Crafts you can make with 100-yen shop items! A collection of fun project ideas that elementary school kids will love

shaved ice

"Shaved Ice" made with gel mats: Make it using Daiso's 'seismic (anti-slip) mats' and either 'transparent origami paper' or 'glass paint'

Seismic gel pads turned into shaved ice! Speaking of seismic gel pads, they’re items you place to prevent furniture from shifting during earthquakes, but if you finely chop them and pack them into a cup, you can make a craft that looks just like shaved ice! By sticking glitter or transparent decorative paper onto the adhesive side, or coloring them directly with paint, they transform into shaved ice in all sorts of “flavors.” If you use the type of gel pad that goes between furniture and the floor, it already has adhesive, so you can easily pile it up into a fluffy mound.

It’s a perfect, refreshing craft for summer—give it a try!

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Melon cream soda

Easy craft with 100-yen store materials: How to make melon cream soda. Perfect for summer vacation independent study or free craft projects. Requires few materials and is fun to make. Simple handmade 100-yen DIY for at-home time; homemade craft.

Let’s make a realistic-looking melon soda that will make you want to drink a real cream soda! You’ll need jelly-like clay, a plastic cup, crushed stones, soft and easy-to-mold angel clay, an artificial cherry, a straw, and more.

First, pipe the jelly into the cup, then sink the crushed stones into the jelly to act as ice.

Insert the straw, cover the jelly clay with angel clay so it’s hidden, and place a scoop-shaped piece of clay on top to resemble ice cream.

Finally, glue the cherry on top with a hot glue gun, and you’re done!

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[Squeeze] Kirby of the Stars

Easy Kirby Squishy DIY You Can Make with 100-Yen Store Materials – Daiso/Seria

This is a Kirby squeeze toy made with yarn and a sponge.

The materials are a sponge, yarn, glue, shrink plastic sheets, pens, resin, and Posca markers in white, blue, and pink.

First, cut out a circle from the sponge to make Kirby’s body, then attach the hands and feet with glue.

Next, glue on finely cut pieces of yarn.

For the feet, wrap the yarn around and around.

For the eyes, cut black shrink plastic into oval shapes; for the cheeks, paint ovals in pink on translucent shrink plastic and bake them.

Draw highlights on the eyes with a white Posca marker and coat them with resin.

Attach all the parts with glue, and you’ve got a fluffy, cute squeeze toy!

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Handmade okonomiyaki craft

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I already posted how to make okonomiyaki before. ☺️✨#HandmadeToysSummer Vacation CraftChildcare

♬ Athletic Meet “Heaven and Hell” (No Introduction) – Shinonome

Let’s try making okonomiyaki and yakisoba—just like the ones you see at summer festival stalls—using craft materials! Here, we mainly introduce how to make the griddle and spatula.

Feel free to create the okonomiyaki and yakisoba themselves using yarn, felt, and other materials.

For the griddle, cut 2 cm-wide strips from both long edges of a color foam board and attach silver origami paper to them.

Then cover the remaining center piece with black construction paper to form the griddle surface, and glue it between the cut side pieces.

Also attach 1 cm-wide strips of silver origami along the top and bottom edges of the griddle.

Draw in the vent openings, and it’s complete! For the spatula, cut a milk carton into a spatula shape and cover it with aluminum foil—that’s all you need!

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Cute shaved ice piggy bank

Here’s an idea for a shaved-ice coin bank made from a milk carton.

It’s adorable because a little face pops out when you put a coin in.

Prepare a small milk carton and peel off the outer printed layer so it’s white.

Cut the spout into a mountain shape.

Draw the syrup part with a pen, attach an iridescent (aurora) sheet, and create the slot for inserting coins.

Next, pierce a rotating cardboard piece with a bamboo skewer and fix it inside the milk carton.

Thread the face piece onto the part of the skewer that sticks out of the carton and glue it in place, then decorate the other end with beads.

Attach thick paper around it to hide the skewer, and close the spout to finish.

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Cream soda trinket case

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100-yen store DIY/arrangement ☺️✨Summer Vacation Craft#HandmadeToysParenting#100-yen shop DIY

♬ Utopia – imase

When it comes to summery drinks, cream soda is a classic! So let’s make a cream soda-themed trinket holder.

This idea uses a flower vase sold at 100-yen shops.

It’s shaped like a rectangle topped with a half-circle, and it already looks like cream soda, doesn’t it? Apply green iridescent origami paper to the rectangular part and white masking tape to the half-circle to represent the drink and the ice cream.

Glue a cherry made from a pom-pom and a craft pipe cleaner to the outside, then insert a straw.

Add iridescent round stickers to mimic bubbles for an even cuter finish.

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Handmade croissant craft

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Pretty hard to do in real life, huh? 🥹#ElementarySchoolMomSummer Vacation CraftParentingChildcareHandmade#100-yen shop DIY#100-yen-shop

♬ Touch – KATSEYE

Croissants, whose toasty aroma practically comes through just by looking at them, are a popular bread across generations.

Let’s recreate that delicious croissant appearance using materials you can get at a 100-yen shop.

For the base, cut a puzzle mat into three different sizes, then glue them together while creating steps.

Once the base is complete, apply double-sided tape across the entire surface and wrap brown yarn around it to mimic the look of a croissant.

Since the layered dough and variations in browning are part of a croissant’s appeal, experiment with how you wrap the yarn and also use paint to reproduce these details effectively.

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Rice made from yarn

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What kind of rice do you like? 🙂#tiktok classroomLife with children#HandmadeToys#AtHomePlay

Good music – neguse.

Let’s make a rice mascot that conveys warmth by making the most of yarn’s soft look.

The steps are to bundle yarn wound around a fork and then cut it; the key is shaping it so it ends up looking like rice.

Place it in a bowl or lunchbox-style container you made separately, and aim for an even more appetizing look with additional decorations.

Plain white rice can look too simple, so try mixing in other colors as you wind the yarn, or add side dishes you’ve crafted separately—both are great options.

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Easy Ice Bazooka

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A bazooka you can make with a balloon and a paper cup ✨✨ The “Takoyaki Bazooka” I made before was really popular, so I made an “ice cream version” 🍨 It’s a blast, so definitely give it a try 💕Life with children 　#HandmadeToysSimple craft　#AtHomePlay

♬ summertime – cinnamons

Let’s make an Ice Bazooka that everyone can play with after making it! First, take a sheet of origami cut in half and draw your favorite ice cream on it.

Wrap it around a rolled piece of paper, grip it together, and secure it with tape.

That completes the bazooka ammo.

Next, cut out the bottom of a brown paper cup and draw a cone pattern on it.

Take a balloon with the tip of the part that inflates slightly trimmed, stretch it over the bottom of the paper cup, and tape it in place.

Finally, make a target using a paper cup and construction paper, and you’re done! Pull the balloon to launch your Ice Bazooka and aim for a high score!

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ice pop

“Ice Pops” made with gel mats — Made using Daiso’s ‘seismic-resistant mats’ and ‘transparent origami paper’

Let’s make a refreshingly realistic-looking popsicle using anti-slip gel pads! You’ll need clear anti-slip (seismic) gel pads, clear chiyogami paper, glitter, and popsicle sticks.

Decorate the gel pad with glitter, chiyogami, or any other small parts as you like, then place a popsicle stick on top.

Layer another gel pad over it so that the decorated side faces inward.

Add more decorations and attach one more layer, then coat the outside with chiyogami or glitter.

You’ll have an adorable popsicle that looks so tempting you’ll want to take a bite!

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