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For three-year-olds: A collection of craft ideas featuring spring events and creatures that you’ll want to make with your three-year-old

20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.
Nursery Teacher Mom Writertsukada moe
After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

When spring comes, flowers bloom and living creatures become more active.

Three-year-olds are probably discovering many signs of spring through outdoor activities, too.

So this time, we’ve put together craft ideas perfect for three-year-olds to try in spring.

We introduce many ideas that use fun techniques, a variety of materials, and even recycled items.

Please consider incorporating activities that let children experience satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment.

Because we treat what children make as works of art, we refer to them as “seisaku” (productions) in the text.

[Age 3] A collection of craft ideas (21–30) to make with three-year-olds featuring spring events and creatures

Soap bubbles made with tissue paper

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🐶 @buchiko_hoiku ◂◂◂◂ Check out my other posts, too 🌼 This time it’s a rainy-day recommendation! A crackly-fun bubble art project 🫧 All kids love bubbles, right? 💗 You can recreate those beautiful bubble colors using tissue paper 🤭 Tear the tissue paper into pieces you like, place them on construction paper, and spritz with a mister ✨ Once it dries, the color transfers onto the paper 😳 The soft, pastel colors are so cute 💛🩵💜 Then we got carried away and tried to blow the bubbles away— I blew through a straw, but they didn’t move as much as I expected, so I used a hair dryer instead 🤣 It flew way too much and I panicked—that’s our little secret 🤪 lol And this picture book!! It might be a bit tricky for very young kids, but it’s packed with bubble wonders that will make you want to try experiments! It’s a limited-time reprint right now, so you’ve got to get it 🥹❤️‍🔥 Please try making it, too 🌈 ⋱⋰ Thank you for reading to the end 🐶 I share easy-to-copy ideas—from introductions to the actual making—that you can recreate simply ♬︎ I’ll cry tears of joy if you like ♥, save 𖤘, and follow 𖤐 😂 lol Comments are very welcome 🤍🤍 ⋱⋰Nursery teacher / Childcare worker Kindergarten Teacher #Spring crafts #Wall Creation Infant Craft Toddler Crafts Play that expands from picture books Soap bubble making
♬ Lips Are Movin – Meghan Trainor

Soft pastel colors are so beautiful! Let me introduce an idea for making “soap bubbles” using tissue paper.

You’ll need tissue paper, white drawing paper, a spray bottle, a compass, and scissors.

First, tear tissue paper in various colors and spread the pieces over the white drawing paper.

Next, fill the spray bottle with water and spritz it to dampen the tissue paper.

Once it’s dry, remove the tissue paper and use scissors to cut the drawing paper into circles.

If you display them together with children’s photos or illustrations of straws, they’ll look even cuter.

Be sure to give it a try!

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[Construction paper] Flappy Butterfly

[Nursery Teacher] Super Easy! Spring Craft to Capture Children’s Hearts 🌸 [Daycare/Kindergarten]

[Construction paper] Flappy Butterfly

This is a butterfly with flapping wings that you can make using only construction paper and a straw.

For the butterfly shape, either have the teacher cut it out beforehand, or, if you want to practice scissor skills, draw guidelines on the paper.

For the butterfly’s pattern, kids can scribble with pens or stick on stickers.

Once the pattern is done, fold the butterfly in half, make a valley fold down the center, and create a space to insert the straw.

When attaching the straw with cellophane tape, be sure the accordion section sits on the construction paper side.

The flapping wings are fun, and you can enjoy it both indoors and outdoors.

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Let’s look for spring! Making a magnifying glass

'Craft: Magnifying Glass' — Let’s make our own original magnifying glasses and go explore lots of springtime nature!

Let’s look for spring! Making a magnifying glass

Here’s how to make a magnifying glass that’s perfect for spring walks and bug hunts.

Prepare two pieces of thick paper with circular cutouts, construction paper, clear cellophane, tape, and colored pens.

Fold a strip of construction paper cut into a rectangle to add strength as you create the handle of the magnifying glass.

Attach the handle firmly to the bottom of one of the circular cutouts so it won’t come off.

Place the cellophane over the cutout area and trim any excess with scissors.

Finally, glue the second circular cutout on top, and your magnifying glass is complete.

Use colored pens to decorate it and make your own original magnifying glass.

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[Stamping] Tulip

[3-year-old class art project] Tulips that make patterns by adjusting force ♪ We also introduce the materials!

[Stamping] Tulip

Speaking of spring flowers, tulips are a favorite among children.

This project lets them create tulips that show lots of personality depending on how much pressure they use.

First, the teacher should pre-cut colored construction paper into pieces for clouds, butterflies, leaves, and so on.

The children can roll up stems and secure them with cellophane tape, and tear and crumple brown construction paper to make the soil.

Next, put red paint on a sponge and have them enjoy stamping onto white construction paper where tulip shapes have been drawn.

Once everything is glued onto the base sheet, you’ll have a three-dimensional, vibrant tulip display!

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Tulips Painted with the Wet-on-Wet Technique

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Children’s creations ✨Pro-Aid #ExcitedKidsMinami-Zao Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture Small-Scale Nursery School New fiscal year April #Production Video Tulip
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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!

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Honeybees and a flower field

[Craft Idea] Honeybees and Flower Garden (April/May Spring) (Wall Decorations) (Senior Recreation/OT/Day Service) (Early Childhood Education) (3D) (DIY/Papercraft)

Honeybees and a flower field

Shall we make a spring-themed wall decoration of a flower field with bees flying overhead? First, create a template, place it on yellow origami paper, and make the bee’s body.

Draw the black stripes and face with a black colored pencil or felt-tip pen.

Use the template to make the wings all at once as well.

For the flowers, fold the paper into a circle shape and cut; to add a three-dimensional look, use a pencil to gently curl them.

Vary the cutting style and colors for different flowers to create a rich, varied flower field.

Arrange and glue everything neatly onto a colored construction-paper backing to finish.

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Easter bunnies with three fun patterns

Easter Bunny Wall Display: A Preschool Teacher Explains a Spring Craft!

Easter bunnies with three fun patterns

The patterns change and it’s so fun! Here are three patterned Easter bunny ideas you’ll enjoy.

Making things is exciting while you’re creating, of course, but seeing your work on display lets you savor that excitement along with a sense of achievement and satisfaction.

This time, let’s make Easter bunnies with three fun patterns that you can customize the design of.

You’ll need construction paper, a pencil, glue, scissors, and crayons or pens.

Try using brightly colored, pastel construction paper for an Easter feel.

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