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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Practical Small Item Crafts (1–10)
Easy handmade candle
Here’s how to make cute DIY candles using materials you can get at a 100-yen shop.
By using molds, you can create candles with a variety of patterns, and you’re free to choose the colors, so you can craft uniquely personalized candles just the way you like.
Once they’re finished, arrange them neatly, dim the lights, and light them up—you’ll have a charming, romantic, and stylish DIY project that’s easy to enjoy and so photogenic you’ll want to capture the moment, making for wonderful new memories.
katana
Making a toy sword with 100-yen shop materials is actually super easy! Using cardboard, origami paper, and construction paper, even kids can craft one safely and have fun.
Once you’ve made your very own original sword, you can enjoy some pretend swordplay! It’ll also look great as a room decoration.
Through this craft, it’s a chance to nurture a love of making things and creativity.
It’s perfect for a summer vacation project, too! If parents and kids make it together, you’ll create fun memories.
So, everyone—let’s go to the 100-yen shop!
jewel box
A sparkling jewelry box that excites you just by looking at it.
Start by using a clear case from the 100-yen shop as the base.
Inside, cut slits in a sponge to create spaces for rings, or slice the sponge into thin strips as dividers to make spaces for bracelets and pendants—there are tons of fun ideas.
Attach frilled felt around the sponge and secure ribbons around the case with double-sided tape.
The key feature is a glittery lid made by sealing sequins between a clear plastic sheet using double-sided tape and masking tape.
With a bit of creativity, you can finish it as a cute box that suits your taste!
Toy Story headband
Here’s a fun idea for anyone who loves Disney: Toy Story-themed headbands you can make with materials from a 100-yen shop! Decorate foam ear bases with designs inspired by characters from Toy Story.
You’ll use items like felt, rhinestone stickers, and embroidery thread, but feel free to choose materials that fit your design.
Since layered felt can get heavy, lighten it by cutting away the lower layers where they overlap.
Use a hot glue gun for assembly, and be careful to avoid burns.
cooler
Make a must-have cooler for the hot season using 100-yen store items! Cut a hole in the top of a Styrofoam cooler box to fit the size of the fan you’ll attach.
Also cut an outlet hole on the side.
Inside the box, add dividers so you can stand and secure ice packs.
Then remove the stand from a small fan, mount it, connect it to a mobile battery, insert the ice packs, and switch it on.
It won’t cool the entire room, but if you place it on a desk, you’ll feel a pleasantly cool breeze!
3 simple coasters
How about making coasters as a summer vacation craft? Here, we’ll introduce three methods.
The first is a coaster made by arranging tiles on top of paper clay.
The second is a coaster made by lining up beads and melting them in the microwave.
The third is a summery coaster that expresses a seasonal scene by placing shells, sequins, and stickers in resin.
They’re all easy to make, so give them a try.
You can buy most of the materials at 100-yen shops.
3D acrylic block
Acrylic stands are popular for things like supporting your favorite idols.
They’re usually flat, but if you stack and glue several layers together, you can create a block-style piece with depth! Prepare as many acrylic sheets of the same size as you like, neatly cut out a photo of the main character or subject, and attach it to an acrylic sheet with double-sided tape.
Next, add surrounding decorations to the other sheets while checking the balance, and finally stack and adhere everything together to finish.
Even if you’ve only made flat acrylic stands before, you’ll be thrilled with the result—no doubt about it! Give it a try.