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[For 4-Year-Olds] Feel the Spring Up Close! Fun and Easy Craft Ideas You’ll Love

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.
9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

Spring is when colorful flowers bloom and insects begin to move about energetically.

Many teachers may be thinking, “I want children to feel the charms of spring!”

So this time, we’ve gathered spring-themed craft ideas recommended for four-year-olds.

Packed with fun projects that incorporate spring motifs familiar to children—like cherry blossoms, dandelions, butterflies, and ladybugs!

These ideas focus on enjoying self-expression while expanding their imaginations, as well as experiencing a variety of techniques and materials, so be sure to check them out.

Because the children’s creations are treated as artworks, the term used in the text is “制作” (seisaku), meaning “art/craft production.”

[Age 4] Feel the coming of spring up close! Fun and recommended craft ideas (21–30)

Bubble wrap beehive making

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Bees can be scary, but kids are fascinated by beehives! So let’s make a beehive using bubble wrap, which is often used as cushioning material.

First, paint the bumpy side of the bubble wrap with paint.

Yellow and orange are recommended.

Once the paint is applied all over, stamp it onto white construction paper to transfer the pattern.

After the paint dries, cut the paper into multiple hexagons and paste them onto black construction paper to form a beehive.

Finally, stick on a bee made from construction paper—and it’s complete!

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Let’s capture spring’s nature!

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Capture spring: Try preserving flowers and plants as a piece while they’re still beautiful! Note: They’ll last on display for about 2–3 weeks. If you want them to last longer, press the flowers first and then create your piece!work #LifeWithKids #NurseryTeacherDailyLife Cute #crafts #diy Nursery teacher / Childcare worker Translation
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Let’s gather colorful flowers and plants in the park or playground.

Place a sheet of drawing paper on a piece of parchment paper and put tape over it to prepare.

Then flip it over, arrange the collected flowers and plants in a balanced way, and cover them with more tape from above.

Finally, cut off the excess tape and it’s done.

If you seal it well with tape, the shapes and colors of the plants will remain, and it can be preserved for about 2–3 weeks.

By turning the flowers they collected into their own creations, children can enjoy the activity and become interested in springtime nature and seasonal changes.

It’s a spring-only activity that’s safe and fun while using their hands.

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[For 4-Year-Olds] Feel the spring around you! Fun-to-make recommended craft ideas (31–40)

Candy fits inside too! Cute tulip origami

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Candy fits inside too! Cute tulip origami

Let’s use two sheets of origami paper to make a tulip flower and leaves.

First, we’ll make the flower: fold the origami into a triangle.

Once folded, starting from the center of the base, fold the left and right corners upward at an angle to form the petals.

Turn the paper over, then fold the left, right, and bottom corners into triangles, and the flower is done! Next, for the leaf piece, also start by folding it into a triangle.

Fold the top corner down to meet the base.

Flip the paper top-to-bottom, then fold up each half of the base along the center line to create two leaves.

Turn the paper over, fold up the bottom corner, and it’s complete.

Combine the two parts to make a cute tulip.

You can place sweets inside from the top of the flower.

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Let’s play with decalcomania!

Creation: “Let’s Play with Decalcomania” [Art Activity · Easy Craft · Decalcomania]

Let's play with decalcomania!

Decalcomania, which means transfer, is a technique of expression often used in early childhood education.

Basically, you put paint on one side of a sheet of drawing paper that has a crease down the center, fold it in half, and transfer the paint to the other side to create the image.

The key is to thin the paint with plenty of water! That way, the colors blend and you can enjoy the accidental patterns that emerge.

This introduces two ideas: one is to make a butterfly with decalcomania and then cut it out with scissors, and the other is to use drawing paper pre-cut into a cherry blossom shape to add patterns.

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Cute flowers made of clay

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Cute flowers made of clay

Using colorful clay lets you freely arrange shapes and colors, making it perfect for nurturing children’s imagination! It also helps them practice fine motor skills.

To make them, first roll the clay into small balls or flatten it to create petals.

Combine them into a flower shape, then make a stem and leaves from clay and attach them.

For the finishing touch, mix colors or add patterns to make it even cuter.

With clay, you can redo it even if you make a mistake, so kids can enjoy it with confidence—that’s a big plus.

The flowers they make can be displayed, played with, or exchanged with friends, so why not have fun while feeling the spring vibe?

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Nature’s play of colors! Tie-dyeing with grasses and flowers

Play with nature’s colors: Fold-dyeing with grasses and flowers

Nature’s play of colors! Tie-dyeing with grasses and flowers

Spring is the season when grasses and flowers sprout.

Let’s enjoy orizome paper dyeing.

Pick your favorite flowers and grasses into a bag, add water, and knead to make colored water.

Be careful not to add too much water.

Once the color has come out well, use a tea strainer to transfer only the colored water from the bag into a container.

Next, accordion-fold washi paper, then fold it into triangles, flipping front and back as you go from the edge.

Dip it into the colored water to dye it.

Imagine letting the colored water soak into the three corners of the triangle.

It’s exciting to see what patterns will appear.

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Drawing is fun! A mobile of little birds

This is an easy paper-dyeing technique.

Draw patterns on aluminum foil with water-based pens, then mist it with water and place a lace paper doily on top.

Once it’s thoroughly dry, cut the lace paper in half and accordion-fold it.

Next, cut a circle from construction paper and fold it in half.

Attach the lace paper wings and a face, and you’re done! The blurred colors are beautiful, creating a soft, gentle butterfly.

If you thread it and make a mobile, it sways cutely and is lovely as a decoration—highly recommended!

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