[For 5-year-olds] Let’s enjoy summer! Summer craft ideas for 5-year-olds

cute watermelon

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How about making a summery watermelon out of origami? You can use it for summer wall displays, Tanabata, festival decorations, and many other scenes.

It’s very easy to make! First, fold a red sheet of origami paper in half, cut a green sheet into a long thin strip, and glue the green strip along the bottom of the red paper to create the watermelon rind.

Next, accordion-fold the red paper and tape one side to hold it in place—that’s it! Use a black pen or stickers to add the seeds.

You can also thread string or ribbon through it to make a cute decoration.

Give it a try!

Easy cicada

@sachimama_asobi

So nostalgic! Let’s make an origami cicada! 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍 My boys love bugs—how about you? ☺️ This season we go looking for rhinoceros beetles and stag beetles, catch cicadas, and then taking care of them keeps us busy. 😂 It’s so hot during the day that we can’t stay outside for long, so we made cicadas out of origami at home. 🥰 I used to make them a lot when I was a kid too. ✨ My boys were thrilled. ☺️ It’s easy, so definitely try it with your bug-loving kids! +–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––+ I’m Sachi-mama, raising three rambunctious boys ages 7, 5, and 1. ❀´- I share play ideas and simple crafts using 100-yen items, nature finds, and recycled materials. Feel free to like, follow, or DM! +–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––+#BugLover　I want to connect with people who like insects.#AtHomePlay　#AtHomePlayworkPlay with children#I love crafts　Handmade　 Childcare　#Summer Craft　 OrigamiSummer　extreme heat　Insect　#BugLoverIndoor play　origami　 #origamiEducational　#EducationalPlaycicada　Semi-Origami　How to make a semicrease

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Here’s how to make a cicada—the quintessential summer creature—that almost sounds like it might start chirping.

When folding the wings, tilt your folds slightly so they angle diagonally.

At the end, when bending the left and right sides, make diagonal folds while keeping a good balance between the cicada’s body and its wings.

Finish by drawing the face with round stickers and a felt-tip pen! Cicadas made with checkered origami paper are adorable, too.

It’s also fun to create a big tree on the wall and have the children stick on the cicadas they made.

Enjoy the activity while feeling the season!

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corn

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Corn origami for summer 🌽 The folding method is easy!! Turning your wall into a cornfield could be fun, too ❤️Nursery teacher / Childcare workerOrigamiProduction#Childcare Crafting#corn#AtHomePlayIdeas for at-home play#origamiwall surface#Nursery school#Kindergarten

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How about making corn—one of the summer vegetables that grows under plenty of summer sunshine—out of origami? For this, stack two sheets of origami paper, light green and yellow, with the white sides facing inward.

First, keep the papers stacked, fold them into a triangle, and open it.

Then fold both side corners and edges toward the center line.

Open both corners outward and fold them, then make small folds inward.

Flip it over and, imagining the shape of a corn cob, fold the top, bottom, left, and right corners.

Turn it over again, draw a face and the kernels, and you’re done! It’s an easy and cute craft, so give it a try!

Mr./Ms. Crab

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Make a crab with just one sheet! Let’s try making a little crab! 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍 We always say the ocean is far so we rarely go, but the other day we happened to be nearby, so we took a sudden drive to the beach! Our family usually plays in the mountains and rivers, but the kids had an amazing time at the sea and are already saying they want to go again 🥰 Yesterday they picked up seashells and spotted tiny fish, and they were totally absorbed chasing them!! Today’s craft is a little crab 🦀 You can make it with a single sheet of origami and it’s super easy, so definitely try it with your kids 🥰 +——————————————— I’m Sachi, a mom of three energetic boys ages 7, 5, and 1 ❀´- I share play ideas and simple crafts with kids using 100-yen items, nature finds, and recycled materials. Feel free to like, follow, or DM! +———————————————#AtHomePlay　#AtHomePlaywork　#Summer Craft　Summer activitiesPlay with children#I love crafts　Handmade　 Childcare　Seashell Crafts　sea　SummerOrigamiIndoor play　origami　 #origamiHow to make crab　How to fold a crab (origami)#How to fold a seashell　fishSea creaturesSummer activities　Crab

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Let’s make a crab that lives in the sea or rivers.

Prepare origami paper, round stickers, and felt-tip pens.

Crease the origami paper, open it while puffing up the center to form the crab’s body, and fold the claws, pressing the folds as you go.

Finally, stick on the eyes and you’re done.

Using patterned origami paper lets you enjoy making different kinds of crabs.

Give your finished crab a name and have fun creating it!

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cream soda

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Let’s make a retro-cute cream soda! ❤️ 𓂃◌𓈒𓐍 Fizzy fizzy~ ✨ Don’t you crave cream soda in the hot summer? 🥰 It feels like there aren’t many places selling cream soda these days… But I absolutely love it! ❤️ Today I made a cream soda out of origami! I used white round stickers to represent the soda bubbles, but if you don’t have them, drawing circles with a white crayon or pen will give a soda vibe too 🙌 There are a few steps for the straw and cherry, but it’s very easy to make, so please give it a try! +——————————————+ I’m Sachi-mama, currently raising three rambunctious boys ages 7, 5, and 1 ❀´- I share play ideas and simple crafts with kids using 100-yen items, nature finds, and recycled materials. Feel free to like, follow, or DM me! +——————————————+#AtHomePlay　#AtHomePlaywork　#Summer Craft　Summer activitiesPlay with children#I love crafts　Handmade　 Childcare　sea　Summer　SweetsOrigami#SummerSweets　DrinksIndoor play　origami　 #origamicream soda　Melon soda#HomeFestivalCream Soda Craft　#CreamSodaOrigamiHow to make cream soda

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Let’s make a summery cream soda with origami.

Prepare one large sheet of origami paper, three small sheets, and some round stickers.

For the drink portion, fold the large sheet horizontally, then shape it evenly on both the left and right sides as you adjust the paper.

Cut a small sheet into quarters to make the cherry fruit and the cherry stem.

Once finished, attach them to the cream soda.

Finally, take one small sheet, offset-fold it into a triangle, and roll it to create a straw.

Give this delicious-looking cream soda a try!

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A bamboo leaf that folds in eight steps

Folds in 8 steps! Tanabata Origami: Simple and Cute Bamboo Leaf Origami (For Kids!) · Origami Leaf

Speaking of July, we have Tanabata, don’t we? In childcare facilities and the like, some may create bamboo grass decorations on the walls.

Here’s an origami idea for bamboo leaves that’s useful on such occasions and only takes eight folds.

First, fold the origami paper into a triangle to make a crease, then open it up and fold the two left edges to align with the crease.

At this point, make sure the tip is nice and sharp, and align the edges just slightly outside the crease.

Doing so will help express the leaf’s central vein.

Flip the paper over and fold the triangular section inward.

With the triangle’s base positioned at the bottom, refit the paper and fold the two bottom corners up to meet the center line.

Finally, tuck the left and right corners created in the last step slightly inward, and you’re done!

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Cute morning glory

[Origami] How to Fold a Morning Glory | Easy, no-cut method kids can do! Great for wall art and recreational activities at senior day-care centers

Let’s make colorful and cute morning glories out of origami that bloom cheerfully under the summer sun.

First, fold the origami paper in half into a square twice, then unfold it.

Next, fold all four corners toward the center, flip it over, and slightly fold in the four corners.

Flip it over again, and for each loose corner, make two diagonal folds so it forms a peak; after doing this for all four corners, open the paper.

Finally, turn the paper over, and fold the four corners you just peaked toward the center along the creases, and you’re done.

Try making lots in different colors and decorating with them!