TThe purpose of this study is to clarify the expected effects of an experiential program through "making things" using paper crafts in the Period of Integrated Study from the perspective of inquiry-based learning. This is a cross-curricular workshop-type class in which fifth graders learn experientially through prototyping and actual production by assembling paper crafts modeled on the school building of the elementary school they attend. This class was conducted in collaboration with Sapporo Art no Mori Elementary School and the Faculty of Design, Sapporo City University. Text mining techniques were used to analyze the students' free writing as reflections on their work. The results showed that many of the verbs were related to making crafts, and many of the words expressed a positive attitude toward the task of making crafts. In addition, words such as "devise," "add," "idea," and "imagination" indicated that the children were engaged in the crafts with these words in mind, even though they found them difficult. This indicates that by incorporating a hands-on program through paper crafting, the students were more proactive in their approach from the perspective of inquiry-based learning. In addition, we were able to extract key words for this approach.
