[Childcare] Spring craft ideas to enjoy with 2-year-olds! Techniques and materials included
When spring arrives and insects and flowers come to life, outdoor activities become more enjoyable, don’t they?
Two-year-olds are sure to make new discoveries every day.
Why not bring that sense of excitement into your craft activities as well?
Among spring-themed motifs, there may be some that children are already familiar with.
This time, we’ve gathered craft ideas perfect for two-year-olds to try in spring.
We’re introducing ideas that use a variety of materials, so please use them as inspiration for your craft projects.
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[Childcare] Spring Craft Ideas to Enjoy with 2-Year-Olds! Techniques and Materials Included (91–100)
Easter Bunny made of fluffy cotton
A plastic bag that’s often used for crafts.
This time, let’s use this plastic bag to make a bunny that children love! We’ll also use cotton, so before you start, let the kids enjoy the feel of the cotton.
After they’ve explored the texture, pack the cotton into a white plastic bag with handles, and once it’s filled, tie the handles together.
The tied part will look like bunny ears, so you might hear the kids exclaim, “Bunny!” Hide the knot with a ribbon, draw the eyes and mouth, and it’s complete.
It’s fluffy and looks like a little doll.
Easter egg wall decoration
A three-dimensional bunny is so cute! Here are some ideas for Easter egg wall decorations.
It’s a great idea that lets each child freely decorate their own! You’ll need pink and yellow construction paper, one sheet of chiyogami (Japanese patterned paper), ribbon, foam board, washi tape, scissors, a ruler, a utility knife, craft glue, and tape.
Let’s decorate the Easter eggs with washi tape.
You can make borders or stripes, and crossing the tape could be fun too!
Easter garland
Let’s make the venue festive for the Easter event! Here are some ideas for Easter garlands made with construction paper.
Prepare construction paper in your favorite colors, decorative materials like stickers and washi tape, jute twine, a pencil, a ruler, double-sided tape or tape glue, scissors, and a hole punch.
Cut the construction paper into egg shapes and decorate them however you like! Using sparkly materials and patterned washi tape will make the finish even more vibrant.
Original eggs you can easily make with stickers
Make it with even the youngest class! Here’s an easy original egg craft idea using stickers.
It’s perfect if you’re struggling with this year’s Easter wall display.
Stick star, heart, and circle motif stickers onto construction paper, then brush on paint thinned with water.
Once the paint is dry, slowly peel off the stickers—and you’re done! Even infants who are currently into sticking stickers will enjoy this activity.
For the sticker-removal step, encourage children to work carefully and slowly.
Cherry tree made with stamps
Cherry blossoms blooming in the schoolyard and outdoors—their delicate pale pink color is so beautiful, isn’t it? Let’s try making them easily with paint stamping.
Once you’ve prepared drawing paper with branches and a trunk drawn on it, have the children use pink paint to stamp the blossoms.
They can go bold using their fingers or palms, but stamping with the bottom of a plastic bottle is fun too! Depending on the bottle’s shape, the stamp can look like a flower, so it might be interesting to try different bottles and wait for the children to notice the patterns themselves.
Straw-blown painting flowers
Let’s make it with a simple process! Here are some ideas for blow-painting flowers using straws.
Blow painting with straws is an art technique where you blow through a straw onto paint thinned with water to create beautiful patterns and images on paper.
By blowing the paint with a straw, you get unique results.
It’s fun for both kids and adults, so try making it together with children.
What you’ll need: drawing paper, crayons, paint, and straws.
The key is the simple process—just place some watered-down paint on the paper and blow gently through the straw!
Flappy butterfly
Arranging is fun! Here are some fluttering butterfly ideas.
Speaking of butterflies, you might see them often this season when you go for a walk or an outing.
They also appear frequently in fingerplay and picture books, so they may be an insect familiar to children.
This time, let’s make a butterfly you can wear on your finger and flap to play.
What you’ll need: construction paper in your favorite colors, origami paper, round stickers, scissors, glue, and a pen.
The best part is that you can enjoy decorating the wings with paints or crayons.
Customize it to suit your child’s growth and interests!