[Christmas & New Year] Craft Ideas for Day Services in December

Mickey Santa

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Let’s have fun decorating for Christmas with a Mickey Mouse mascot dressed like Santa Claus.

The base is made from red origami paper, folded into a triangle to create the hat and outfit.

You’ll then decorate the folded sections and edges to complete the Mickey Mouse look.

Adding the scarf piece is also an important step, as it enhances the overall softness and three-dimensional feel.

Since the overall color is red, it’s recommended to use accent colors that make the red stand out even more in your decorations.

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Santa Claus tear-off calendar

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Have you ever made a countdown calendar like “25 days until graduation” back in your school days? Since they’re often made by the whole class, each page tends to carry a certain passionate feeling that really captures the essence of youth.

So, why not make a page-a-day countdown calendar to Christmas to get into the holiday spirit? It would be fun to divide up the work with your family or make it together with friends.

Each page will show its own personality—you might even feel like making one for the entire year!

Santa Claus and Presents

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The gold coins that Saint Nicholas threw into poor households happened to land in stockings that were drying by the fireplace.

Thanks to those coins, everyone became happy.

From this anecdote came the custom of putting Christmas presents in stockings.

It’s a lovely story, isn’t it? Did you also receive presents in your stockings when you were children? Let’s use Santa and presents as decorations for the calendar.

Presents can be box-shaped, a big sack, or of course the stocking type—anything is OK! It would be great to create a colorful calendar!

reindeer

[Christmas Origami] Easy and Cute Reindeer Folding Method – Origami Christmas Reindeer, Winter Origami Decorations

Did you know that Santa’s animal companion was originally a camel? It’s the kind of tidbit you’ll want to share, right? Influenced by Christianity that emerged in northern regions, the companion shifted to the more familiar reindeer instead of a camel.

Come to think of it, their colors and presence feel somewhat similar.

Making a reindeer out of origami sounds fun, doesn’t it? It could even steal the spotlight on your calendar, outshining Santa! There’s also a video that gives a detailed tutorial on how to fold it, so please check it out for reference!

Christmas tree made with an eraser stamp

[Eraser stamps] I’m making a December calendar with Christmas stamps 🎄

Eraser stamps are a lot of fun, even if you feel a little sorry for the eraser itself.

A similar activity might be the rubber block prints we made in elementary school art class, right? I remember carving the zodiac animals to use on New Year’s cards.

If you’re good with your hands, making a calendar with eraser prints would be great, too.

Try carving Christmas-related motifs like fir trees, stars, presents, and snow.

Your sense of style will show in how you combine them and arrange the colors.

And please be very careful with the carving tools!

Simple Santa Claus

Making a December calendar ⭐

Christmas has become firmly established in Japan.

In fact, until 1947, December 25 was a national holiday because it was the anniversary of Emperor Taishō’s death.

Seniors will remember that.

Speaking of Christmas, Santa Claus comes to mind.

With just red triangular paper, you can make something that already looks like Santa, so even if you’re not particularly skilled at crafts, don’t worry.

Use cotton for the beard and beige-colored paper for the face.

Giving him a cane or something might be stylish! A hat and scarf are great too—even a slightly dapper Santa is OK.

A snowman and a snow hut (kamakura)

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A snow-made kamakura, and eating oden inside it—there’s really no describing that bliss.

But when you hear “kamakura,” you probably think of the city of Kamakura, right? There are many theories about the origin of the name for the snow hut, but a leading one says it comes from its resemblance to a hearth (kamado), with “kamado” having slurred into “kamakura.” There’s also a theory that it comes from enshrining Lord Kamakura Gongorō.

Try making a snowman and a kamakura out of origami and making them the stars of your calendar.

A snowman inside a kamakura—kind of surreal, isn’t it?