A collection of summer vacation craft ideas made with 100-yen shop materials
The 100-yen shops are incredibly convenient because they have a wide variety of items.
Nowadays, they don’t just offer low prices—there are plenty of high-quality products too.
Here, we introduce fun craft projects you can make for summer vacation assignments using materials you can get at 100-yen shops, as well as projects that are great to try when you have some extra time.
Many of these summer crafts can even be used as everyday household items.
Please use this as a reference and enjoy making them together with your children!
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Summer vacation craft ideas made with 100-yen shop materials (31–40)
Tape Balloon
These are fun, tactile tape balloons you can make using double-sided tape from a 100-yen shop.
It’s popular and easy to make if you use Crocodile Grip, a gel tape with strong adhesive power.
Materials include Crocodile Grip, clips, and a hand air pump.
First, cut the double-sided tape to about 4 cm, fold it in half over the pump nozzle, and seal the edges firmly.
Next, peel off the clear protective film on the surface and secure both ends with clips.
Pump in air, then slowly remove the pump and seal the opening with your fingers.
Once you get the hang of it, you can add glitter or other decorations at the beginning to make a cute, sparkly transparent balloon.
Keychains and Accessories
These days, 100-yen shops have an amazing selection of craft parts, don’t they? How about picking up alphabet beads, your favorite beads, and findings to make Korean-style name keychains and accessories? Parents will probably feel nostalgic too—many of them likely made things like this back in the day.
The method is very simple: just thread the beads onto fishing line.
Attach your preferred hardware and you’re done.
If you use stretchy cord, you can make bracelets as well.
You could even make matching ones with your friends.
Making cotton ball lights
The cotton balls that make everyone go, “How do they make those?” are real show-stoppers.
Let’s make charming cotton ball lights by placing lights inside cotton balls.
The trick to making the cotton balls is to wrap yarn, dampened with glue, around a small polka-dot balloon.
Once the glue dries, pop the balloon and only the cotton sphere remains.
String together a bunch of them, add lights, and you’re done.
You can even use the same method to make chocolate balls.
If you enjoy home economics/crafts, give that a try too!
paper clay objet
Creating papier-mâché clay objects can be a lot of fun.
You’re free to choose any motif you like, so feel free to brainstorm.
Using characters from your favorite anime or games is a great idea—once you finish, you’ll probably feel even more attached to your piece.
You could also go with a summery theme, or try making animals or people.
By the way, when you’re making it, using styrofoam sold at 100-yen shops as a base will make the process go more smoothly.
Marble-rolling game made with 100-yen shop items
How about making a marble-rolling game like pinball or smart ball using 100-yen shop items? First, prepare a thick document file (the kind used for storing papers) and cut a piece of cardboard to the same size to use as the base.
Paste construction paper on it, then cut out faces of your favorite animals or characters from more construction paper and stick them on.
Punch a hole where the animal’s or character’s mouth is, create a starting point, and slide it into the file—done! Instead of animals or characters, you can also make ramps so the marble slides down, which is highly recommended.
It’s portable, so it’s great as a time-killer for kids when you’re out and about.
Summer vacation craft ideas made with 100-yen shop materials (41–50)
A marble coaster with interchangeable tracks!
When you keep playing with the same toy, you can get bored, right? At times like that, try making a marble run with interchangeable courses so you can keep it fresh! First, build the base track out of cardboard.
Using bamboo skewers or similar materials, create features like an escalator-like lift that carries the marbles upward, or a spiral where the marbles twirl down.
For the swap-in courses, prepare pieces of cardboard shaped to fit into the base track, and on each one attach small cut pieces of cardboard, straws, or short wooden sticks to make a variety of course types.
By swapping these in and out, you can enjoy your marble run for a long time without getting bored!
Marble Rolling Tower
How about a stylish marble run, a Marble Rolling Tower, made from toilet paper cores and colored construction paper? First, stack three toilet paper cores vertically to make one long tube.
Next, let’s create the tracks where the marbles will roll using colored construction paper.
Prepare a rectangular sheet of colored paper, cut it lengthwise in half, then fold the half sheet in half two times.
Unfold the second fold, and along the crease you just made, cut a series of deep, fine slits from one edge to the other.
Once that’s done, fold it into a long, thin triangle to form the track.
Finally, attach the track diagonally to the tube like a slide, and glue a piece of cardboard to the very bottom of the tube as a base—done! Try making it with different colors of paper.