September crafts for 2-year-olds! A collection of make-and-play ideas to enjoy autumn

A mushroom pen holder made from a toilet paper roll

Let’s turn a cute, autumn-icon mushroom into a pen holder! This idea reuses a toilet paper roll to make the stand.

For the mushroom cap, let kids decorate by sticking on stickers or using stamp daubers to create patterns—any technique works.

By expressing themselves freely, children can nurture creativity and enjoy a sense of accomplishment.

It also makes a perfect gift for Respect for the Aged Day in September, so have fun making it!

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Make it with handprints! Wobbly bagworm

[Autumn craft] We’re going to make a wobbly leaf insect using handprints!

Here’s a craft idea for making bagworms using children’s handprints and footprints! First, create the bagworm’s body out of colored construction paper.

Next, take origami paper in your favorite colors and tear it into long, thin strips.

Paste the strips onto the body with glue, and use the child’s handprints to make a cute outfit.

Draw the face, attach a piece of yarn to hang it, and you’re done! You can also decorate with yarn instead of or in addition to origami paper.

Making lots in different colors and displaying them looks super cute, so it’s highly recommended.

Be sure to have fun tearing and pasting together with the kids!

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Grape craft for ages 1 and up

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From around age 1: Just roll and pop it in! Simple fine-motor play craftNursery teacher / Childcare workerKids will love it#NurseryTeacherDailyLifework#OuchiMonteTranslation#grapes

♬ Whistling you want to go for a walk – Ken Nakagawa

A cute bunch of grapes that’s finished by crumpling tissue paper, putting it into a bag, and shaping it.

Change the color and you’ve got muscat grapes, too.

Cut grape leaves out of construction paper and stick them on.

Using tissue paper in the same color family with different shades will make it look even more vibrant.

Once it’s done, you can display it as is to enjoy an autumn mood, or stick it on the wall and have a grape-picking game.

Since the tissue paper gets packed into the bag, it doesn’t need to be perfectly crumpled.

Let the kids enjoy the feel of the tissue paper while they work on it.

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Grapes stamp with a paper core featuring beautiful bleeding-style painting

Cut a toilet paper roll core in half, dip the cut edge in paint, and stamp to create the base with grape berries.

Next, use a wet brush to trace the edges of the berries you drew, then spread the paint inward to fill each berry.

Paint the stem with paint, and for the leaves, apply paint to real leaves and stamp them.

Once the paint is dry, cut the base into the shape of a bunch of grapes to finish.

If you use several colors for the initial berry paint, it will create a beautiful gradient when you spread it.

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Grapes made with original stickers

Draw swirling lines with a purple water-based marker on aluminum foil, then rub a sheet of round stickers over the drawing.

Once the marker color has transferred to the stickers, cut the base construction paper into the shape of a bunch of grapes.

Stick on the round stickers to represent the grapes, add a stem and leaves made from other pieces of construction paper, and you’re done.

You can use store-bought stickers as-is, but adding this extra step lets you create original stickers, which I highly recommend.

Using several shades from the same color family for the markers will give the colors more depth and character.

Be sure to use the stickers after the ink has dried.

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sasashina

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Cute grapes like candy

Cut out the grape base, stem, and leaves from construction paper.

Place a crumpled piece of paper in the center of a square-cut piece of tissue paper, wrap it, and twist to make a candy shape.

Make several candies, glue them onto the base, then attach the stem and leaves.

Twist a chenille stem to make a vine and insert it, and your grapes are complete.

The result looks delicious both as grapes and as candy.

If you shift the color scheme toward Halloween, it could make a wall decoration that captures both the flavors of autumn and the festive event.

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3D grapes made from toilet paper

Glue purple origami paper onto a toilet paper roll and cut it into 1 cm-wide rings.

On the base, arrange and glue them in four tiers of 4, 3, 2, and 1.

Paint the insides with purple paint.

Attach a stem and leaves cut from construction paper, and your grape cluster is complete.

When attaching the origami paper to the toilet paper roll, be sure to apply glue across the entire sheet so it adheres firmly.

If it’s not well attached, it may peel off when you cut it.

Grapes are typically purple, but it’s fine for children to paint them in whatever color they imagine grapes to be.

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sasashina

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