[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 Tsurushi-bina. Simple and Cute Hanging Ornaments (31–40)
Hanging cherry blossom decorations made with tissue paper
Let’s make a spring-like hanging decoration of cherry blossoms using tissue paper! Fold the tissue paper in an accordion, cut it into petal shapes, and simply unfold it to create cherry blossoms.
You can also make shapes that look like a single petal, and by wrapping green tissue paper on the opposite side of the petal’s slit, you can create bud-like shapes.
Make plenty of these using dark pink and light pink tissue paper and combine them.
Cut brown construction paper into long, thin strips to resemble cherry branches, and attach the blossoms and buds to them to finish.
Make lots and bring the feeling of spring into your room!
Hina dolls placed on a table, gently swaying
Here’s an easy Hinamatsuri hanging decoration idea that seniors can enjoy: Hang pipe cleaners from a paper cup.
Draw illustrations on the cup with pens or stickers, then make a hole in the center of the bottom.
Twist three pipe cleaners together from about 2 cm down to the halfway point, and thread them through the hole in the cup.
Secure the pipe cleaners inside the cup, then wrap the ends around a pen to form the base.
Attach paper decorations made from construction paper with tape, and decorate with gradient foam balls.
You’ll have a gently swaying hanging hina ornament.
Hanging Hina Dolls made with flour clay
Here are some ideas for hanging decorations made with salt dough! You can buy salt dough at 100-yen shops, or make it by mixing cake flour, salt, vegetable oil, and water.
If you want to add color, knead in your favorite paint.
Roll the dough into balls and poke a hole through the center with a bamboo skewer.
Once dry, decorate by threading a string through, adding lace, or wrapping ribbon, then string them up to hang—and you’re done! Try making Hina dolls to display together, too.
Paper-cup Emperor and Empress (Hina dolls)
Hinamatsuri, the Peach Festival, has long been celebrated as an event to wish for children’s health.
And the stars of Hinamatsuri are, of course, the Odairi-sama and Ohina-sama dolls! This time, let’s make Odairi-sama and Ohina-sama using paper cups.
First, decorate the paper cups with masking tape or origami paper—choose any patterns you like.
Next, draw the dolls’ faces.
Attach the dolls to the paper cups, and finally thread a string through to complete a hanging hina decoration.
It would also make a delightful gift for your grandchild.
Hinamatsuri mobile
A Hina Matsuri mobile where you can display items with a traditional Japanese feel, such as cherry blossoms and fans.
Let’s make hanging decorations together with seniors using construction paper and yarn—great for practicing fine motor skills.
Connect round pieces cut from colored paper and cherry blossom parts to create three-dimensional items.
You can also accordion-fold paper and fasten it to make fans.
Attach the pieces you made to pipe cleaners, and you’ll have an adorable mobile that gently sways.
It’s also recommended to make seasonal decorations like imperial dolls or peaches.
[For Seniors] Handmade Ideas for Tsurushi-bina. Simple and Cute Hanging Ornaments (41–50)
Peach Blossoms and Plum
These are hanging decorations of peach and plum blossoms, perfect for Hinamatsuri.
Cut fabric into circles, sew around the edge with a running stitch so it gathers evenly, stuff with cotton, then pull closed to make a round shape.
To form petals, stitch lines across the rounded piece to create segments, and attach a bead in the center to finish the flower.
Prepare fabrics in various shades of pink and red, and make many flowers in different shapes.
Once you’ve made a good number, attach them to a string to complete the decoration.
If you add the string to a small ring, it will enhance the circular look!
Hanging Hina dolls made from paper plates and paper cups
For the Peach Blossom Festival (Hinamatsuri), how about making hanging hina decorations using paper plates and paper cups? The materials are paper cups, paper plates, scissors, pens, and stickers.
First, put stickers on the paper cups.
Then make slits with scissors and decorate them cutely.
Drawing pictures and arranging them with fabric or ribbons is also recommended.
It’s great for seniors to make them together while sharing memories of Hinamatsuri, as it helps stimulate the brain.
Once finished, displaying them by the window might make them stand out nicely.