[Childcare] Spring craft ideas to enjoy with 2-year-olds! Techniques and materials included

Milk carton mobile

Fun Mobiles: Let’s Make a Spinning Mobile from a Milk Carton! (Chigasaki Park Experiential Learning Center Umikaze Terrace)

Fun to make, and fun to hang from the ceiling and enjoy! Here are some ideas for making a mobile out of milk cartons.

You’ll need three milk cartons, a 14 cm bamboo skewer or wire, thread, acrylic paint, and craft glue.

In this idea, the collaboration of the moon with a cat and fish makes for an amusing design! You can freely adapt it to suit the design you want to create—whether a cute or cool vibe, animals, or your favorite motifs—so feel free to use this as a reference.

Strawberries made with cotton swab stamps

[Spring Craft] How to Make Strawberries with Cotton Swab Stamps! [Ages 2 and up] (ASMR-style video)

For a spring craft, let’s make bright red, delicious-looking strawberries.

Prepare construction paper, paint, cotton swabs, scissors, and glue.

Cut the construction paper into strawberry shapes, then dip a cotton swab in paint and stamp on the seeds.

If you use a slightly larger amount of paint and thin it well with water first, the seed color will transfer more easily.

Once you glue the calyx to the top of the strawberry, it’s complete.

Cutting origami to decorate around the strawberry or adding washi tape will make it look even more spring-like and festive.

[Tissue Paper] Colorful Koinobori (Carp Streamers)

[Children’s Day Craft] Colorful Tissue-Paper Koinobori [May Project]

Let’s make a perfect Children’s Day craft: a “Colorful Koinobori.” Prepare one plastic bag and cut the opening into a V shape with scissors.

Also make the koinobori’s eyes from construction paper and put double-sided tape on the back for later.

Have the children tear up colorful tissue paper as they like and stuff it into the bag.

Once it’s filled, seal the V-shaped opening by attaching colored construction paper, then stick the eye pieces onto the face—and it’s done! The colors of tissue paper each child chooses will give every koinobori its own unique personality.

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Torn-paper collage: Cherry tree

[Graduation/Entrance Ceremony] Make it from 0 years old! Let’s create a cherry blossom tree with torn-paper collage ♪ [Spring Craft]

Let’s enjoy making a torn-paper cherry blossom collage.

For this craft, you’ll need white drawing paper, pink tissue paper, glue, and crayons.

First, draw the trunk of a cherry tree on the paper and color it with a brown crayon.

Next, tear the tissue paper into small pieces.

Apply liquid glue to the white areas of the paper, then stick the tissue paper on top to finish.

You can scatter the tissue paper pieces, or roll them up before sticking them on for a soft, cute look.

Preparing about two shades of pink tissue paper will make the final result more vibrant.

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[Scribble] Butterfly

[Crafts] Recommended right after moving up a grade! Low-stress crafts for infants [Nursery/Kindergarten]

Here’s a craft idea for making butterflies using sheets of drawing paper scribbled on by children.

First, prepare a large sheet of construction paper.

Any color is fine, but a light color that makes crayon marks stand out works best.

Once you’ve chosen the paper, let the children scribble freely.

When they’re done, an adult should cut the paper into butterfly shapes with scissors, using areas with as much drawing as possible.

Finally, attach antennae made from pipe cleaners, and you’re done.

Display them on a wall to enjoy a springtime atmosphere.

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