[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 (21–30)
Handprint butterfly
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Let’s create crafts using children’s handprints! Here are some handprint butterfly ideas.
Art made with children’s handprints turns into wonderful keepsakes.
The charm is that by taking their handprints, you can preserve their growth and a moment in time as a record! Use your child’s favorite paint colors and enjoy making it in a fun atmosphere.
What you’ll need: construction paper, paint, pipe cleaners, tape, scissors, glue, and a pen.
It would also be fun to display butterflies made with teachers’ or guardians’ handprints side by side with the children’s.
Butterflies made from footprints
It’s great that even children in the infant class can make this! Here are some butterfly craft ideas using footprints.
Using footprints in crafts is wonderful because you can keep them as a record of growth.
When you look back, seeing the size and shape from that time will help you feel how much they’ve grown.
This time, let’s arrange a child’s footprint into the shape of a butterfly.
For the butterfly wings, it’s nice to add stickers or cut out pieces from drawing paper with scribbles.
Be sure to give it a try!
[Childcare] Spring craft ideas to enjoy with 2-year-olds! Techniques and materials introduced (31–40)
Colorful butterflies made with balloon stamps
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The bouncy, tapping feel is so much fun! Here’s an idea for making colorful butterflies with balloon stamps.
A balloon stamp is an art technique where you inflate a balloon, dab it in paint, and tap it onto drawing paper to add color.
This time, we’ll use balloon stamps to create butterflies that let you enjoy beautiful color blending.
Adjust the size of the balloon to fit your child’s hand.
Take this opportunity to give it a try!
Butterflies made with round stickers
Here’s a spring-like butterfly you can make using round stickers.
Prepare in advance the round stickers, felt-tip pens, pipe cleaners, pre-cut butterfly wings, and pre-cut butterfly faces.
Start by decorating the butterfly wings with round stickers to create patterns.
It’s recommended to use a variety of colors for the stickers.
For the butterfly’s face, have them draw the eyes and mouth with felt-tip pens.
Attach a pipe cleaner to the butterfly’s head and curl the tips—that’s it! You’re done.
You might also like to stick them on the wall and add spring flowers around them for a soft, spring-themed display.
Tulips Painted with the Wet-on-Wet Technique
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Let me introduce tulips made with a bleeding-painting technique that lets you enjoy how colors blend.
Prepare a coffee filter, water-based color pens, a spray bottle, construction paper, glue, and scissors.
Draw on the coffee filter with the color pens.
When you spray water over it, the water-based ink will bleed and blend.
Once it’s dry, cut it into a tulip shape and glue it onto a backing sheet to finish.
If you like, adding eyes made from round stickers to the tulip could be cute too!
Colorful Eggs Made with Tissue Paper
Fun for babies and toddlers! Here’s a colorful egg craft idea using tissue paper.
It’s an activity even infants can enjoy, so it’s perfect for anyone spending time with a baby class.
The bright colors make it a cute, pop-style craft.
You’ll need construction paper, tissue paper, scissors, glue, and crayons.
Cut the construction paper into an egg shape, then tear the tissue paper and stick it on with glue.
For easier participation, try applying the glue directly to the egg-shaped construction paper so the children can simply press the tissue pieces onto it.
Tulips made with teardrop-shaped stamps
Here’s how to make tulips using a teardrop-shaped stamp.
Prepare a plastic bottle cap, sponge sheet, cardboard, paint, drawing paper, tissue paper (for crafts), and crayons.
Cut the cardboard and sponge sheet into teardrop shapes and stick them together with double-sided tape.
Glue the caps together to make a handle for the stamp, then attach it firmly to the teardrop so it won’t come off.
Dip the teardrop stamp in paint and start stamping.
Stamp three times to complete the tulip shape.
Try changing the angle to make cute tulips!