[Children's Day] Let's make and display! Children's Day wall decoration special

Swim with the wind! Hanging carp streamers

[Easy 💐 Origami] Carp Streamers 🎏 Swimming in the Wind ✨ [Children’s Day] Eye-opening Way to Make Them 😍 Hanging Decoration

Feel soothed by the way it gently sways in the breeze.

Let’s try making a carp streamer with origami.

First, cut the origami paper into three equal strips so each measures 15 cm by 5 cm.

Take one of the strips, fold it lengthwise into thirds, then make alternating slits from the top and bottom at 0.5 mm intervals.

Leave 3 cm on both the left and right ends, as these will be the face and the tail fin.

Once the slits are made, gently open the paper and carefully spread each woven section one by one.

Attach an eye on the left side you left intact, then cut the right side with scissors to form the tail fin, and you’re done.

If you make a slit in the face and thread a string through it, you can hang it as a decoration.

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Kashiwa-mochi are scale-like carp streamers

[Craft Idea] Carp streamers made of kashiwa-mochi scales & irises (May Children’s Day, with templates) (Senior recreation, occupational therapy, day service, childcare, wall decorations) (origami DIY)

Carp streamers that reimagine Kashiwa-mochi—lucky treats for Children’s Day—as fish scales! It’s an innovative idea that makes you feel cheerful just looking at it.

Make the base of the carp streamer from construction paper.

Create the Kashiwa-mochi by using circular origami paper and attaching green origami cut into the shape of oak leaves.

After sticking the two together, make a slit down the center of the oak leaf and overlap the left and right sides to give it a three-dimensional finish—that’s the key point.

Instructions for making irises are also included, so make them together and complete a May-themed wall decoration.

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garland

Many households probably focus on decorating their walls with seasonal items.

If you want to enjoy carp streamers (koinobori) as a stylish wall decoration for Children’s Day, how about making them into a garland? You can make the koinobori out of paper, or use leftover fabric scraps you have at home for a budget-friendly option.

While garlands are typically hung on a string and displayed on the wall, using driftwood and natural jute twine to hang them in a balanced way will elevate the stylish look even more.

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Koinobori made with stamps

Let’s make use of scrap materials that we usually throw away! Here are some ideas for creating koi-shaped streamers using stamps.

What you’ll need: construction paper cut into koi streamer shapes, brushes, a palette, paints, koi streamer parts made from construction paper, glue, rubber bands, an empty lactic acid drink container, and bubble wrap.

Bubble wrap makes a fun “pop-pop!” sound when you press it with your fingers, but this time, let’s use it for crafting without popping it! Attach a piece of cut bubble wrap to the empty lactic acid drink container with a rubber band, and your stamp is ready.

Dab your favorite paint colors onto the construction paper and have fun stamping! You’ll get patterns that look just like koi scales.

[Japanese style] Koinobori (carp streamers), wisteria, and iris

Kimie Gangi May wall decorations: carp streamers, wisteria flowers, irises...

Classroom walls in preschools and kindergartens are often decorated with cute motifs like flowers and animals.

But every once in a while, why not make a bold change and try decorations with a distinctly Japanese aesthetic? Wall displays inspired by traditional techniques—such as delicately rendered skies, clouds reminiscent of ukiyo-e, wisteria arranged in the style of tsumami-zaiku (a traditional craft), and iris flowers made from gradient-colored origami—will look wonderfully fresh to children.

As they gaze at the display with curious expressions, it might also be nice to tell them stories about customs like the iris bath.

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kashiwa mochi (rice cake wrapped in oak leaf)

Speaking of Children’s Day, more than carp streamers, it’s all about kashiwa mochi! Here’s the perfect origami for little food lovers: kashiwa mochi.

With the colored side facing up, crease the paper along the diagonal, then fold only the top corner down to the center.

Flip it over and fold the bottom corner up toward the middle of the top edge.

Open it once, then make a small fold at the bottom corner, and fold it back downward.

Fold upward along the lowest crease, turn it to the front and tidy up the shape.

Make a small slit to create the leaf’s pinch, and your kashiwa mochi is complete!

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kashiwa mochi (rice cake wrapped in oak leaves)

Paper craft “Kashiwa-mochi” (with template) for May wall displays and indoor decorations

Kashiwa mochi is a traditional Japanese sweet made by wrapping rice cakes in oak leaves.

Because oak trees do not shed their old leaves until new buds grow, the leaves are said to symbolize prosperity for future generations.

How about turning seasonal kashiwa mochi into a wall decoration? Since it has a three-dimensional finish, you can not only hang it on the wall but also display it standing.

Cut construction paper to make the mochi portion and the oak leaf portion.

Shape the mochi into a plump, round form, and fold the oak leaf by alternating mountain and valley folds to create a dimensional look.

Finally, glue the parts together and it’s done! It will look lovely displayed alongside Children’s Day items as well.

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