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Recommended for 5-year-olds’ September crafts! A collection of ideas to enjoy autumn

September marks the season when autumn crafts begin.

We’ve gathered plenty of craft ideas you can enjoy with five-year-olds, from Respect for the Aged Day and moon-viewing themes to projects using natural autumn materials.

Crowns made with fallen leaves, mushroom prints using vegetable stamps, and clappers made from milk cartons—each craft is full of seasonal charm.

Why not enjoy craft time unique to autumn while drawing out your child’s imagination? We’ll also introduce the appeal of each project and key points for working on them together with children.

Because the children’s creations are treated as works of art, the term “制作 (seisaku)” is used in the text.

Recommended for 5-year-olds’ September crafts! A collection of ideas to enjoy autumn (61–70)

Let’s make a persimmon with accordion folds

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Let's make a persimmon with accordion folds

Persimmons are familiar as an autumn delicacy and as fruit that brightens up the garden, right? How about decorating your room with a persimmon motif? Here’s a crafting idea using origami that’s easy even for five-year-olds.

Take two sheets of origami folded in an accordion (fan) style, glue them together, and shape them into a circle.

Make three of these, put double-sided tape in the center, and stack them to secure them together.

Finally, add a calyx and a string to turn it into a hanging ornament! Why not make lots with the kids and enjoy the seasonal atmosphere?

A Small Autumn Made with Torn-Paper Collage

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A Small Autumn Made with Torn-Paper Collage

Let’s try creating a little taste of autumn on a paper plate.

Like a torn-paper collage, glue small pieces of origami paper onto the plate.

Tear red, yellow, and orange origami into small pieces to evoke autumn colors and turning leaves.

To make it easy to stick the pieces on, first apply glue evenly and thoroughly over the entire surface of the paper plate.

Once the collage is complete, make autumn icons—acorns and chestnuts—out of origami to decorate on top.

Cute acorns on fallen leaves—your piece will feel like autumn has been tightly gathered and captured.

Torn-paper collage of fallen leaves

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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?

Acorn-cap painting activity

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Acorn-cap painting activity

Here’s a fall craft idea that makes the most of the acorn’s adorable shape! First, paint patterns on origami paper using paints, or try marble rolling to add color.

Next, fold the colored origami into an acorn cap shape.

To finish, make your own face and put the acorn cap on top! You can cut the face out of construction paper, or cut out faces the children have drawn on construction paper.

It’s exciting to imagine what kind of original, creativity-filled art 5-year-olds will come up with.

Mushrooms in bleeding watercolor

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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.