3D craft ideas made with drawing paper and colored construction paper

A 3D Christmas card you can display

This is a cute, three-dimensional Christmas card packed with a festive scene inside a window.

Since you arrange little figures like a tree and Santa inside a box, it may feel more like a set of mascots than a traditional card.

If you want to emphasize that it’s still a Christmas card, I recommend adding creases to the connected top and bottom sections so it can be folded.

The overall look will also change depending on whether you primarily decorate the inside or add decorations to the outside as well.

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Let’s play with paper blocks!

Anywhere Art Summer Vacation Craft: Let’s Play with Paper Blocks!

Prepare some construction paper and try playing with paper blocks.

Using long, narrow strips of construction paper, make triangles, circles, and squares, then assemble them into artworks.

By folding or curling the narrow strips, you can express a variety of shapes.

Attaching the parts you’ve made with glue or clear tape and combining them will broaden the range of your creations even more.

As children think about shapes and combine them to make pieces, they can expand their imaginations.

You can also mount the combined works on construction paper for display.

For pieces with movement, hanging them with thread is also recommended.

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Caterpillar Clock

Let me introduce a colorful caterpillar clock.

Prepare construction paper, paints, a sponge, pipe cleaners, round stickers, and a paper plate.

Drip paint onto the construction paper and use the sponge to brush horizontally, blending the colors together.

As the colors mix, you’ll create the caterpillar’s vibrant hues.

Once the paper is dry, cut it into the caterpillar’s body parts.

Attach the head and body pieces you made to the paper plate so there are no gaps.

Then, stick the round number stickers around the plate like a clock face, and use a pipe cleaner in the center to make the clock hands—done! Through this craft, children may also become more interested in clocks and numbers.

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Wiggly caterpillar on construction paper

Here’s a wiggly caterpillar made from construction paper with a fun, curious motion.

Prepare one sheet of construction paper and stick double-sided tape along the top edge.

Cut the paper vertically into even strips, leaving the taped section intact at the top.

Tip: make the face strip a bit wider.

After cutting, peel off the double-sided tape and loop the paper so it forms rings, attaching it from the back.

Finally, attach the face section, round it from the top, draw a facial expression, and stick on the caterpillar’s face to finish.

Once it’s done, wiggle it around and enjoy playing with it!

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Snug Little Caterpillar

No.092 “Snug Little Caterpillar♪” [Handmade Toy by a Nursery Teacher]

Let me introduce the Peekaboo Caterpillar that pops out when it sticks with a magnet.

Have the children help by threading pipe cleaners through the holes you make in the decorative balls with an awl.

They can create an original look by choosing the color order of the decorative balls, too.

Cut a plastic wrap tube into different lengths to make cylinders, then cover the outside with construction paper.

Stand the tubes upright on the construction paper, arrange them, and use glue to attach and secure them so they won’t fall over.

Put a magnet into a “Pita” pen (a magnetic pen) to finish—and you’re done! Give it a try!

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