For seniors: Heartwarming and cozy. Recommended handmade Hina dolls
Hinamatsuri is an event filled with the wish for girls to grow up healthy and happy.
On March 3rd, many families traditionally display Hina dolls and celebrate.
In this article, we introduce handmade Hina doll ideas especially for seniors.
One-of-a-kind handmade Hina dolls have a warm, charming feel, don’t they?
The Hina dolls featured here are all easy to make using familiar, readily available materials, so please feel free to use them as inspiration.
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[For Seniors] Heartwarming and Cozy. Recommended Handmade Hina Dolls (81–90)
Cute hanging Hina dolls made of cardboard
Tsurushi-bina are essential for the Peach Festival (Hinamatsuri).
How about making your own using only materials you have at home? All you need are scissors, cardboard, a pen, glue, and so on.
This time, let’s make tsurushi-bina out of cardboard.
First, create the dolls and dress them with origami clothes.
Next, make some flowers and leaves, thread them onto a string, and you’ll be done in no time! You can also add your own touches by including strawberries, rabbits, or dango.
Since it’s just a matter of cutting and pasting, it’s easy and quick to make, and it’s recommended for seniors as well.
Dress-up Hina dolls
These Hina dolls use paper cups and are fun both to make and to enjoy when finished.
When you twist the paper cup, the patterns on the Emperor’s and Empress’s kimonos change.
It’s a piece you can gift to your grandchildren or display in your room.
After cutting and coloring the paper cups, add faces, accessories, and parts to the Emperor and Empress.
On a separate paper cup, create three different kimono patterns.
Using masking tape makes this easy.
Stack the two paper cups to complete it.
The steps are simple, but the project is full of clever ideas.
Moving your fingertips while crafting and spinning the finished piece may also help stimulate the brain.
Hanging hina dolls made from empty containers
Don’t you feel a little excited as Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day) approaches? Many older adults probably have cherished childhood memories of it.
Or, for seniors with children or grandchildren, it may feel even more meaningful.
This time, we’ll introduce an easy craft you can make at home: hanging Hina dolls using empty containers.
Besides plastic bottles, empty containers from lactic acid bacteria drinks work too.
First, make a hole in the container and thread a string through it.
Since making holes can be dangerous, please have staff handle this step.
Next, place washi-patterned origami inside the container to dress it like a kimono.
Draw the Hina doll’s face, hang it with the string, and in no time it’s finished!
Paku-paku puppet Hina dolls
How about making an item that lets you enjoy the sight of a Hina doll’s mouth opening and closing? Using paper cups also makes it a good fine-motor exercise, so it’s perfect for crafts or recreation time at care facilities.
Cut slits down to the bottom of the prepared paper cup to create the silhouette of a mouth.
Draw the doll’s face on the upper part, and have it hold a fan or other item on the lower part to finish.
You can keep the illustration simple, or try drawing a more authentic Hina doll.
Create an item that makes the most of seniors’ ideas.
A roly-poly-style Hina doll
Many places include craft activities for making Hina dolls in preparation for the Doll’s Festival, don’t they? Since they’re Hina dolls, of course you’ll display them, but how about making dolls with a bit of movement like these? They’re Hina dolls made from paper cups, and there’s a gashapon capsule hidden under the paper cup.
When you poke it, it wobbles like a roly-poly toy.
Inside the capsule, clay is attached; you just put the lid on and combine it with the doll made from the paper cup on top to complete it.
