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 (31–40)
A chopstick rubber-band gun modeled after a handgun
This rubber band gun, reminiscent of a handgun, looks impressively realistic and cool.
And it’s not just the appearance—its structure is quite complex, too.
It’s made by combining many parts, and the mechanism that moves the trigger in particular is remarkable.
At the same time, the process involves only cutting and shaving chopsticks and gluing them together, so with patience you should be able to complete it.
If you’re willing to put in a bit of effort to create a rubber band gun that looks great and is fun to play with, definitely give it a try.
Jellyfish charm
Let’s make a jellyfish charm that looks cute on bags or clothes.
Cut a super ball in half, then use double-sided fabric tape to attach ribbon and lace.
Using small pearls for the eyes makes it extra cute.
Drill a hole near the top, apply glue to the finding, and insert it.
Thread a chain through the finding, and your jellyfish charm is complete.
Super balls come in clear and unusual colors, and the vibe changes depending on which one you use.
Try making it with your favorite super ball!
Fun boredom-buster ideas for kids you can make with 100-yen store items!
Set a writeable, stick-on whiteboard into a file folder you can get at a 100-yen shop.
Next, cut a frame out of cardboard, cover it with OPP tape or similar so it can be adhered, and stick it onto the file.
I also recommend adding a lid made from a clear file to the frame—this prevents whatever you’ve stuck on from falling off or getting in the way.
Attach a pouch that can hold origami paper and washi tape, and finally add a pen.
Now you’ve got a portable boredom-buster file you can take anywhere!
Easy! A chopstick rubber band gun that can even use hair ties
This rubber band gun made from disposable chopsticks is very simple—you just bundle the chopsticks together and fasten them with rubber bands.
First, stack four chopsticks and secure them in two places with rubber bands.
To catch the rubber band that will serve as the projectile, leave the top and bottom sticks of the four sticking out a bit longer.
Attach a clothespin together with the topmost rubber band at the rear.
The rubber band projectile is gripped by both the clothespin and the chopsticks; when you pull the clothespin, the band shoots out.
Try using a hair tie as the projectile—it won’t hurt much even if it hits you.
A three-step chopstick rubber-band gun
This is a chopstick rubber-band gun that you can make with a simple procedure: use chopsticks as the base and attach a clothespin with a rubber band.
Insert the metal part of the clothespin into the gap between the chopsticks, then secure the clothespin in that position with a rubber band.
After that, to keep the chopsticks from spreading apart, wrap a rubber band around the tips of the chopsticks, and it’s done.
The mechanism is that you launch a rubber band stretched from the tip by opening and closing the clothespin.
The appeal is that you can make a chopstick rubber-band gun easily with only a few materials.
How to make a chopstick gun
In addition to chopsticks and rubber bands, this chopstick gun uses cardboard and duct tape to combine into a pistol-like appearance.
The basic firing mechanism is assembled from chopsticks and rubber bands, and then a grip and decorations are attached using cardboard and tape.
Since you’ll end up covering the whole thing with tape so it looks like a pistol, it’s important to build a sturdy base beforehand.
Let’s also pay attention to how we decorate it to make it look as realistic as possible.
Rifle-style chopstick rubber band gun
This is a chopstick gun assembled into a shape like a rifle, clearly conveying a strong, powerful image.
Each part is made by aligning chopsticks and gluing them together, then assembling pieces of different lengths and widths into a rifle form.
The rubber band firing mechanism is simple: a rubber band hooked at the front is released by moving the trigger.
Because of that simplicity, the visual impression of strength depends on how much heft and presence you can express in other aspects.
You can showcase individuality by either making the most of the chopstick material itself or by adding solid decorative elements.
Make it with disposable chopsticks! Sniper rifle
Simple yet profound, it features a mechanism as authentic as a sniper rifle! This is an idea for a cool chopstick rubber-band gun that you can make using just disposable chopsticks and rubber bands.
It’s so realistic to play with that adults are sure to get hooked.
It’s a craft that both adults and kids can enjoy, easy to make and fun to play with.
Create your own original toy gun and enjoy group battles together.
Be sure to prioritize safety, and you’ll love the excitement of both the crafting and the play.
Give it a try!
Rubber band gun made from disposable chopsticks and clothespins
This is a chopstick rubber band gun whose trigger is a clothespin, launching rubber bands with impressive speed—its muzzle velocity is the main attraction.
The basic build is to fix one jaw of a clothespin to the end of a chopstick bundle, then create a notch at the tip to hook the rubber band.
How you bundle the chopsticks and how you secure the clothespin are both important; the firmer the attachment, the more stable it will be when the rubber band is stretched.
Its simple look—chopsticks extending from the clothespin—also makes it a great canvas for decorations to add your own personal touch.
Even grade-schoolers can make it! Triple-shot chopstick rubber band gun
You might think it’s just a simple chopstick rubber band gun, but it actually has a feature that lets you fire three rubber bands.
The building process is straightforward: attach a handle to a bundle of chopsticks that serves as the base, then install a movable trigger so that it’s sandwiched in place.
What’s crucial here are the trigger shape and the positions where the rubber bands are hooked.
By attaching three rubber bands at different positions, they will fire in sequence.
The hooking method for each band is also intricate, so doing that accurately is a key point.