Exciting September crafts for 4-year-olds! A special collection of fun ideas with autumn-themed motifs
When September comes, there are so many fun autumn crafts! Here are some ideas for seasonal projects like grapes, dragonflies, cosmos flowers, and moon-viewing.
Four-year-olds are at a stage where they’re starting to take interest in the nature around them.
Let’s encourage them to use their imagination and carefully create works with their fingertips.
Using familiar materials such as construction paper, origami paper, and paper plates, why not enjoy making autumn crafts together with the children? These activities let them savor the textures of the materials and experience the joy of expressing themselves freely.
Because the children’s creations are treated as works of art, we use the term “seisaku” (production/artwork) in the text.
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September crafts for 4-year-olds get exciting! A special collection of fun ideas with autumn motifs (41–50)
Paper cup: Autumn animals
This is a craft project where you make animals by sticking torn origami paper onto a paper cup.
Apply glue to the side of the paper cup, then attach torn pieces of origami or tissue paper.
Using origami gives a crisp look, while tissue paper creates a soft, fluffy texture.
Finally, attach parts made from construction paper—such as ears, tail, eyes, and mouth—to the cup to finish.
Displaying them with autumn motifs like colorful leaves or acorns will make the craft feel even more autumnal.
[Vegetable Stamps] A Present for Respect-for-the-Aged Day
How about making a Respect-for-the-Aged Day gift using vegetable stamps? You can use any vegetables for the stamps, but it’s nice to include ones with unique cross-sections when sliced, such as okra or green peppers.
Press a handprint onto construction paper, paste a photo of the child in the center of a paper plate, and stamp vegetables all around it.
Punch a hole in the bottom of the paper plate and the top of the handprint sheet, thread a string through, and it’s done.
Hopefully the children’s message of gratitude—“Thank you always”—will reach your loved ones.
Painting of a fox and wild grapes
Let’s enjoy creating a painting with an autumn feel, using foxes and wild grapes as motifs! The grapes are made with finger stamping, and the fox is expressed with origami.
While it’s suitable for five-year-olds, why not start each child from the steps they can manage? Using pipe cleaners for the grape vines gives a realistic look, so definitely give it a try.
Through this activity, children can not only experience the season, but also learn about wild grapes in nature, which are a bit different from regular grapes!
Tear and stick! Potato pretend play
Here’s a craft idea perfect for October as autumn deepens, using sweet potatoes as the motif.
Children can tear colored paper—browns and purples that evoke sweet potato hues—and have fun with it.
Next, have them paste the torn pieces onto drawing paper while imagining the shape of a sweet potato.
It’s fine for the teacher to lightly sketch the sweet potato shape beforehand.
Adding leaves or the children’s self-portraits at the end makes it even nicer! Torn-paper collage is also great for developing children’s fine motor skills, so why not give it a try?
Torn-paper collage of fallen leaves
Let’s express autumn with torn-paper collage! Torn-paper collage is not only easy to make, but also a great craft for stimulating the brain by using your fingertips.
Prepare a base sheet with a tree trunk drawn or pasted on it, and freely create autumn foliage by tearing origami paper in fall colors and pasting the pieces.
You can also use color pages from newspapers instead of origami to give it a stylish finish.
No two works will ever be the same.
How about decorating the wall with these unique pieces and enjoying a little exhibition together?