Crafts you can make with 100-yen shop items! A collection of fun project ideas that elementary school kids will love
“Amazing crafts from dollar store materials!?” Eye-catching ideas like these are hugely popular among kids right now.
From original keychains and colorful lanterns to fluffy squishies, you can actually make surprisingly high-quality projects with materials you can find nearby.
Here, we’ll introduce fun craft ideas using dollar store supplies that even elementary school children can easily try.
Find your favorite project and enjoy making it!
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Sparkly, Cute Crafts (1–10)
Lantern

Light up your room with a colorful, rainbow-glowing lantern! Stick colored cellophane onto gel tape and cut it into squares.
Then simply attach them to the sides of a prepared glass jar and place a light inside—your lantern is ready in no time.
Since you’re using gel tape, there’s no worry about sticky glue residue or a messy look.
Even if you’re not great with fine handiwork, you can create a polished piece.
Why not display it as an accent in your room?
Glowing Stone Strap

Too cute! Here’s a glowing stone strap idea you can make with items from a 100-yen shop.
Use glow-in-the-dark stones sold at the 100-yen store and wrap them with wire threaded with beads.
Depending on the types of beads and the way you shape the wire, you can make it cute or cool, so it’s a great summer vacation craft for anyone, regardless of gender.
It’s adorable for everyday use too, so try customizing and making a few.
Your friends and family are sure to love them as gifts!
Glowing! Question Block

The glowing question-mark block light from Super Mario Bros.
is sure to be a hit with kids! First, take S5-size square rods, cut them into four equal lengths, and assemble them into a box.
Next, cut a PP sheet into a square and a sponge sheet into a question-mark shape, then attach them with glue.
Cut colored construction paper into circles and attach them to the four corners, then layer circles drawn with a compass to create the light’s button.
Finally, attach a touch light from a 100-yen shop and you’re done.
Making squares and circles along the way also seems like a great way to learn about geometric shapes!
Sparkly & Cute Crafts (11–20)
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.
Sparkly squishy toy

Decorate, play, and have fun! Here are some sparkly squishy ideas.
Squishies are those items you press or squeeze with your hand, and they slowly return to their original shape! This time, let’s try making a squishy by hand.
All you need are a display stand, slime, and beads—items you can even find at a 100-yen shop.
The steps are simple, too: just put the slime and beads inside the display stand and you’re done! Take this opportunity to give it a try!
Cute seasonal decorations and keychains
https://www.tiktok.com/@n.annlee321/video/7359499331784707344Using shrink plastic, fluffy pipe cleaners, and clear stickers, you can make seasonal decorations and keychains.
Cut the shrink plastic into any shape you like, then use a single-hole punch to make holes around the edges for threading the fluffy pipe cleaners.
After threading the pipe cleaners, stick clear stickers onto the transparent area in the center.
You can add a chain to make it a keychain, or hang it with a string to turn it into a suncatcher.
Swapping out a seasonally themed keychain for each season is stylish and delightful, isn’t it?
whipped resin
https://www.tiktok.com/@chat_ange/video/7136482426800311553We’ll show you how to make whipped resin that feels just like making sweets.
First, let’s create the base with resin.
Pour resin into a mold and cure it.
You can make the color however you like.
Once the base is ready, add the deco “whip,” then place decorative parts on top to embellish it.
When the whip hardens, it’s done! Using store-bought decorative parts is easy, but if you’d like to try making more with resin, take this opportunity to handcraft the parts as well.



