Paper cup lantern ghost

Craft a Paper Cup Lantern Ghost! A Preschool Teacher Explains the Easy How-To

Great for summer festivals and decorations! Here’s an idea for making a paper-cup lantern ghost.

In summer, we hear more about ghosts and yokai, right? This is a lantern ghost craft you’ll want to make with kids who are interested in ghosts! You’ll need three sheets of origami paper, tape, a pair of disposable chopsticks, scissors, glue, round stickers, two paper cups, rubber bands, and vinyl tape.

It’s perfect for display, and you can carry it around too—so try making it and playing with the kids!

Production of umbrellas

Umbrella Craft: Perfect for the June rainy season! A preschool teacher shows how to make it.

Hold an umbrella in your hand and skillfully control it so you don’t get wet.

By around age five, children may even be able to stand up to a bit of wind.

Let’s enjoy a craft using a roller with this familiar item, the umbrella.

Since this is a free-drawing style project, lots of fun ideas are likely to pop out.

First, temporarily tape down the paper with the pattern you want to bring out, then roll a paint-covered roller over it.

After the paint dries, peel off the temporarily fixed paper, and only that part will remain the color of the background paper.

This uses negative and positive space in the craft.

If you have a craft punch, you can make lots of stars and hearts—make good use of it!

origami watermelon lantern

[Origami, construction paper] Tanabata summer decoration “Watermelon Lantern” — August preschool craft, senior care recreation, wall decoration, simple paper craft (drawing paper) Easy and cute Watermelon lantern

Just like a watermelon! Here’s an idea for an origami watermelon lantern.

Many of you may be looking to make something with a touch of humor when crafting a lantern, right? Let’s try making a lantern with a classic summer watermelon motif.

All you need are colored construction paper, origami paper, scissors, and glue.

Adding a vine and leaves will make the watermelon motif even more charming.

It’s a perfect idea for summer festivals or wall decorations! Be sure to give it a try.

Fireworks made from scrap stamping

Let me introduce a super fun stamping firework craft using recycled materials.

Get a toilet paper roll, paint, and aluminum foil ready, and let’s make it! Use scissors to cut thin vertical slits into one end of the toilet paper roll, then flare the strips outward.

Squeeze some paint onto the aluminum foil, and dab the cut end of the roll into the paint.

Stamp it onto construction paper to create beautiful fireworks.

Layering a few colors can make the fireworks even more striking.

Stamping on black construction paper is recommended!

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Star and Watermelon Decorations

Let’s make Tanabata decorations that feel like summer: stars and watermelons.

First, use yellow origami paper to create five star parts.

Glue the parts together to form a star shape.

By carefully attaching each piece one by one, you’ll get a star with a nice three-dimensional look.

Next, for the watermelon, take a red sheet of origami cut in half, attach a strip of green origami cut slightly long and thin along the edge, and draw the watermelon seeds.

Tape the top together with clear tape, and the watermelon piece is done.

Add a string and hang them up for Tanabata! You’ll have beautiful decorations that shine in the night sky.

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Cute watermelon lantern

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?

Creation of rain clouds

Clouds that change their shapes over time.

Some people even fall in love with clouds and aim to become weather forecasters—their charm is truly unfathomable, isn’t it? I think kids also love that fluffy cloud vibe.

If you add raindrops using plastic strips to a white cloud, it really brings out the mood.

Imagine a jellyfish and you’ll have the general form down.

Don’t forget decorations like raindrops and frogs.

To get that soft, puffy cloud texture, use a mix of shaving cream and liquid glue.

White wood glue should work as a substitute, too.