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[Childcare] Winter Projects You’ll Want to Try! Recommended Craft Ideas

20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.
Nursery Teacher Mom Writertsukada moe
After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

Winter is packed with events like Christmas and New Year’s.

With one fun event after another, children are surely full of excitement.

Plus, winter-specific activities and warm, cozy motifs add color to everyday life.

In this article, we’ll introduce craft ideas to enjoy during the winter season.

If your ideas have been getting repetitive or you’re looking for a hint, please use this as a reference.

Since the things children make are treated as works, we use the term “seisaku” (production) in the text.

[Childcare] Projects to Try in Winter! Recommended Craft Ideas (91–100)

A spinning top you can make and play with!

[Preschool Teacher] Easy New Year’s Activities You Can Make and Play! How to Make Spinning Tops and Kites ✨ [Daycare & Kindergarten]

A spinning top you can make and play with!

Let’s make a spinning top for New Year’s games using scrap materials.

First, make cuts at the corners of an empty milk carton and open it out so the sides lie flat.

Then cut the side panels at a point 10 centimeters up from the bottom rim.

Trim the corners to make them rounded.

After decorating the milk carton by drawing pictures or adding stickers, glue a plastic bottle cap at the center on the front, and attach a piece of straw (cut to 5–10 millimeters) to the center on the back.

Your top is now complete—pinch the cap and give it a spin!

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Fun for childcare! Indoor winter activities

[For 2-Year-Olds] Winter Asobi-Comi

Fun for childcare! Indoor winter activities

Let me introduce some winter indoor activities that include crafts.

You can roll up cotton to look like fake snow, or put it into a plastic kiddie pool and play dynamically as if it were a bubble bath.

Use stamps on black construction paper to represent snowflakes, then glue origami penguins on top to create a winter-themed wall display.

A glowing tunnel made by sticking phosphorescent stickers onto cardboard is a space where kids will want to stay forever.

Why not fully enjoy winter indoors while incorporating children’s free ideas along the way?

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Fun New Year’s crafts for childcare: how to make them

[Production] How to Make New Year’s Crafts [Nursery School/Kindergarten]

Fun New Year’s crafts for childcare: how to make them

These are perfect crafts for an auspicious New Year.

The wobbly daruma made with a paper plate uses familiar recycled materials, so even very young children can enjoy making it.

For the eyes, round stickers could work well.

For the kadomatsu made with a milk carton and toilet paper rolls, adjust the lengths of the “bamboo” pieces and use accordion-folded origami to finish the overall look in a balanced way.

It’s also good finger dexterity practice.

For the shimenawa, carefully teach the children the order of bundling and braiding so it has a nice, full volume.

Enjoy making these while experiencing Japanese culture.

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Great for walls too! Recommended origami for January

[New Year/January] Origami instructions you can also use for wall displays [Daycare/Kindergarten]

Great for walls too! Recommended origami for January

Let’s make New Year–themed items using washi-patterned origami and chiyogami.

The video features hagoita paddles, spinning tops (koma), kagami mochi, daruma dolls, and shuttlecocks (hane).

The ideas are full of exciting touches for kids—like customizing the daruma’s face to match the zodiac animal or freely choosing origami colors for the shuttlecocks.

When decorating indoors, you can get creative by mounting them on construction paper or stringing them together like a garland!

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On the walls too! Cute winter crafts

Cute winter crafts (also great for wall decorations!)

On the walls too! Cute winter crafts

When you open it, a cute wall display featuring fir trees and snowmen appears.

Gather washi paper, water-based markers, scissors, water, a brush, and a pencil to get started.

Fold the washi paper in half twice and draw your guide lines.

It’s easier to cut if you follow the guide lines as you cut toward the tip.

Color the fir tree and snowman areas with water-based markers, then blur them with water on your brush and let them dry thoroughly.

Finally, gently open the washi paper, paste it onto construction paper, and you’re done.

Try changing the colors or the expressions to create your own original wall decoration.

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