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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 (41–50)

Mayudama Rolling: Let’s roll the Daruma and play

I made a rolling cocoon toy with a daruma design♪ The construction paper size is 1.5 cm wide and 10 cm long! Wishing you a wonderful New Year ☺️🙌 #crafts #athomeplay #NewYear

Mayudama Rolling: Let's roll the Daruma and play

Would you like to make a Daruma silk-cocoon roller that you can roll around and play with? Its small, cute form is sure to be popular with children.

First, glue together pieces of construction paper cut into rectangles.

Put a marble inside and wrap it up, then finish by attaching the Daruma’s face! By drawing the Daruma’s facial expression freely, children can expand their ideas.

Try making a three-dimensional Daruma that you can also display as New Year’s decor.

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Daruma ornament made from a toilet paper roll core

Craft with toilet paper rolls and origami★ Easy! Stylish and cute Daruma-making tutorial★ Perfect for New Year decorations♪ New Year ornaments★ Display together with a cow♪ New Year Year of the Ox 2021 recycle

Daruma ornament made from a toilet paper roll core

Let’s make a stylish and cute Daruma doll using a toilet paper roll core and origami you have at home! First, attach origami paper to a cut core.

The trick here is to cut the outer edge of the core with a rounded shape.

Next, create all the facial parts and glue them onto the face base.

Finish by attaching the patterned pieces you’ve drawn! It’s also recommended to display it with New Year’s decorations like kadomatsu or the year’s zodiac animal.

Be sure to try making this softly designed Daruma!

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[Origami] Ema and Daruma

Wishing you a wonderful year! Origami ema daruma

[Origami] Ema and Daruma

This is an idea to make a daruma doll and an ema plaque out of origami.

Both use the white reverse side of the paper, so they’re easy to fold and can be made quickly—that’s a nice bonus.

After folding, you add the face to the daruma and write your wish on the ema.

For the daruma, you can draw in just one eye like a “victory daruma,” and take the opportunity to teach the custom behind it.

For the ema, children who can write can add their goals for the year, and those who like drawing can decorate with crayons to express their individuality.

You can even display them as-is as this month’s wall decoration.

It’s a craft that captures the spirit of the New Year.

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[Empty Capsule] Daruma Shaka-Shaka Stick

Daruma Shaker Maracas [Craft] [Handmade Instrument]

[Empty Capsule] Daruma Shaka-Shaka Stick

Here’s an idea for making Daruma maracas using empty capsule toy containers and toilet paper cores.

Wrap the paper core with vinyl tape or washi tape in your favorite colors to decorate it.

Put beads or other noise-making items into the empty capsule container, attach a paper face with a Daruma drawing, and combine the pieces—and you’re done! The best part is you can play with it after you make it.

Try creating unique Daruma maracas with different colors and expressions!

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[Paper plates] Daruma collage with torn paper

January Craft: The New Year is just around the corner! How about making Daruma dolls—also beloved from picture books—to celebrate? When a variety of unique, expressive Daruma line up in the room, it’s sure to get everyone excited!

[Paper plates] Daruma collage with torn paper

How about making a cute, charming daruma using a paper plate and origami? First, tear red origami paper into small pieces by hand.

Then pack and paste lots of those pieces onto the paper plate.

Next, cut out some construction paper, draw the face with crayons—eyes, eyebrows, and beard—and paste it on top.

Tear some gold origami into small pieces as well and stick them onto the body area for decoration.

Feel free to draw the face however you like—big eyes, bold eyebrows—and create a powerful-looking daruma!

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