[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 Tsuru-shi Hina Ideas: Simple and Cute Hanging Ornaments (21–30)
Hanging ornament of an origami kusudama
A colorful kusudama hanging decoration made from origami in various colors is perfect for displaying around Hina dolls! First, fold the origami in half vertically, then fold both sides toward the crease you made and unfold.
Next, fold two corners on a diagonal into small triangles.
Then again, fold both sides toward the initial center crease.
From the short edge, fold toward the center to make a triangle, and tuck the folded section inside.
Once you’ve made all the necessary creases, one kusudama unit is complete! Make many of these units and assemble them to form the kusudama.
Thread a string through it and hang it from a wooden board to display.
Hanging ornaments of oshie-style Hina dolls
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 Ideas for Tsurushi-bina. Simple and Cute Hanging Ornaments (31–40)
No-sew felt hanging decoration
The no-sew felt hanging ornaments are lovely pieces that give a warm, cozy feel.
Use 5.5 cm × 4 cm felt and chirimen fabric scraps to make small birds.
Adding metallic yarn creates a neat accent and makes them look festive.
For the eyes, simply paint rhinestones black for an easy solution.
Use small pieces of pink, white, and green felt to make hishi-mochi, and use small oval felt pieces and chirimen scraps to make zori sandals.
After crafting three-dimensional cherry blossoms, use a bamboo skewer and embroidery thread to assemble them into hanging ornaments.
Soft-colored felt and chirimen fabrics blend well with interior decor, so they’re recommended.
Give it a try!
Hanging Hina decorations made with ring garlands
This is a Hina display that makes clever use of paper chains.
Speaking of paper chains, they’re a classic decoration that everyone has made at least once, right? Let’s try creating a project that incorporates some ingenuity using those chains! Use circular-cut, traditional-patterned chiyogami to make the Empress (Ohina-sama) and Emperor (Odairi-sama).
Add accessories like fans and crowns, and draw in their faces.
The key to making plum blossoms is to crumple the paper first—this transforms them into lovely, three-dimensional decorations.
After you make tachibana, cherry blossoms, and round ornaments, attach them to a paper chain made from two colors of origami.
To create a richly colored display, it’s a good idea to use various colors of origami and aim for a vibrant look.
Kusudama hanging decoration
This is a kusudama hanging ornament that gives a vivid and festive impression.
Cut five circular pieces from 7.5 cm origami and fold each in half with the colored side facing inward.
Stack and glue them all together to form a hemispherical kusudama.
Attach a tassel with a ribbon—also made from origami—beneath the kusudama, and glue a band around its center.
Finish by adding a hanging cord.
For a more lavish look, it’s recommended to use two types of origami: plain and traditional Japanese patterns.
Hanging hina dolls made from origami and coloring pages
This time, let’s make a hanging hina (tsurushi-bina) featuring origami and coloring.
Tsurushi-bina is an essential motif for Girl’s Day (Hinamatsuri) and evokes the arrival of spring.
First, draw peach blossoms, then make cranes and balloons with origami.
The hina dolls can be easily completed using coloring sheets.
Finally, hang everything with string to decorate your room—highly recommended.
It also adds a festive touch for Girl’s Day events at senior facilities or day services.
Hina doll wreath made with 100-yen shop materials
Let’s make a Hinamatsuri wreath using materials from a 100-yen shop.
First, cut out the center of a paper plate, attach felt, and create the wreath base.
Next, use cardstock and styrofoam balls to make a rabbit hina doll and an imperial consort doll.
Use the styrofoam balls as heads, insert cardstock ears into slits, and glue them in place.
For the kimono, cut a rectangle of cardstock, round off the corners, draw the collar with a pen, and apply Japanese-patterned origami paper.
Roll the kimono into a cylinder, glue the head on top, and draw the face with a pen.
Finally, attach the hina dolls to the base, decorate the remaining space with pom-poms and artificial flowers, and your wreath is complete!
