[For 1-year-olds] Fun to make! A collection of winter craft activity ideas for use in childcare
Winter is full of exciting events for children, like Christmas, New Year’s, Setsubun, and Valentine’s Day.
Many teachers are probably looking to enjoy winter-themed crafts together with their children.
In this article, we’ll introduce winter craft ideas for one-year-olds.
Along with ideas tied to seasonal events and holidays, we also feature motifs unique to winter—like snowmen and mittens—that are rich in seasonal atmosphere.
We’ve gathered craft ideas that use unique techniques to keep one-year-olds fully engaged, so we hope you enjoy creating together this winter.
Since the children’s creations are treated as works, we refer to them as “seisaku” (productions/crafts) in the main text.
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[For 1-Year-Olds] Fun to Make! A Collection of Winter Craft Activity Ideas for Use in Childcare (11–20)
Gloves made with decalcomania
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Art projects using paint are popular even with one-year-olds.
For a paint decoupage (decalcomania) activity, drip paint onto construction paper and fold the paper.
Using about three colors of paint is the key.
Before it dries, fold and then unfold the paper to reveal the paint pattern.
Cut it into the shape of a glove, attach yarn with tape, and it’s complete.
The exciting part of decalcomania is not knowing what kind of pattern the paint will create.
Be sure to enjoy making it together with the children!
Just stick it on! Easy ramen
As a craft project full of winter vibes, let’s make ramen together with one-year-olds.
Prepare noodle and topping parts made from yarn and colored paper, and put double-sided tape on a backing sheet.
Then, choose toppings with your child and stick them on—before you know it, a colorful bowl of ramen is ready! You can also enjoy chatting by asking, “What’s this?” while looking at the colorful ingredients, or sharing reactions like, “It looks delicious!” Through making warm ramen that’s perfect for the cold season, it would be wonderful if children’s interest in and curiosity about food grow.
Christmas wreath made with tissue paper
Even just fluttering soft, colorful tissue paper delights one-year-olds, since the slow movement is easy for their eyes to follow.
For this tissue paper wreath, cut a circle out of construction paper and remove the center to make the wreath base.
Crumpling and tearing the tissue paper provide excellent stimulation for fine motor development.
Adding touches of red and yellow tissue paper gives it a cute, more Christmassy look.
When using tissue paper, be sure to keep a close eye on your child so they don’t put it in their mouth.
Setsubun Oni Made with Sponge Stamps
Enjoy a fun stamping activity! Here’s a recommended way to make a Setsubun ogre craft for 1-year-olds.
Materials: colored paper cut into ogre face parts, a sponge, chopsticks, paint, and a pen.
First, prepare the ogre parts in advance.
Mask size is recommended.
Cut the sponge into a size that’s easy to stamp and stick it onto a chopstick.
Let the children choose their favorite paint colors and stamp the sponge onto the ogre’s hair area.
Finally, draw the face with a pen, and it’s done! You can also turn it into a mask and wear it for Setsubun events—give it a try!
Snowman made with paper clay
Make it with air-dry clay! Here’s a simple snowman craft.
For one-year-olds, let them enjoy sticking with glue and drawing with crayons.
Materials: air-dry clay, crayons, colored construction paper, a stick-like item, and glue.
First, tear the clay and shape the snowman’s head and body.
Insert the stick into the center of the body and attach the head.
Flatten the bottom of the body.
Glue on the snowman’s facial parts made from colored construction paper.
Next, fold a piece of colored construction paper in half and draw a snowy background on the top half with a white crayon.
Finally, glue the snowman onto the bottom half, and it’s done!
Paper-plate Wobbly Snowman
Fun to play with! Here’s how to make a wobbly snowman toy using a paper plate.
Since you’ll use glue, it’s also great for 1-year-olds to practice their fine motor skills.
What you’ll need: snowman parts made from colored construction paper, one paper plate, and glue.
Prepare the snowman parts in advance.
Fold the paper plate in half as well.
Have the child glue the snowman onto the paper plate, and it’s done.
You can use round stickers for the snowman’s eyes, and it’s also a good idea to let the child enjoy making the parts themselves, adjusted to their age.
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Winter foods with sponge stamps
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The feeling of stamping is so fun! Here’s a winter food craft idea.
Cut construction paper into a pot shape and glue it onto white paper.
Then add brown tofu pouches, white eggs, and brown daikon radish.
Draw patterns on the daikon and tofu pouches with crayons.
Dab black paint onto a textured sponge and stamp it onto gray paper.
Cut it into triangles, and you’ve made konnyaku! Put the konnyaku in the pot and your oden is complete! Enjoy chatting while you craft, asking questions like, “What oden ingredients do you like?” and “What was in it again?”
