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 (51–60)
Swaying Cherry Blossoms
Here’s an idea for a wall decoration that evokes cherry blossom petals swaying in the wind.
Make petals by cutting origami paper into rectangles and forming each piece into a loop.
Combine four to five petals and glue a yellow piece in the center to create a three-dimensional cherry blossom.
If you press the inside of the flower and leaf pieces with a bamboo skewer to add curvature, they’ll gain a soft, rounded 3D look.
Connect the finished blossoms and leaves with thread and attach them to the wall so the design sways when a breeze passes through.
It’s a decoration that’s both visually striking and dynamic, letting you feel the arrival of spring.
Hinamatsuri garland
Let us introduce a Hinamatsuri garland with an adorable felt texture.
First, prepare round-cut felt pieces and fabric with traditional Japanese patterns.
Cut the fabric into a V-shape and stick it onto the felt to create an open-collar body.
Make a face using another round felt piece and shape the hair to fit the face.
Attach the body and face together to complete the hina doll.
Add eyes and rosy cheeks as you like.
You can also cut red and white felt in wavy lines and layer them like ruffles to make cherry blossoms, and stack diamond-shaped pieces of three-colored felt to make hishimochi.
Attach the decorations to a string, and your garland is complete.
You’ll feel the Hinamatsuri atmosphere the moment you put it up.
Give it a try!
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!
Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival or Girls’ Day)
I’d like to introduce a torn-paper collage that’s perfect for Hinamatsuri and great to make in March.
First, draw simple, easy-to-understand outlines of the Emperor and Empress on construction paper.
Keeping the outlines simple makes it easier to tear and paste origami paper.
Once the outlines are done, start tearing origami paper and paste it on.
Rather than covering red areas with a single shade of red, mixing several red tones will add depth and give the piece a warm finish—highly recommended.
Using washi or tissue paper will make the artwork even more appealing.
Please use this as a reference!
[For Seniors] Simple and Fun Hinamatsuri Crafts: A Collection of Ideas Using Various Materials (61–70)
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?
Hina dolls made with toilet paper rolls and origami
This craft uses toilet paper rolls that you might otherwise throw away to make Hina dolls.
It requires very few materials, so if you’re looking for a Hinamatsuri craft, definitely give it a try! The basic method is simply to decorate cut toilet paper rolls with origami or Japanese-patterned paper.
Rounding the corners of the rolls gives them a cute look! You can also make the kimono sleeves three-dimensional to add a touch of elegance.
Since this is a highly flexible craft, try creating your own original Hina dolls!
