Children are creative at all ages and they always have a lot of fun doing crafts. At primary school age, concentration increases and the little ones can also take part in more complicated craft projects. In this article we have collected lots of great ideas for fall crafts with primary school children that are perfect for those dreary, autumnal weekends. In this way, you and your children can create a beautiful decoration for the apartment. Get inspired!
In autumn, nature offers plenty of crafting materials that can be used for creative projects with the children. Evenwith some collected leavesFrom the nearby park you can easily create an original decoration for your home. As an example, we found this great craft project for a garland. All you need are some autumn leaves, a string, the hot glue gun and any acrylic paints to decorate.
After you collect the leaves, you can let them dry for a few days to make them easier to paint. Then provide bright colors and lots of brushes with which the child can paint the leaves creatively. Whether stripes, dots, triangles or any other pattern is completeleave to creativity. When the paint dries out, simply add a dab of hot glue to the very top of the back and attach the leaf to the string. Leave a small gap and stick the next sheet next to it. Continue doing this with the entire garland until it is the desired length. Finally, hang it in the living room, bedroom or on the window and you're done.
Using autumn leaves and other natural materials, primary school children can make cute animals and have a lot of fun doing it. Made from chestnuts, acorns, cones andbeechnutsYou can make various forest animals in autumn, such as these cute hedgehogs. There are no limits to your imagination.
Make pumpkins yourself
Pumpkins are one of the most recognizable features of fall and can be recreated from almost any material. So if you would like to make pumpkins with elementary school children in the fall, then we have two great craft projects ready for you. In the first, the pumpkins are made from wool, a balloon and white glue.
First inflate the balloons and fill a small bowl with glue or wallpaper paste. The size of the inflated balloon corresponds to the size of the pumpkin. Now place the thread in the glue, wait a moment, wipe it off and wrap it around the balloon. Repeat until the desired pattern is achieved. Then let the balloon dry on newspaper and pop it the next day. Finally, create stems and tendrils out of pipe cleaners and attach them to the pumpkin.
DIY pumpkins made from craft beads
In the following craft project for elementary school children, the pumpkins are made from cardboard and craft beads. To do this you will need a pumpkin template, cardboard, scissors, liquid glue, colorful plastic beads, acrylic paints and tweezers. If the children are not allowed to work directly on the table, white paper plates can be used as a surface.
The children should first cut out small pumpkins from cardboard and paint them in matching colors. Then brush the pumpkin with glue and stick the plastic beads on it. Different patterns or faces can be created using beads in different colors. The children can use tweezers to ensure that the craft beads are stuck tightly together. In this way, theFine motor skillsalso encouraged for older children.
More ideas with pumpkins
Instead of making pumpkins, you can use them as materials for creative fall projects. This can be used to create an original decoration for Halloween and autumn that is perfect for the house and garden. Since carving and hollowing out the large fruits is difficult even for adults, you can simply paint and decorate the pumpkins when doing crafts with elementary school children in the fall. Below you will find great ideas with instructions that are wonderful for decorating for Halloween.
The black cat is considered a symbol that brings bad luck, so it fits perfectly with Halloween decorations. Pumpkins can be easily transformed into black cats and therefore offer a great craft idea for you and your primary school-aged children. With the finished crafts you can decorate the garden or the entrance area in a fun and original way. For the project you need:
- large pumpkin, real or artificial
- Hot glue gun
- black exterior color
- flat sponge brush
- Scissors
- Messer
- black foam rubber
- white felt-tip pen
- white craft paint
- small brush
- Pipe cleaners, gray and brown
- Craft felt, gray, red or brown
- black felt-tip pen
First paint the pumpkin black and let it dry. In the meantime, cut out ears from foam rubber. An arrow is a perfect shape for this. When the paint dries out, use a kitchen knife to cut out gaps for the ears. It is best for an adult to take on this task. Now apply a dab of hot glue to the lower parts of the ears and insert them into the slot. Paint the eyes with white paint, cut out the nose from felt and glue it under the eyes along with the pipe cleaner whiskers. The black cat is ready.
Spider crafts for Halloween
Spiders are another popular Halloween craft that you can make with elementary school children. Artificial mini decorative pumpkins and black pipe cleaners are ideal for this. The artificial pumpkins are lighter than the real ones and can therefore be attached to the wall as an original decoration. To make the spiders, simply bend the legs out of pipe cleaners and glue them to the pumpkin. Make eight eyes out of lentils or beans and thenspooky decoration for Halloweenis finished.
Just like pumpkins, you can also make spiders from different materials. The following idea for crafting with primary school children in autumn is perfect for Halloween and requires the following:
- small square boxes made of cardboard, e.g. B. from face cream
- black color
- black pipe cleaners
- red and white paper
- Googly eyes
- Craft glue
The first step is to paint the boxes black and let them dry. In the meantime, draw grimaces and grins on white paper and cut them out. Bend the pipe cleaners as legs and glue them to the box. Then create the faces and, if desired, let the spiders hang from a spider web made of wool.
Bats as DIY decoration
Using a simple bat template and black foam rubber, elementary school children can make this great decoration with bats themselves and decorate the house for Halloween. For a spooky factor, the bats can be hung upside down with some fishing line. This way you will look really realistic in the evening. The instructions for making the bats can be found in the picture below.
