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[Childcare] Collection of Daruma Craft Ideas: Fun Projects Using Everyday Materials

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When it comes to January activities in childcare, making crafts with lucky daruma dolls is a must! Using familiar materials like paper plates, origami paper, and milk cartons, there are plenty of ideas that even two-year-olds can enjoy.

Children can create patterns with torn-paper collage or decalcomania, turn their creations into spinning tops or maracas to play with, or make daruma that gently wobble like roly-poly toys.

Why not enjoy the process of making them and share the joy of playing with the finished pieces together with the children? Here, we’ll introduce lots of ideas for unique, personality-filled daruma crafts! Because the children’s creations are treated as art pieces, we use the term “seisaku” (制作, creation/artwork) in the text.

[Childcare] Daruma Craft Ideas! Fun Projects Using Everyday Materials (21–30)

Various daruma decorations!

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Various daruma decorations!

Let’s make some Daruma crafts.

For the first-drawing Daruma that you paint on an ema plaque, use paints to boldly capture a powerful expression.

On the back of the ema, try writing your resolutions for the year.

For the misfortune-shedding Daruma, cut slits into a toilet paper roll and attach pieces of origami paper.

Offset the slits and stack them, then display it like a Daruma-otoshi.

For the Seven-Fortune Daruma, switch up the colors of construction paper, make slits, and create plump Daruma figures.

Making them in different colors will look vibrant when displayed together.

Before starting the crafts, sharing the origins of the Daruma may add depth to the activity.

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Cute when lined up! Zodiac Daruma

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Cute when lined up! Zodiac Daruma

When Daruma dolls transformed into the twelve zodiac animals are lined up, they make a splendid New Year’s decoration.

Prepare origami paper, colored Posca markers, and construction paper, and let’s get started.

Take one sheet of origami paper and fold it to create the shape of a Daruma, making crease lines as you go.

For each zodiac animal, use construction paper and colored Posca markers to add features like whiskers, ears, and manes.

Writing the name of the zodiac animal on the Daruma’s belly will enhance the festive look.

Once you’ve completed all twelve zodiac animals, display them together at the end.

It will elevate the celebratory atmosphere of the New Year.

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[Childcare] Daruma Craft Ideas! Fun Projects Using Everyday Materials (31–40)

A 3D Daruma you can make with a single sheet of origami!

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A 3D Daruma you can make with a single sheet of origami!

Let’s make a daruma that’s perfect for decorating your entryway for the New Year.

Prepare origami paper, felt-tip pens, round stickers, and scissors.

Take one sheet of origami paper, fold it into a triangle to make a center crease, then open it and fold both sides toward the center line.

As you firmly crease each fold, carefully adjust the balance of the daruma’s face.

By folding the corners, you’ll create a rounded shape for the daruma’s body.

Use felt-tip pens and round stickers to make the eyes and eyebrows, and it’s complete.

You can also make a small cushion (zabuton).

Enjoy displaying your daruma to kick off the New Year!

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3D origami Daruma doll

Origami 3D Daruma

3D origami Daruma doll

Let’s make a daruma doll—an auspicious charm—using origami.

Prepare origami paper, round stickers, a felt pen, and glue.

Open the origami paper and make firm creases into squares and triangles.

As you fold, tuck the paper in while creating rounded volume overall.

When folding the layers in, straighten the tips and shift them slightly as you make careful folds; this will help you create a nicely rounded daruma shape.

Fold the eyes from a separate piece of origami paper, then use black-colored round stickers to represent the eyes and eyebrows.

Attach them to the body to finish.

Try changing the color of the origami paper to make daruma dolls in various colors!

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New Year decorations of rabbit Daruma

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New Year decorations of rabbit Daruma

When it comes to New Year’s good-luck charms, daruma dolls are a classic.

Let’s make a craft that combines the zodiac animal with a daruma.

Prepare construction paper, origami paper, glue, and scissors.

First, create the base for the daruma and decide on its size.

Then cut out the parts to fit the base and glue them together.

It might be nice to change the color of the origami paper for the daruma, too.

Make the favorite food of the zodiac animal, and combine it with a gold fan for a New Year’s touch to finish.

Finally, glue the daruma and the food onto the construction paper base, and you’re done.

Give it a try!

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Fun with threading! Daruma-san

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Let’s make a Daruma decoration with a lovely yarn texture.

First, cut a circle out of the center of a paper plate.

Then use a hole punch to make evenly spaced holes around the inner rim.

Thread red yarn through one of the holes and tie a knot so it won’t slip out, then enjoy lacing the yarn through the holes as you like.

When you finish lacing, glue on the Daruma face and body pattern pieces made from construction paper over the yarn, and decorate the plate with stickers or plum blossoms to complete it.

Add a string for hanging, and it can be displayed like a wreath!

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Cute Daruma origami

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Cute Daruma origami

Auspicious! Making colorful daruma with the children and lining them up as decorations would instantly brighten up the room, wouldn’t it? Daruma are often displayed as New Year’s ornaments, and it’s said their origin as lucky charms comes from their characteristic of getting back up even after they fall.

It’s also lovely to make them with origami in the children’s favorite colors.

However, since the colors of daruma each carry meaning, it can be a great time to deepen learning while crafting.

This is a recommended idea for preschool classes, so be sure to give it a try.

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