[For Seniors] Crafts to Enjoy with Yakult Containers: Ideas for Ornaments and Toys

Ring toss toy

Ring toss toy using lactic acid bacteria drink containers

Here’s an idea for a ring toss game using Yakult bottles as targets.

Decorate the Yakult bottles with masking tape and pens, then stand and glue them onto a piece of cardboard covered with colored construction paper.

Finally, make the rings for tossing using pipe cleaners, and you’re done.

Since the bottles are glued onto the cardboard base, they won’t tip over when you play—that’s the key point.

Let everyone decorate the Yakult bottles with their own designs to make it more fun.

It’s a craft idea that’s enjoyable both to make and to play with after it’s finished.

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Hane Keisuke

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Here’s a craft idea for making an ogre (oni) using a lactic acid bacteria drink container as the base.

Wrap the entire container with yarn to represent the oni’s skin color—such as red or blue—and add yellow-and-black striped pants.

Place yarn hair on top of the container and glue on horns made from felt.

Use rhinestone stickers and thread to create the face, and give it a spiked club to hold to finish it off.

The oni looks cute on its own, but if you prepare a base decorated with beans and display two figures—a red oni and a blue oni—on it, it will look even nicer.

If you have the time, be sure to make the base as well.

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Snowflake stamp

Easy Craft: Snowflake Stamps Made from Lactic Acid Drink Containers [Ages 0–1]

One of the charms of Yakult containers is their unique, small, easy-to-hold shape.

This is a cute stamp that takes advantage of that shape to press snowflake patterns.

The method is simple: attach a plastic bottle cap to the container, then attach cushion sheet pieces—cut into snowflake parts—to the cap.

After adding decorations, it’s complete, and you repeatedly stamp it to form a snowflake.

The fun part is that your choice of colors and stamping technique lets you create your own unique snowflakes.

Try experimenting with the stamp shapes as well to add originality.

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kaleidoscope

Let’s make a kaleidoscope with Joie (Joha)

One distinctive feature of Yakult containers is their unique, light-transmitting color.

Let’s make a kaleidoscope that takes advantage of this light intake.

First, line the inside with a triangular piece of paper covered in mirror-finish film to make it reflective.

Make a peephole in the bottom of the container, and attach a case filled with beads to the lid—then it’s done.

By making the mirror shapes irregular, the view changes, so experimenting with mirror arrangements should be fun.

Not only the sparkle of the beads, but also the light captured by the container itself, contributes to its unique look.

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snowman

[100-Yen DIY] Snowman made from Yakult containers ⛄️

What a lovely idea to make snowmen out of Yakult containers.

It looks like you could have a great time doing this together with older adults.

By making use of the containers’ shape and decorating them with yarn or colored paper, you can create uniquely charming snowmen.

The key is to value the ideas of the older adults as you go—while planning the designs and adding the decorations.

Displaying the finished snowmen will likely brighten up the room, too.

It’s a perfect winter craft activity and can help stimulate both the mind and body of older adults.

Let’s enjoy making them together and spend a time full of smiles.

Kintaro made with a Yakult containerNEW!

[Children’s Day] Kintarō made with a Yakult container

Kintaro, whose kindness and robust figure are depicted in folktales.

The Kintaro dolls displayed on Children’s Day are put up with the wish that children will grow up healthy and kind-hearted.

How about making such a Kintaro ornament using a familiar Yakult bottle? Cut a circle from thick paper the size of the Yakult opening and attach it to the mouth.

Stick double-sided tape on the bottle and wrap skin-colored yarn around and around.

Wrapping it carefully without gaps will give you a neat finish.

Wind black yarn around your hand to make the hair and topknot.

Make the belly apron from red felt and the axe from black felt, and add eyes with rhinestone stickers to complete it.

You might also make a carp streamer and display them together.

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Santa Claus

[Christmas DIY] Santa Claus made from Yakult bottles

This is a Santa Claus mascot that makes use of the Yakult bottle’s distinctive shape, which gradually narrows toward the top.

Attach double-sided tape to the bottle, then wrap felt around it.

Once you’ve created the clothing and face areas with the felt, just add the parts for the face, hair, and beard to finish.

Since it involves assembling small pieces, it’s great for training creativity while keeping those fingers moving.

In addition to Santa Claus, it’s also fun to try making various mascots that take advantage of the bottle’s shape.

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