[For Seniors] Fun and Easy Oni Crafts to Liven Up Setsubun: Simple, Enjoyable Ideas
When it comes to Setsubun, making oni (demon) crafts is something you’ll want to enjoy alongside bean throwing.
There are plenty of ideas that let you savor this seasonal event while working with your hands—oni masks and decorations made from paper plates, origami, or balloons, as well as containers for the beans.
As you reminisce together and work on colorful oni crafts, the time you spend will naturally be filled with smiles and fun.
Displaying your finished pieces or using them for bean throwing will really heighten the Setsubun atmosphere.
This year, why not make Setsubun a special day that welcomes good fortune with heartwarming oni crafts?
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[For Seniors] Oni-themed crafts to liven up Setsubun: Simple and fun ideas (51–60)
Recommended for class activities! Draw your favorite demon
When you think of events in February, Setsubun probably comes to mind.
And when you think of Setsubun, you think of oni (ogres).
How about making unique oni crafts as a recreation activity? Staff can prepare the base parts in advance, such as the oni’s face, horns, and hair.
The rest can be drawn or decorated by the seniors, resulting in oni full of each person’s creativity.
Oni with one or two horns, or even a one-eyed oni—each one uniquely made by the participants.
When these oni are displayed on the facility walls and brighten up the rooms, some seniors may feel the season and grow fond of them.
It’s a project that enhances the Setsubun spirit and brings enjoyment.
Various demons with origami
Let’s try making different kinds of oni (ogres) with origami! Setsubun is all about oni, right? But don’t the usual red and blue ones feel a bit bland? If you’re thinking, “I want to make wall decorations that are a little different this time!”, try designing unique oni decorations using origami in a variety of colors.
By changing the number of horns or fangs, and experimenting with hairstyles and colors, you can create all sorts of oni.
This Setsubun, why not make your very own oni and create a set of wall decorations full of personality?
Balloon Demon Craft
Would you like to make an ogre for bean-throwing? Crafts use your hands, so I think they’re a perfect recreation for seniors.
First, prepare some yarn, a balloon, and yellow construction paper.
Make pom-poms with the yarn, and place them on the balloon head to create hair.
The yellow construction paper will become the ogre’s horns—roll it into a cylinder and add stripes with a black marker.
Tape the horns onto the hair, and your ogre is almost done.
Just draw the eyes, nose, and mouth to finish.
You can hang it by the window and actually throw beans at it, or use it as a decoration for Setsubun.
Please give it a try!
Setsubun wreath with an oni (ogre) and an okame (folk mask)
During the cold winter months, you’ll likely spend more time enjoying crafts indoors.
Here’s a recommended wreath that lets you savor the Setsubun atmosphere.
All you need is origami paper, so why not incorporate it into craft activities at a day service? The wreath base is made by creating several parts and assembling them.
By changing the colors and patterns of the parts, you can completely transform the look of the wreath—give it a try! The oni (demon) and okame (traditional female mask) are also easy to fold.
Add these, and it instantly feels like Setsubun! You can take it home to decorate your room or entrance, and it also makes a delightful gift.
Oni and Otafuku
When it comes to events in February, many people probably think of Setsubun.
Here’s a perfect recreation activity for Setsubun: making an oni (demon) and Otafuku.
First, fold origami to create the outlines of the oni and Otafuku, then attach facial parts cut out from paper.
If you put them up on the wall, you can enjoy a festive Setsubun atmosphere.
By the way, in the context of Setsubun, Otafuku represents the “fuku” in the phrase “Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi” (Demons out, good fortune in).
So it’s recommended to display them as a set.
