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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[Age 5] Let’s Make It! A Collection of Craft Ideas That Feel Like Spring (41–50)
Soap bubbles made with tissue paper
https://www.tiktok.com/@buchiko_hoiku/video/7369783897984486672Soft 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!
[Age 5] Let’s Make It! A Collection of Craft Ideas That Feel Like Spring (51–60)
cherry blossom hair ornament

Create your own little spring! Let me introduce a cherry blossom decoration.
You’ll need scissors, glue, craft scissors, a craft punch, a hole punch, a pen, origami paper, and a backing sheet.
This cherry blossom decoration is three-dimensional, and a big plus is the freedom to choose any origami colors you like.
By using gold or silver origami as accents, even a single blossom looks glamorous.
It also looks lovely displayed in a frame made from chopsticks! Please give it a try and create a cherry blossom decoration that expresses your very own little spring.
Broad beans you make by sticking (pieces) on

Fava beans, which are said to be in season from April to June, are perfect for spring crafts.
This time, we’ll introduce a craft that features fava beans.
Prepare by cutting out the pod and bean shapes from construction paper in advance.
If the children are comfortable using scissors, it’s also a great opportunity for them to try cutting the shapes themselves.
Glue the pod and beans onto a base sheet of construction paper, then draw faces on the beans to finish.
The steps are very simple, so even younger children can enjoy participating.
The bright green of the fava beans is sure to energize the kids.
Give it a try!
[Toy] Pop-up Bunny Easter
![[Toy] Pop-up Bunny Easter](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-uJE02k3rCE/sddefault.jpg)
Here’s an Easter egg craft idea you can enjoy twice—by playing with it and by displaying it—with a bunny that pops out.
Cut colored paper into an egg shape and decorate it by attaching patterns made with a craft punch to create your Easter egg.
Make a slit at the bottom of the egg, so you can slide a paper bunny in and out.
Once it’s finished, you can move the bunny to play with it.
You can also stick the egg onto a surface to use it as a wall decoration.
Dandelions made with stamps

Easy yet wonderfully eye-catching! Let’s make dandelion flowers using a stamp! The process is very simple.
Prepare a toilet paper roll and make lots of slits on one end.
Add many fine cuts while imagining dandelion petals.
Fold the cut sections outward, and your stamp is ready! Draw the dandelion stems and leaves on a sheet of construction paper as the base, then dip the toilet paper roll stamp in yellow paint and start stamping on top.
The toilet paper roll stamp is large and easy to grip, so even very young children can enjoy it.
It’s a great craft that uses familiar recycled materials, so give it a try!
Spring wildflowers

Let’s make spring flowers using colorful origami! We’ll introduce some ideas.
What comes to mind when you think of spring flowers? Cherry blossoms, canola flowers, pansies, clovers—there are so many.
This time, we’ll create spring flowers with a simple process: just fold differently and make a few cuts.
Add not only flowers but also companions like ladybugs and small birds to make your wall display look even more lively! Take this opportunity to give it a try.
A cute flower made from one sheet of tissue paper

Here’s how to make a cute flower using just one sheet of tissue paper.
First, fold the tissue paper into an accordion.
Then fold it in half.
After folding, round off the edges with scissors.
Staple the center, and gently open up the flower.
Once it’s opened, press down the center to finish.
You can make lots of flowers to decorate a wall, add leaves to make a bouquet, or cut the edges into points to turn it into a dandelion—there are many ways to arrange them, so give it a try!


