[For Seniors] Fun and Easy Oni Crafts to Liven Up Setsubun: Simple, Enjoyable Ideas

Hiragi Sardines and the Demon

[Craft Idea] Setsubun Crafts: Holly-Iwashi, Oni, and Plum Blossoms — Japanese Event Crafting (February) (Senior Recreation) (Early Childhood Learning) (Wall Decorations) (Creative) (Origami) (ogre) (origami) (paper straws)

These decorations of a holly-and-sardine charm and an oni (ogre) use paper straws that are sold at 100-yen shops.

You can get all the other materials at 100-yen shops too.

They’re easy to prepare, yet you can make impressive holly-sardine and oni decorations.

The holly-and-sardine part isn’t complicated to make, so it should be easy to try.

The origami oni and plum blossoms involve some fine finger work.

Using your fingers skillfully can help with finger rehabilitation and stimulate the brain.

Please adjust the folding steps to suit older adults.

Besides wall decorations, you can add strings and hang them—there are many ways to use them depending on your ideas.

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Nakajima Junko

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Pac-Pac Oni Craft

[Setsubun Craft] A Talking Oni Puppet Made from a Paper Cup! [For 5-Year-Olds] (ASMR-style Video)

This is a chattering ogre craft you can make with a single sheet of construction paper! Fold a colored sheet into eighths and unfold it, then fold it in half again and cut a slit in the center.

If you fold the slit diagonally and open it up, you’ll have a big ogre mouth.

Next, make horns, hair, and facial parts out of paper and glue them on, or draw them directly, to complete the ogre’s face.

Hold both sides and move them, and it looks like the ogre is talking! By changing the parts, you can adapt it into all kinds of characters, so you can enjoy making not just ogres but your favorite characters or animals too.

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An oni eating an ehomaki sushi roll

[Craft idea] Setsubun craft: A demon eating an ehomaki (lucky direction rolled sushi) — Japanese event crafting (February) (recreation for seniors) (early childhood/educational) (wall decoration) (art/craft) (paper cup) (rolled sushi) (demon)

It seems a bit sad that the ogres get chased away every year.

In that case, how about making this year’s wall decoration a unique ogre holding an ehomaki instead of a scary-faced one? Cut a paper cup and paint the bottom—which will become the ogre’s mouth—red.

After attaching parts like hair, horns, and eyes, fold the red-painted bottom of the cup in half and add visible fangs.

Then just glue it onto a backing sheet along with the ehomaki made by rolling paper and the ogre’s body parts, and you’re done! The three-dimensional look makes it a fun, realistic recreation of the ogre biting into an ehomaki.

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Oni and Setsubun decorations made with paper bowls

[Craft Idea] Setsubun Crafts: Otafuku Mask, Oni (Demon), Kanabō (Spiked Club), Plum Blossoms – Japanese Event Crafting (February) (Senior Recreation) (Early Childhood/Educational) (Wall Decorations) (Creative) (Paper Bowls) (3D) (Origami)

Create three-dimensional Oni and Otafuku figures using paper bowls.

Paper bowls sold at 100-yen shops work perfectly.

Cut the bowls for the Oni and Otafuku, and use crumpled origami paper to form their faces and hair.

You can also make the Oni’s distinctive, permed-looking rounded hair by crumpling origami paper.

Yarn or thinly cut strips of origami paper can also be glued on as hair.

Because this craft involves crumpling and squeezing paper, it uses the hands a lot.

It’s said that “the hands are a second brain,” with many nerves connecting the fingertips to the brain.

Using the hands and fingers helps activate the brain and can aid in dementia prevention.

Enjoy this brain-training craft activity and create wonderful pieces!

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Nakajima Junko

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Oni made with paper cups

[Craft Idea] Oni (Paper Cup) – Demons made from paper cups (February) (Recreation for seniors/OT/Daycare) (Wall crafts) (Early childhood education) (DIY) (Seasonal events) (Origami)

Oni have long had a scary image, but oni with teary eyes or endearing expressions are charming too! A paper cup transforms into an oni—this is a three-dimensional wall decoration with expressive faces.

It’s a fun craft where an ordinary paper cup keeps changing, so it’s great for day-service recreation as well.

Open up a paper cup to make the oni’s face, leaving the horn and ear sections uncut.

Then attach the eyes, nose, and hair to finish.

If you decorate with beans and a wooden measuring cup (masu), it really enhances the Setsubun atmosphere!

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miyabi

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