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.
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Also recommended for walls! Origami cosmos

Here’s an idea for making cosmos flowers with paper cutting.
Fold a piece of origami paper into a triangle three times to create crease lines, then unfold it back to the state of being folded once.
Fold the bottom edge on the right to line up with the leftmost crease, and fold the bottom edge on the left to line up with the center crease.
Fold the remaining right section along its crease, and fold again along the next remaining crease to stack the paper.
Draw petal lines and cut them out.
When you open it, you’ll have an 8-petal flower.
Slightly overlap the spaces between the petals by folding them, and place a yellow round sticker in the center.
Finally, curve the tips of the petals to give it a three-dimensional finish.
Grape craft for ages 1 and up
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A cute bunch of grapes that’s finished by crumpling tissue paper, putting it into a bag, and shaping it.
Change the color and you’ve got muscat grapes, too.
Cut grape leaves out of construction paper and stick them on.
Using tissue paper in the same color family with different shades will make it look even more vibrant.
Once it’s done, you can display it as is to enjoy an autumn mood, or stick it on the wall and have a grape-picking game.
Since the tissue paper gets packed into the bag, it doesn’t need to be perfectly crumpled.
Let the kids enjoy the feel of the tissue paper while they work on it.
Grapes made with original stickers
Draw swirling lines with a purple water-based marker on aluminum foil, then rub a sheet of round stickers over the drawing.
Once the marker color has transferred to the stickers, cut the base construction paper into the shape of a bunch of grapes.
Stick on the round stickers to represent the grapes, add a stem and leaves made from other pieces of construction paper, and you’re done.
You can use store-bought stickers as-is, but adding this extra step lets you create original stickers, which I highly recommend.
Using several shades from the same color family for the markers will give the colors more depth and character.
Be sure to use the stickers after the ink has dried.
Let’s make grapes using bubble wrap!
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Here’s a craft idea for making grapes using bubble wrap.
Stick bubble wrap onto light purple construction paper and cut it into a grape shape.
Attach a stem made from brown construction paper, then use a permanent marker to color in each round bubble one by one.
There are many, so it can be a bit of work, but keep at it patiently.
Once you’re done coloring, your grapes are complete! Display them in your room to enjoy an autumn vibe.
When you’re finished using them as decorations, it could be fun to pop the bubble wrap and play with it.
Three-dimensional grapes with just one sheet!

Cut a sheet of construction paper into a rectangle and make two slits at each end.
On the left side, roll the middle section with slits toward the front and glue it, then roll the remaining sections toward the back and glue them.
On the right side, roll the middle section toward the back and glue it, then glue the remaining sections toward the front.
Fold the paper in half so the rolled parts form three rows, then cut along the fold with scissors to shape the stem.
Make leaves and vines out of origami paper and attach them to the grapes to finish! Try making them in various colors.
Super huge! Tissue paper grapes

Here’s an idea that’s perfect when you want to make an impactful autumn wall display.
Stack several sheets of tissue paper and accordion fold them.
Once folded, tie the center with wire.
Gently pull apart the layers of tissue paper one by one from the inside; when all the layers are fluffed, shape it into a round form.
This makes one grape.
Make eight of these, then arrange them in four rows as 3, 2, 2, and 1.
Glue them onto the base, and add a stem made from construction paper and leaves made from tissue paper to finish.
When you display it on the wall, adding a vine is a nice touch too.
[Ages 1 and up] Easy Hedgehog with Fork and Sponge
![[Ages 1 and up] Easy Hedgehog with Fork and Sponge](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B7rR6Xau1fI/sddefault.jpg)
Let’s have fun making a hedgehog that squeaks “peep-peep,” using a fork and a sponge.
Prepare disposable plastic forks, sponges, a base sheet of construction paper, a hedgehog template, paints, and a palette.
Apply paint to the entire back side of the fork and press it onto the hedgehog template as you paint.
A rubbed, scratchy-looking texture helps create a more three-dimensional effect—this is a key point.
When dabbing paint with a sponge, the strength of the pressure you apply to the paper will change how the color appears.
This craft is perfect for one-year-old children who are exploring textures—give it a try!



