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 Hina Matsuri Crafts: A Collection of Ideas Using Various Materials (41–50)
Hinamatsuri Flower Ball
A flower ball you can hang from the ceiling or simply place on a table as a decoration.
Even with items from the 100-yen shop, you can make something lovely and cute that’s perfect for Hinamatsuri.
Use a glue gun to attach artificial flowers to a craft foam sphere.
Try using artificial peach blossoms, cherry blossoms, or other pink flowers.
Add a ribbon, and it’s done.
Since it’s made from lightweight materials, it might be easy for seniors to handle and create as well.
You can get everything you need at the 100-yen shop, so give it a try.
For Seniors: Simple and Fun Hinamatsuri Crafts. A Collection of Ideas Using Various Materials (51–60)
Hinamatsuri bouquet
This is a lovely piece featuring the Emperor and Empress nestled in a bouquet.
Use construction paper and origami paper to make the Emperor and Empress.
Attach straws to the ones you’ve made.
Then bundle them together with artificial flowers sold at 100-yen shops or lollipops on sticks to finish.
For artificial flowers, peach blossoms are perfect, but spring blooms like cherry blossoms and rapeseed flowers are also recommended.
You’ll create a charming bouquet that conveys heartfelt warmth.
It’s great for yourself, and it also makes a nice gift for seniors’ families or acquaintances.
Toy capsule Hina dolls
Let’s make use of the plastic capsules that come with gachagacha/gachapon toys, which usually contain small toys or trinkets.
Attach paper towels to the capsules using glue diluted with water.
Do the same and attach paper towels to small pieces of Styrofoam.
Use washi-patterned origami on the capsule toy, arranging it like a kimono.
With a hot glue gun, adhere the paper-towel-covered pieces to the capsule toy, add hair and decorations, and you’re done.
If you make two—an Emperor doll and an Empress doll—you’ll have a splendid Hina dolls set.
It looks good enough as interior decor and is likely to delight older adults as well.
Double-flowered style three-dimensional peach blossom
This is a charming origami activity that invigorates the mind and body while welcoming the arrival of spring.
Layering each petal one by one to create a three-dimensional finish encourages fine finger movements and concentration, providing great stimulation for the brain.
In this idea, a 7.5 cm sheet of origami paper is cut in half, and five of those pieces are used to make a single flower.
All five are folded into identical parts and combined, and when assembled, the petals become double-layered for a very festive look! Creating a slight hollow in the center also adds depth.
Instructions for folding buds and making branches are included as well, so try this heart-brightening recreation that lets you enjoy both the joy of making and the pleasure of decorating at the same time.
Hina dolls made with origami and paper plates
An origami and paper-plate Hina doll activity is especially appealing because you can enjoy it easily with everyday materials.
Cut a paper plate in half, then roll it into a cone so there’s a small hole at the top.
Layer and glue two half-circle pieces of origami paper on top to represent the doll’s kimono.
Next, prepare white drawing paper and cut out a shape consisting of an oval on top of an overlapping rectangle.
Draw the doll’s face on the oval, then attach hair and ornaments made from origami.
Roll the rectangle into a tube, insert it into the hole in the paper plate, spread it open inside the plate, and secure it with tape.
Finally, give the doll a fan to hold, and it’s complete! Make the male doll as well and be sure to display them side by side.
Three-dimensional wall-mounted Hina doll display
The three-dimensional wall-hanging Hina doll decoration is an origami piece that, while adorably stylized, still conveys the essence of traditional Hina dolls.
You cut and glue the origami paper for each part to create the faces and kimonos.
A key point is shaping the sleeves into rings to give them a soft, voluminous finish.
By mounting the pieces on construction paper, you can hang the work directly on the wall, adding festive depth and color to the space as a seasonal decoration.
With thoughtful choices of expressions and colors, the impression changes, making it a subtle yet striking origami idea you can enjoy as a work with presence.
three-dimensional bonbori (paper lantern)
Let me show you how to make a three-dimensional bonbori lantern that you can display in your room as a Hinamatsuri decoration.
Use 15 cm origami for the lantern light, 15 × 7.5 cm for the pillar, and 7.5 cm for the boxes.
You’ll make three boxes, so prepare three sheets in the same color.
First, use the origami for the light to make a balloon.
Then trim about 1 cm off the bottom where the air hole is.
Next, use the 15 cm × 7.5 cm sheet to make the pillar.
Fold it in half several times to create crease lines so it becomes long and narrow, then fold about 1 cm along one side with the white side facing out, and use the creases to roll it into a square column.
Make the boxes in the standard square shape.
Place a 10-yen coin as a weight in one of the boxes, then stack on top of it another box whose base has a slit cut in it, inserting the pillar through the slit.
Insert the balloon onto the top of the pillar, then stack the remaining box on top and glue it in place to finish!