In recent years, with the steady advancement of basic education reform, the importance of preschool education majors has become increasingly prominent, and higher requirements have been put forward for early childhood education talents. They must not only have a solid professional foundation but also sufficient professional ethics. As a professional value orientation and code of conduct emphasizing excellence and dedication, the craftsmanship spirit has important contemporary significance in the field of preschool education. Cultivating students’ craftsmanship spirit in higher vocational preschool education majors can not only shape professional attitudes to lay a career foundation, improve students’ professional skills to enhance competitiveness, but also boost teachers’ internal motivation for professional development, better cultivating students into early childhood education talents with both virtue and ability. In this regard, this paper first elaborates on the significance of cultivating craftsmanship spirit among students majoring in preschool education in higher vocational colleges, and then proposes a series of effective cultivation paths, aiming to provide certain references for relevant researchers.