[Childcare] Winter Projects You’ll Want to Try! Recommended Craft Ideas
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.
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[Childcare] Projects to try in winter! Recommended craft ideas (31–40)
Twisted paper streamer made of decorative tissue paper
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A perfect New Year’s craft activity where you can make an authentic shimenawa just by twisting tissue paper.
The steps are simple: roll two colors of tissue paper into thin strands, twist them together, make two of the same, and form a ring.
The twisting process is great fine-motor practice as kids learn to control their strength, and they’ll also enjoy choosing the colors.
Showing a real shimenawa or a photo beforehand helps them visualize the result and complete the project smoothly.
Add New Year-themed decorations like pine or snakes at the end to instantly create a festive, eye-catching shimenawa.
It’s easy yet full of seasonal charm—highly recommended for parents and children to enjoy together over the New Year.
Perfect for New Year! Cute origami osechi
Let’s make osechi ryori—New Year’s dishes that taste great when everyone eats together—using origami.
Using black origami paper, make four folded box parts for the outer box and glue them together in a box shape.
Attach them while checking the balance.
Next, make four inner boxes.
Once you set the inner boxes into the outer box, the base is complete.
For the contents, fold shrimp, nori (seaweed), kamaboko (fish cake), kelp rolls, and kampyo (dried gourd strips), making firm creases as you go.
Before you start, reading a picture book about the New Year to learn about its origins and meanings will help you enjoy making them even more.
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Here’s an idea for making spinning tops with acorns—very popular as an autumn craft.
You can buy acorns online, but since they’re often found on the ground in season, it’s great to use ones you’ve collected.
If you do, be sure to wash them and disinfect them with boiling water to prevent bugs before using.
The method is very simple: just make a hole in the acorn and insert a toothpick.
If the acorn is hard and difficult to pierce, have an adult help.
Drawing faces or patterns with a pen makes them extra cute!
Spins great! A whirligig made from a milk carton
Open the milk carton and let it dry completely, then cut off the bottom part.
Cut off the spout, turn the inside outward, and fold it in half.
Sketch an oval shape, cut it out, and draw a daruma face on each side.
After sticking the pieces together with double-sided tape, paint the daruma.
Punch holes along the fold, thread a string through, and your buzzer spinner (whirligig) is complete.
Enjoy figuring out the timing for loosening and pulling the string.
Try challenging yourself to see how many times you can make it spin.
New Year’s fun with traditional games! A milk carton bamboo-copter (taketombo)
A bamboo-copter is tricky to fly at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s lots of fun.
Here’s an idea for making one using a milk carton and a straw.
First, cut out one side of the milk carton, then cut it into a strip that’s about one-third the width.
Next, fold the strip in half, and about 5 mm from the valley fold, make mountain folds on both sides.
This completes the wing.
Then, cut a slit into one end of the straw and attach it to the wing as a handle.
If you color the white side of the milk carton with markers, it will look pretty when you fly it.