[Childcare] A roundup of summer craft ideas to enjoy with 2-year-olds

Playing aquarium

[Ages 0–2] “Let’s Play Aquarium”

Here’s a fun pretend-aquarium activity that lets you feel cool during the hot and humid days of July.

Use blue plastic bags as a stand-in for the ocean and make your fish swim through it.

Create your favorite sea creatures—like whales, fish, starfish, and jellyfish—and you’ll encounter all kinds of ocean life.

If you also hang plastic bags from the ceiling and stick the sea creatures on them, the whole space will feel like an aquarium.

The best part is that people of any age can enjoy it!

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fluffy shaved ice

Let’s enjoy the fluffy texture with our fingertips! July Summer Craft Book: “Fluffy Shaved Ice” — For 1- and 2-year-olds [Kindergarten/Daycare]

Let me introduce fluffy shaved ice that looks delicious, too.

Put cotton and food coloring into a bag and mix them to dye the cotton.

It might be fun to imagine what flavor you’re making as you go.

Stick double-sided tape onto the shaved-ice base you made, then attach the cotton.

The key is to layer it on loosely to create a fluffy, voluminous look.

Dissolve paint and glue in water to mimic condensed milk, and drizzle it over the shaved ice.

Your tasty-looking shaved ice is complete!

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Vivid Fireworks Made with Straws

[Age 2] Feel the summer! Make fireworks using straws!

Let’s have fun making fireworks with straw stamps.

To make the stamp, cut several slits into one end of a straw and flare them outward.

Give the kids some paint to dip the stamp into, then have them dab it onto black construction paper.

Just pressing it creates shapes that really look like fireworks.

Overlapping looks beautiful too, so prepare paints in various colors and let them express fireworks freely.

Once finished, you can hang them on the wall and enjoy a little fireworks viewing.

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Summer wall display using paints

Easy summer/July wall display craft! Add ○○ to paint to draw beautiful lines [Kindergarten/Preschool]

In summer, even if things get dirty, the laundry dries quickly, doesn’t it? Here are some summer wall art ideas using paint that are perfect for July.

Put paint on bubble wrap wrapped around a paper cup, and stamp it onto the center of a sunflower like a stamp.

The bubble wrap’s texture makes the sunflower look three-dimensional.

For the water yo-yos you often see at summer festival stalls, mix glue into the paint and gently flick the brush to add color.

You’ll get wonderfully accidental patterns.

You can display them however you like, but decorating them in a festival stall style for a summery feel is also recommended!

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Cute watermelon lantern

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Cute, plump watermelon lantern 🍉 ✎ Materials • Construction paper (green) • Origami paper (red) • Paper tube • Paint (black) • Cotton swabs ✎ How to make • On a piece of red origami paper cut to the size of the paper tube, paint the seeds with black paint • Cut the green construction paper into six strips, each 2 cm wide • Draw the watermelon stripes and cut along the lines • Wrap the red origami paper around the paper tube and glue it • Attach the green construction paper to the tube, and it’s done! This is a craft I’ve always wanted to try 🍉 We did it with the 4-year-old class (^^) I kept what we were making a secret, and while they were dotting black spots on the red origami paper, I asked, “What do you think we’re making?” and they all cheerfully answered, “A ladybug!” 🤍 (lol) Once they started drawing stripes on the green construction paper, they realized, “Ah! It’s a watermelon!” ✌🏻ChildcareNursery teacher / Childcare worker#Nursery schoolwatermelonWatermelonSummer Craft#Tanabata Craft#Tanabata decorationsTanabata decorationsPaper lanternProductionworkBaketakun

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Fun craft time! Here’s a cute watermelon lantern idea.

It’s perfect for anyone who wants to make lanterns together with children.

You’ll need construction paper, origami paper, a toilet paper roll, paint, cotton swabs, and more.

Dab black paint with a cotton swab onto red origami paper like a stamp.

You can also use round stickers for this step, so choose based on the child’s age and development.

The rounded shape is adorably charming, isn’t it?

[Cotton Swab Stamps] Transparent Jellyfish

Let’s make a cool, breezy jellyfish using a cotton swab stamp.

First, cut a clear file into the shape of a jellyfish head and stamp on it.

Use white acrylic paint and enjoy stamping freely.

Add round stickers for extra patterns to make it cute.

Prepare a border for the jellyfish head with construction paper and attach it to the clear file using double-sided tape.

Then cut cellophane (raffia) tape to a suitable length, stick it on as the jellyfish’s tentacles, and have the children split the tape—done!

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[Footprint] Cute Watermelon Decoration

Here’s a slightly unique watermelon craft idea that uses children’s footprints.

First, make footprints using red paint.

Overlap two footprints slightly to form a triangle shape, then add seeds with black finger-stamp dots or round stickers.

Attach green construction paper along the bottom to create the rind.

Decorate with paper tape or origami, and you’ll have an adorable footprint watermelon! It’s a perfect summer craft and a great way to record your child’s growth.

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