September crafts for 2-year-olds! A collection of make-and-play ideas to enjoy autumn
Here are some autumn craft ideas you can enjoy with two-year-olds! We’ve gathered projects that feature September’s seasonal motifs—like moon viewing, autumn leaves, and mushrooms—that spark children’s curiosity.
Kids can have fun creating with a variety of techniques such as daubers, stamping, and torn-paper collage.
Use everyday materials like bubble wrap and tissue paper to express the beauty of autumn together.
Display the finished pieces to fill your classroom with wonderful memories.
Because the children’s creations are treated as works, we use the term “seisaku (制作)” meaning “production/work” in the text.
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September craft ideas for 2-year-olds! A collection of fun fall make-and-play activities (31–40)
Mushroom vegetable stamp
Let’s use vegetable stamps to create autumn-like mushroom patterns! Vegetables with distinctive cross-sections, such as lotus root and okra, are perfect for stamping.
If you’re growing vegetables in the school garden, harvesting and using those is also great! Have the children stamp on drawing paper with the vegetables, and then the teacher can use that paper to make mushrooms.
They’ll look adorable if you make them in any shapes and sizes you like, or add faces.
Using vegetables as stamps isn’t something you get to do often, so it will surely be a stimulating experience for the children!
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.
Autumn fruits with balloon stamps
Let’s use balloons like stamps to make delicious autumn fruits! On white drawing paper, dab paint onto the paper using a paint-covered balloon.
Once the paint dries, cut the paper into the shapes of your favorite fruits to match the paint colors.
Prepare separate paper to make stems and leaves, then combine them with the fruit shapes to finish! Have the children do the balloon stamping, and let the teacher handle any tasks that involve using scissors.
A mountain of crimson leaves with just a single fold
This one is a bit abstract, but we’ll make a mountain of autumn foliage.
Prepare a sheet of origami folded into a triangle, then tear several colors of origami paper into squares and paste them on however you like.
You’ll end up with your very own original mountain.
Tearing the paper is fun, and it’s also good practice for fine motor control.
You can make it more engaging by giving it a story—like saying, “This red part is the autumn leaves,” and so on.
It might also be nice to use a large sheet folded into a triangle and create a big mountain together with several people.
Mushrooms you can make in 2 minutes
An origami mushroom motif that lets you feel the autumn season.
It’s also appealing that you can make it in about two minutes using two sheets of origami paper! You’ll make the mushroom cap and the stem separately.
There are some fine folds, so certain steps may feel a bit difficult for two-year-olds.
In that case, an adult should offer support.
Finally, attach the cap and stem with tape or glue, and it’s done! It’s great to decorate the cap with stickers or draw patterns on it.
It might also be fun to give it an expressive face with eyes and a mouth.
September craft ideas for 2-year-olds! A collection of 10 make-and-play ideas to enjoy autumn (41–50)
A bagworm that breaks in three folds
With just three folds, your origami turns into a bagworm! It’s a fun, idea-filled craft perfect for autumn.
Place the colored side up, fold the bottom into a triangle, flip it over, and fold the sides.
To finish, stick on torn pieces of origami paper and round sticker eyes—that’s it! The bagworm body doesn’t need to be folded perfectly.
Let 2-year-olds experience the joy of origami.
Also, torn-paper collage is great for practicing finger dexterity and nurturing the senses! Plus, through autumn-themed crafting, it helps enrich children’s hearts.
Mushrooms in bleeding watercolor
Let’s use wet-on-wet painting to make cute mushrooms for the autumn season.
We’ll start with the stem.
Apply glue all over a sheet of origami paper and attach it to a toilet paper roll.
Fold and glue the excess at the top and bottom inward.
Next, use a coffee filter to make the cap.
Draw patterns on the coffee filter with water-based markers, then mist it with water.
Once it’s dry, firmly glue the stem and cap together.
Your mushroom is complete! Be sure to spray enough water so the ink bleeds nicely.
Prepare several colors of water-based markers and let the children choose their favorites.