[Childcare] Fun to Make! Recommended Craft Ideas for Spring
In spring, with new admissions and moving up to the next class, you can see children in all sorts of states—excited, nervous, and everything in between.
Many teachers are probably hoping that the children will come to enjoy their days at the preschool/kindergarten.
So this time, we’re sharing craft ideas perfect for spring.
We’ve gathered plenty of motifs that evoke the season—like cherry blossoms, tulips, and ladybugs—as well as ideas you can use for events such as Easter and Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day).
Decorate various areas to wrap your room in a spring atmosphere, and the children are sure to feel cozy and smile!
Give them a try.
Note: Since the things the children make are treated as “artworks,” we refer to them as “seisaku (制作)” in the text.
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[Childcare] Fun to Make! Recommended Spring Craft Ideas (71–80)
Tulips Made with Swipe Art
Let me introduce tulips made with swipe art featuring beautiful patterns.
Prepare paints, a sponge, construction paper, crayons, and round stickers, and let’s get started.
Drip about three colors of paint vertically onto the construction paper.
Use the sponge to swipe the dripped paint horizontally.
By swiping across several times, the colors will blend and create enjoyable patterns.
Cut the paper into a tulip shape and glue it onto a backing sheet, draw the stem, add leaves using round stickers, and you’re done! It makes a great wall display where you can enjoy the color transitions, so give it a try.
Easter eggs made with a stamp
Here’s how to make colorful Easter eggs using a pom-pom stamper.
Gather paint, a pom-pom stamper, white drawing paper, paper cut into egg shapes, and round stickers.
Dip the stamper in paint and stamp it onto the paper to add color.
The key is to choose bright, spring-like colors.
Cut one sheet of paper into a bunny base, and cut the painted paper into a cracked-egg shape, then glue them together.
Finally, attach the eyes and ears to finish! Drawing the face with crayons is also a great option.
Tulip Train
Let me introduce the Tulip Train, where spring tulips transform into a train.
Get construction paper, origami paper, crayons, scissors, and glue, and let’s get crafting.
First, cut the construction paper into tulip shapes to make the base.
Then glue pieces of origami paper onto the tulips.
Cut out leaves, wheels, and animals, and attach each part to the tulip.
When you connect the tulip trains the children made, you might see each one showing a different expression of the train.
Tulip made by gluing origami pieces
Here’s how to make a tulip by tearing and pasting origami paper.
Gather origami paper, construction paper, crayons, glue, and scissors.
Tear the origami paper by hand or cut it with scissors to create small shapes.
Glue the pieces onto the construction paper, trying to place them so there are as few gaps as possible.
Arrange and glue together pieces with similar patterns and colors so they are close to each other, then cut them into the shape of a tulip and paste it onto the backing paper.
Finish by drawing the stem, leaves, and other details around it with crayons.
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.
Drawing transforms into tulips!
Introducing an original wall display where kids’ drawings transform into tulips.
Gather construction paper, crayons, glue, and scissors, and let’s get started.
Have the children draw freely on the construction paper.
Then cut the drawn paper into tulip flower and leaf pieces.
It’s also recommended to first cut the paper into flower and leaf shapes and then have the children draw on them.
Glue the tulip flowers onto a sheet where the stem and soil have already been attached, and it’s complete.
For children aged three and up, try letting them make the stem and soil parts too, according to their developmental stage.
Finish it off by drawing clouds and butterflies with crayons or making them from construction paper and gluing them on!
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.