[For 4-year-olds] Winter craft ideas to enjoy at daycare and kindergarten
Children who attend kindergarten and nursery school are likely looking forward to celebrating Christmas and winter events together with their friends and teachers.
In the chilly winter, some people may be looking for events that can be enjoyed not only outdoors but also indoors.
In this article, we’ve compiled a collection of recommended winter craft ideas for four-year-olds in childcare settings.
We’re also introducing activities that involve using their hands and thinking about what to make as they work, which can help nurture concentration and thinking skills through play.
Try making these items that are fun to create and fun to play with!
Because the children’s creations are treated as works, we refer to them as “seisaku” (制作, craft/creation) in the text.
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Let’s make a winter animal—a snow rabbit—using colored construction paper.
First, use white paper to make a plump, egg-like shape.
Cut out nandina (heavenly bamboo) leaves and berries from colored paper as well.
Create a window with falling snow from colored paper, then paste the rabbit there.
If the snow pieces for the window are too small and tricky, a parent or guardian can cut them, or you could draw them with a white crayon instead.
Putting this on a wall or mounting it on a backing sheet will enhance the winter mood and look lovely.
You could also change the wall decorations with each season.
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When it comes to New Year’s games, hanetsuki comes to mind.
Let’s try making this hagoita using a milk carton.
Open the carton and remove the bottom section.
After removing it, turn it inside out and fold it in half.
If you fold the spout area, it will resemble the shape of a hagoita.
Put a wooden chopstick inside some newspaper, fold the newspaper, and it will become the handle of the hagoita.
Set that into the milk carton and secure it with tape.
Once secured, tape the top and bottom as well as the seam of the carton.
You can also glue some cute patterned origami paper on the outside.
Moving! Paper Cup Snowman
When January comes, there will surely be regions where snow piles up.
One of the seasonal symbols of snowy weather is the snowman.
So let’s make a snowman craft using a paper cup.
Draw the snowman’s face on the paper cup.
Then make a hole in the cup, insert a straw, and attach a mitten made from construction paper to the end of the straw.
When you move the straw, the hands will flap.
Kids are sure to enjoy a craft with a moving mechanism like this.
Let’s tear and make it! Shishimai-kun
Don’t children also have chances to see the lion dance during the New Year? Some kindergartens and nursery schools put on lion dance performances, too.
Some kids even get scared and cry.
But if you make a lion dancer using torn origami, you’ll end up with a cute little lion-dance friend.
Cut origami paper into strips and tear them by hand.
These torn pieces will be the lion’s body.
Paste the torn pieces and the lion’s face onto a backing sheet, and it’s done.
It’s also fun to draw pictures around your little lion dancer.
Fluffy Snow Bunny Wall Decor
Why not try making a cute snow-bunny wall decoration? The round, pure white bunny will bring a wintry touch to your room.
First, layer and roll up tissues to create the bunny’s body.
Next, attach red eyes made from round stickers and ears made from green origami paper.
Glue the bunny onto a colored cardstock base, then decorate the empty spaces with snowflakes punched out using a craft punch and flower accents created by combining round stickers.
You’ll have a lovely decoration that evokes winter memories just by placing it on display.
Make it with straw stamps! Snowman craft
Let’s make a snowman wall art with straw stamps.
First, an adult draws large and small circles on construction paper.
Using a plate as a guide is fun, too.
Then, draw a snowman’s hat on colored construction paper or origami paper.
Have the child cut it out.
Glue the cut-out pieces onto a darker-colored construction paper.
Once they’re glued, draw the snowman’s face with crayons.
For the straw stamp, cut slits into the end of a straw and spread them out so it forms a flower shape.
Dip it in white paint and dab it on—this creates lovely snowflake-like prints.
Let’s try playing Fukuwarai!
Why not try making a fukuwarai using crayons, scissors, and construction paper? Fukuwarai is a traditional Japanese game said to date back to the mid-Edo period.
First, draw parts like eyes, nose, and mouth on construction paper and cut around each piece.
Then make a base.
For the base, you can either cut pale orange construction paper into a face shape and glue it down, or draw the face with crayons.
Once everything is ready, start arranging the parts.
You can express different emotions—like a smiling face or a sad face—depending on how you place the pieces.
It’s also fun to arrange the parts while blindfolded.