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)
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?
September crafts for 4-year-olds get exciting! A special collection of fun ideas with autumn motifs (51–60)
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?
grapes
Grapes are a great origami theme for teachers and children to make together in September.
Using a sheet of origami paper cut in half, you can create two grape berries.
Combine them to make a full cluster of grapes! Grape origami boosts children’s creativity and concentration, develops fine motor skills, and brings an autumn atmosphere to preschools and kindergartens.
You can also enjoy it in various ways—display it on the wall, use it for pretend play at a fruit shop, or make it as a Grandparents’ Day gift.
Why not include it in your autumn crafts this year?
Grape craft
As grapes become delicious in this season, try incorporating grape-themed crafts into your September activities and enjoy both the appetites and the arts of autumn! There are many ways to make grape crafts, so adjust the content according to the children’s ages.
For example, you can create a bunch of grapes by rolling thin strips of paper into coils and combining them, or by randomly combining thin rings made from origami paper.
Make leaves and tree trunks as well, and put them together.
These are perfect for wall decorations too, so make plenty and turn your room into a grape vineyard!
Let’s build a 〇〇 tree together!
Let’s use our hands and feet to boldly spread paint and create an autumn tree! For October projects, we recommend designs inspired by the vivid colors of maple and ginkgo leaves.
Handprints resemble maple leaves, so be sure to give them a try.
You can also use footprint stamps to express the texture of the tree trunk, or stamp handprints on drawing paper and cut them out to make leaves.
Through the process of attaching leaves to the tree, this activity can nurture the imagination of 4-year-olds.
You can also adapt this project to suit different seasons, so please try it out.
Bleeding leaf art with coffee filters
October is the season of falling leaves! Here’s a leaf craft recommended for three-year-olds.
You’ll need coffee filters, washable markers, a spray bottle, and scissors.
First, color the coffee filter with the washable markers.
Then mist it with the spray bottle so the colors blend together.
Once the colors have blended, let it dry thoroughly, then cut it into the shape of a fallen leaf to finish.
If you collect leaves with the children in a park or playground beforehand, it may help them picture the craft as they make it.
It’s also a great idea to glue the finished leaves onto construction paper to make individual artworks!
Great for small accents too! Four origami ideas perfect for autumn.
We’re introducing four types of autumn origami that even children can try: chestnut, mushroom, maple leaf, and dragonfly—motifs kids have likely seen before.
The chestnut and maple leaf use one sheet of origami paper each, while the mushroom and dragonfly use two sheets.
There may be a few tricky steps for those not used to folding, but teachers and guardians can demonstrate and fold slowly while checking each step.
These origami ideas also seem perfect as a small accent for autumn craft projects.
