s also fun to thread a string through the tube and hang them so the dragonflies look like they’re flying.
Apple made with finger stamps and footprints
This is an apple craft made with finger stamps and little footprints.
Paint the bottom of the foot with paint and press it onto the cut surface of the apple—splat! For the pre-cut leaf pieces, have the children dab paint on with their fingers.
Once you glue all the parts together, you’ll have an adorable apple that looks great on a wall display or mounted on a backing sheet as a single artwork.
Kids finish in no time, and capturing those tiny footprints only takes a moment.
It might be nice to create projects that incorporate footprints or handprints for each grade level, so you can preserve their growth in a tangible way.
[Age 1] September Craft Ideas! A Fun Collection of Autumn-Themed Projects (21–30)
stylish tree
Perfect for the art-filled days of autumn! Here’s a stylish, artistic tree-making idea.
It’s a creative activity that draws out children’s free imagination, so why not try it at your nursery or kindergarten? The teacher cuts construction paper into leaf shapes, and the children freely color them with crayons or paint.
Next, tear craft paper (or similar) into branch and trunk shapes and glue them on.
Finish by arranging the colored leaves you made earlier.
If you have time, you can add a stamping activity using various recycled materials—kids will love it.