For Seniors: Simple and Fun Hina Matsuri Crafts—An Idea Collection Using Various Materials
As Hinamatsuri approaches, you might feel like adding a touch of springtime brightness to your room.
That’s why we recommend easy Hinamatsuri crafts you can enjoy casually.
We’ll share ideas for items like hanging ornaments and tabletop decorations that you can make using various materials such as felt and pompoms.
Many of them can be finished without sewing, letting you savor the seasonal tradition while keeping your hands busy—a delightful bonus.
Once you display your finished pieces, the space will instantly feel brighter.
Be sure to enjoy some conversation together as you try your hand at crafts brimming with the colors of spring.
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For Seniors: Simple and Fun Hinamatsuri Crafts. A Collection of Ideas Using Various Materials (71–80)
Dress-up Hina dolls
These are hina dolls made with paper cups that are fun both to make and to play with once finished.
When you spin the paper cups, the patterns on the emperor and empress’s kimonos change.
They make a lovely gift for your grandchildren or a charming decoration for your room.
Cut and color the paper cups, then add faces, accessories, and parts to create the emperor and empress.
On a separate paper cup, make three different kimono patterns—using masking tape makes this easy.
Stack the two paper cups together to complete the craft.
The steps are simple, but it’s a project full of clever touches.
Since you use your fingers both while making it and when spinning the finished piece, it may help stimulate the brain.
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 nothing is more essential to Hinamatsuri than the Emperor and Empress dolls! This time, let’s make the Emperor and Empress 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—your hanging hina decoration is complete.
It would surely make a delightful gift for your grandchild, too.
No-sew Hina dolls
Here’s how to make no-sew Hina dolls.
Prepare felt, wooden beads, and construction paper, and give it a try.
Cut the felt according to the template and glue together the kimono for the male and female dolls.
If you slightly offset the felt pieces as you glue them, the kimono will look neat when wrapped into shape.
Draw hair on the wooden beads, then glue them onto the kimonos to assemble the heads and bodies.
For the male doll, make an eboshi (cap) from construction paper and attach it to the head, then add the shaku (ritual scepter) to finish.
For the female doll, place the crown and give her a fan to complete.
It’s a perfect craft for practicing fine motor skills, so be sure to give it a try!
Rabbit Hina dolls
Let me introduce rabbit-themed Hina dolls.
Prepare pom-pom balls and felt, which you can even buy at a 100-yen shop.
Attach pink and yellow pom-poms to small round pieces of paper to make flowers.
For the bonbori lanterns, wrap felt around a toothpick and stick a pom-pom on top.
Add decorations as you like.
Attach felt shaped like ears to white pom-poms, apply decorative tape, and add eyes and a nose.
Attach an obi sash and a fan to pink or light-blue pom-poms, then connect them to the face to finish.
If you glue cardboard to the bottom, they can stand for display.
These tiny, cute rabbit Hina dolls will brighten your mood just by displaying them.
How about this as an idea for a craft activity?
Hanging ornaments of rabbit chicks
Let’s make hanging decorations inspired by hina-arare, tri-colored dango, and plum blossoms to enjoy the Hinamatsuri atmosphere! Use a toothpick and three pom-poms in different colors to make the tri-colored dango.
When inserting the toothpick, twist it in as you push—it makes it easier.
Next, thread a needle with string and pierce five pink pom-poms to create a plum blossom.
Finish by stringing together colorful pom-poms inspired by tri-colored dango, peach blossoms, and hina-arare.
On a warm day, open the window and relax as you watch your hanging decoration gently sway.
Hanging ornaments of flowers and Japanese bush warblers
Hanging decorations themed around Hinamatsuri will instantly give your room a spring-like atmosphere.
Along with plum and camellia blossoms, add a Japanese bush warbler, a symbol of spring, to feel the season’s arrival.
Prepare craft wire and pom-poms in large and small sizes.
You can find them at 100-yen shops, so have a look.
Thread wire through five pom-poms to form a flower shape, then use a green pom-pom and yellow felt to create the warbler’s face.
Attach yarn in your favorite colors to each piece, and you’re done.
The brightly colored flowers and warbler let you enjoy spring even indoors, so give it a try!
Hina dolls made with tissue paper
As a fun idea for Hinamatsuri, how about making hina decorations with tissue paper? Layer red and pink tissue paper and fold them accordion-style.
Tape the center, round off the tips with scissors, then gently open it up.
Tissue paper tears if you use too much force, so the trick is to open it slowly and gently.
Attach a face to the flower, and it’s done.
Decorating with these soft, cute hina dolls made from tissue paper will fill your room with a gentle atmosphere.
Try making the prince doll and peach blossom decorations as well to fully enjoy the Hinamatsuri spirit.