[For Seniors] Handmade Ideas for Tsurushi-bina: Simple and Cute Hanging Decorations
Handmade tsurushi-bina crafts are perfect for seniors, offering the fun of working with your fingers and the sense of accomplishment when you finish.
Using familiar materials like origami paper, felt, and chirimen crepe fabric to create festive motifs for Hinamatsuri makes for a heartwarming time.
Display them in your room to feel the arrival of spring and spark conversation.
In this article, we introduce easy tsurushi-bina ideas for seniors! We also share ideas for hanging decorations perfect for Hinamatsuri, so give them a try.
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[For Seniors] Handmade Ideas for Hanging Hina Dolls: Simple and Cute Hanging Ornaments (11–20)
A hanging ornament of yo-yo quilt made from fabric scrapsNEW!
Let’s make a hanging decoration with a calm, soothing feel using fabric with traditional Japanese patterns.
You can make this with fabric scraps, so prepare plenty of your favorite prints.
After making a paper pattern and cutting the fabric, fold it in half with the right sides together and sew the edges.
Once you have a loop, lightly fold in each end to crease them.
Fold it in half and sew all the way around with large stitches, then pull the thread to form a round shape.
Gently shape it, then thread a cord through along with small fabric balls stuffed with cotton.
Make five of these sets to complete a vibrant yo-yo quilt hanging decoration.
Hanging Hina dolls made from chirimen fabric
Chirimen fabric is a popular material known for its luxurious feel.
How about decorating for Hinamatsuri with hanging ornaments made from chirimen? They feature traditional Japanese patterns and color schemes.
The temari motif used in hanging ornaments is said to symbolize good luck and harmony.
To make one, simply attach chirimen fabric to a polystyrene ball, and it’s finished in no time.
When making flowers, there’s some sewing with needle and thread, so older adults should work together with staff.
Displaying them in a room also creates a distinctly Japanese atmosphere.
Tsurushi-bina made with materials from a 100-yen shop
The Doll Festival (Peach Festival) stems from parents’ wishes for their children to grow up healthy.
The hanging hina decorations we’re introducing here can be made easily, since you can get all the materials at a 100-yen shop.
Did you know that each part of a hanging hina has its own meaning? The peach symbolizes longevity, the strawberry wards off misfortune, the rabbit protects against evil, and the dumpling signifies never lacking food—each with an important origin.
Made with stick-on crepe-style fabric paper, the decoration has a charming, traditional feel.
Since it’s the type that hangs from the ceiling, it’s nice that you don’t have to worry about where to place it.
Plum blossoms, camellias, and bush warblers
When it comes to hanging decorations perfect for Hinamatsuri, plum blossoms, camellias, and bush warblers come to mind.
They’re ornaments that let you feel the arrival of spring.
What you’ll need are pom-poms, wire, nippers, felt, and decorative tape, among other things.
Attaching the bush warbler’s facial parts requires some delicate work, but otherwise there are no difficult steps at all.
Using pom-poms makes it easy to create cute decorations, so I highly recommend it.
Display them in your room and you’ll instantly feel a gentle, spring-like mood.
Be sure to try making them together with everyone!
Hanging ornaments made from cherished clothingNEW!
A hanging ornament filled with memories, made from your child’s outgrown clothes.
Use pinking shears to cut the clothes into small pieces and attach them to spherical Styrofoam forms.
Incorporating a variety of colors makes it more vibrant, so keep color balance in mind as you work.
Thread the finished pieces and some beads onto string to create the hanging decoration.
You can find Styrofoam spheres in various sizes at 100-yen shops, so have a look.
You can make this not only from your child’s clothes but also from fabric scraps, so please use this as a reference.
Hanging ornaments of oshie-style Hina dollsNEW!
This is a hanging ornament made using the oshie technique, which creates dimensional pictures by layering pieces of fabric.
You attach various decorations—such as the Empress and Emperor dolls and plum blossoms—to a core, separating them into parts and sticking them on in order.
Once the pieces are finished, connect them with strings and assemble them onto the base to complete it! Using chirimen crepe fabric adds a traditional Japanese feel.
Attach a string to the base and display it on a wall or door.
You can enjoy arranging the decorations and their placement as you like, resulting in a highly original piece.
[For Seniors] Handmade Tsuru-shi Hina Ideas: Simple and Cute Hanging Ornaments (21–30)
Let’s try making a tiered display with tsurushi-bina (hanging hina ornaments).
Tsurushi decorations are an essential part of Hinamatsuri events held at senior facilities and day service centers.
They’re beautiful ornaments that brighten up a room just by being displayed softly.
This time, let’s make a tiered display of the Emperor and Empress dolls.
First, draw the illustrations and cut them out.
Then make the fan and hair accessories as well.
Finally, draw the faces to complete the dolls.
You can create any expressions you like, so finish it as a one-of-a-kind piece that’s uniquely yours.