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)
Fallen leaves with spray paint
Leaves that change color from the lush greens of summer to shades of red and brown.
Those changed leaves eventually fall, tinting the paths with autumn hues.
Let’s recreate those fallen leaves using paint spray! Just dissolve paint in water, pour it into a spray bottle, and you’re ready.
Then spritz it onto paper towels to add color.
Once the colors dry, cut them into leaf shapes, and, if you like, add eyes or decorations with round stickers.
You’ll have bright, adorable fall leaves! Depending on the children’s ages, it may be best for the teacher to handle the prep up to filling the spray bottles with paint.
Autumn for the arts
Let’s try creating artworks with an autumn-in-the-arts theme that lets children’s free ideas shine.
Using methods like finger painting and decalcomania, have them draw freely on drawing paper.
Mount the pieces on brown construction paper and add a frame-inspired arrangement.
Finally, make and attach facial features with stickers or illustrations, then add a brush or fallen leaves to finish.
Using actual photos of the children and real leaves enhances the autumn feel.
It’s also recommended to display the children’s works and hold an exhibition at your nursery school or kindergarten.
A tree made of fallen leaves
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October means autumn, and autumn means the season of falling leaves.
In this season when walks are especially fun, here’s a craft recommended for three-year-olds.
You’ll need a tree illustration drawn on construction paper, some fallen leaves, and glue.
Simply stick the leaves you collected during your walk onto any part of the tree illustration, and you’re done! It’s very simple, but this activity is great because children can enjoy their walk while interacting with natural autumn materials and create a tree they like.
For older kindergarteners, it might be fun to draw the tree illustration themselves.
Crayon-resist painting: Fallen leaves
In autumn, leaves in various colors like red, yellow, and brown fall to the ground, making it a fun season for leaf collecting.
This craft idea uses autumn leaves as a motif for a resist painting activity.
It’s a simple process: draw leaves with a white crayon on white drawing paper, then paint over it with any watercolors you like.
The leaves will resist the paint and appear as if they’re popping out, which will surely delight children.
Try drawing several types of autumn leaves, not just one—like maple and ginkgo.
If an adult draws an example first, it may make it easier for the children to get started.
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!
