For 5-Year-Olds: Let’s Make It! A Collection of Craft Ideas to Feel the Spring
With the arrival of spring and the move up to the next class, the five-year-olds are surely brimming with excitement as they enter their final year at the preschool.
You can see them enjoying themselves—taking on projects with a strong sense of purpose and showing their originality.
This time, we’re introducing spring craft ideas that are perfect for five-year-olds.
We’ve gathered a range from slightly more challenging projects to ideas they can actually play with.
These are activities that five-year-olds will find rewarding to work on.
Teachers, please enjoy them together with the children!
Note: Because children’s creations are treated as works, we use the term “seisaku” in the text to mean “production/creation as a work.”
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[For 5-Year-Olds] Let’s Make It! A Collection of Spring-Themed Craft Ideas (11–20)
Twisting Soap Bubbles
Make and play! Here’s an idea for unbreakable, twirling soap bubbles.
You’ll need holographic origami paper, round stickers, a straw, scissors, reinforcement ring stickers, a bamboo skewer, and tape.
First, cut the holographic origami paper into 5 mm strips and attach eight strips to a round sticker.
Cut four slits in the straw and apply a reinforcement ring sticker.
After adhering the straw and holographic paper together, thread them onto the bamboo skewer.
Tape the top in place, and you’re done!
Braided Koinobori (carp streamer)
Grow focus! Here’s an idea for woven koinobori (carp streamers).
You’ll need colored construction paper, glue, scissors, a pencil, a ruler, and a compass.
Make the base of the koinobori with your favorite color paper and cut a slit down the middle.
Take long, narrow strips of paper and weave them through the slit, alternating back and front to complete the first row.
From the second row onward, the key is to adjust the strips so the colors alternate.
Because it involves lots of fine finger movements, this is a stimulating craft idea for children.
A cute idea with butterflies and horsetails
@chooobo2 Making butterflies and horsetails ☘️#April Production#March productionProduction ideas#Nursery School Craft#Childcare Crafting
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March is the season when plants sprout and insects become active.
How about making “Butterflies and Horsetails,” perfect for welcoming spring? Stamp paint onto butterfly-shaped pieces cut from colored construction paper using water balloons.
On round pieces of brown construction paper, use a fork to draw the horsetail patterns.
Paste each onto a backing sheet, then add the butterfly bodies and horsetail stems made from colored paper to finish.
Display them in your room for an instant bright, cheerful atmosphere.
Pill Bug Made with Paper Plates
The pill bug is one of the insects that kids love.
Its habit of curling up into a little ball when touched is one of the charms that fascinates them.
Let’s make a pill bug out of a paper plate.
First, draw patterns on the paper plate with crayons, then paint over it with black paint.
Enjoy how the crayon resists the paint.
Next, cut the paper plate into six equal parts, stack all the small triangles together, punch a hole at the tip, and insert a split pin (paper fastener).
Finally, add a face and legs, and you’re done.
It even reproduces the pill bug’s distinctive movements, so kids are sure to be captivated.
Give it a try!
Let’s decorate with cardboard! Making dandelions that feel like spring
@anko_insta We did an easy spring activity with cardboard! Kids really love dandelions, right? ✨ There were so many in bloom, and they looked super happy! It’s also great for little finger play.work#dandelion#GoldenWeekSpring Play
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Here’s a spring craft idea where you pick real dandelions and arrange them in a cardboard vase.
Cut the cardboard to a size that’s easy for children to hold, and draw a vase on the lower half.
Punch several holes in the upper half.
Take this piece of cardboard on a walk, pick the dandelions blooming along the roadside, and insert the stems into the holes.
Once you’ve filled all the holes with dandelions, secure them from the back so they don’t slip out.
Find lots of dandelions and fill your vase with spring!
Let’s enjoy spring with finger painting!
@hoikuno_hondana ❇︎ ⋈—-⋈—-⋈—-⋈ Finger painting that doesn’t get your hands dirty. I do want you to enjoy it dynamically, but… In spring, it might be nice to start here first. The glue is Arabic Yamato in retro-pop. I always picture Yamato with a red cap, but this one is cute! (Not that the red cap isn’t cute lol) Liquid glue is great when you want things to stick firmly 👍 ⋈—-⋈—-⋈—-⋈#prBookshelf of ChildcareNursery teacher / Childcare workerKindergarten Teacher#Nursery school#KindergartenAfter-school childcare#AtHomePlaywork#kidscraft#kidsplay#craftideas#craftsforkidsProductionYamato StationeryYamato Official Ambassador
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Here’s a fun idea for making a caterpillar with mess-free finger painting.
First, put a small amount of paint on construction paper and place it inside a storage bag.
Spread and mix the paint by pressing on the bag with your hands, so you can play with colors without getting your hands or clothes dirty.
Take the paper out of the bag and let it dry thoroughly.
Once dry, cut the paper into circles and glue them together in sequence to form the caterpillar’s body.
Finally, stick on pom-poms like little feet to complete a cute caterpillar.
You can change the colors and sizes to create your own original caterpillar.
It’s a fun and safe spring craft that uses fine motor skills and nurtures creativity.
[Age 5] Let’s Make It! A Collection of Spring-Themed Craft Ideas (21–30)
Cute when cut! Four-leaf clover
@levwell_hoikushi Snip, snip—cut and surprise! Make a clover that opens in a snap♪ Lebawell Nursery Teacher Craft May Craft For 5-year-olds Spring Craft Clover [Materials] • Origami paper (solid/patterned) *Quarter size (approx. 7.5 cm × 7.5 cm) • Construction paper (for the backing) • Round stickers (red) • Crayons (yellow-green) [Target Age] 5-year-olds [Difficulty] Slightly difficult [Craft Time] About 15–20 minutes —
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When we think of five-year-olds, it’s around the time their fine motor skills are developing, and they get better at things like folding origami and cutting with scissors.
For such five-year-olds, how about a fun craft: a four-leaf clover? Prepare a 17.5 cm square sheet of origami paper, fold it in half horizontally, then fold it in half again to make a square.
Finally, fold it into a triangle and trim the edge in a curved line.
Open it up, and you’ve got a four-leaf clover.
It’s fun that the size changes depending on where you cut.
Try making it with your favorite colors or patterned origami paper.