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[For Day Service Centers] February Craft Ideas: Decorations for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, and the Feeling of Spring

February is a month when you can feel the arrival of spring even amid the cold.

For crafts at the day service, let’s choose activities that engage the hands while reflecting the changing seasons.

Seasonal crafts may make you look forward to spring and spark lively conversations.

February’s unique motifs—Setsubun ogres and ehomaki rolls, camellias and daffodils that bloom beautifully despite the cold, and Valentine’s heart decorations—are all heartwarming.

Crafts made with familiar materials like origami paper, Yakult containers, and felt are easy for anyone to try and bring great joy when completed.

Shall we enjoy creating warm pieces together that help us forget the winter chill?

[For Day Service] February Craft Ideas: Decorations for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, and the Coming of Spring (1–10)

February calendar

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Let’s incorporate an ogre (oni) face into the February calendar to boost the Setsubun spirit! The key feature of this craft is, without a doubt, creating the hair with yarn.

It gives the calendar a fun, three-dimensional look.

Make the eyes, nose, mouth, and other parts from construction paper and stick them onto your preferred color of paper.

The face can be smiling or angry—either works.

Fold an okame (good-luck lady) with origami, and once you’ve made the hair by curling yarn, it’s complete.

Adding a phrase like “Good fortune comes to a smiling home” or writing your goals for the month would be wonderful, too! It’s a piece that will make you smile every time you see it and look forward to Setsubun.

Oni made with Yakult containers

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Tasks like winding yarn and attaching small parts are perfect finger exercises for older adults.

This project reuses a Yakult bottle to make a small oni (demon) ornament.

It’s a great idea for those who enjoy detailed handiwork.

Wrap felt around the mouth of the Yakult bottle and yarn around the body.

For the oni’s pants, wind two strands of yellow and black yarn together.

Add yarn hair and felt horns, attach the face, and it’s complete.

Because it’s a meticulous craft, the joy of finishing it is all the greater.

Give it a try!

Oni decorations made of felt

[Setsubun Decorations] Oni ornament made with felt / DIY Setsubun decoration
Oni decorations made of felt

How about some cute ogre decorations that blend nicely with your interior? Use a plate about 18 cm in diameter and some thick paper to make a cone-shaped base.

Apply hot glue to felt and stick it onto the base to create the body and horns.

The hair is made with yarn and a pencil.

Make the ogre’s pants and drum from felt, and finish by making the eyes and mouth with beads and thread.

In addition to red and blue ogres, using colorful options like green or yellow will brighten up the walls of elderly care facilities.

They’re small and don’t take up much space, so they’re also great for decorating a room.

[For Day Service] February Craft Ideas: Decorations that evoke Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, and Spring (11–20)

Tsumami-zaiku Ume Blossom

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Tsumami-zaiku Ume Blossom

Tsumami zaiku can seem a bit difficult, but this one uses only the basic round fold, so it feels approachable even for beginners! Fold the chirimen fabric three times into a small triangle and glue it in place.

Use a small amount of glue to keep the finished look cleaner.

Gently puff it up, round it, and shape it, and your round fold is complete.

Combine five of these small pieces to make the upper row, then attach it to the lower row made the same way.

Turn it into a brooch or a strap, and you can feel the arrival of spring close by anytime.

Simple and cute Setsubun wreath

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You can make a lovely Setsubun wreath using tissue paper, construction paper, and paper plates.

Cut out the center of the paper plate and attach crumpled tissue paper.

It looks charming in pink or red to evoke plum blossoms.

Cut out parts from construction paper to create an oni (ogre), an okame (mask/face), and a masu box filled with beans.

Staff can pre-cut the construction paper pieces, and seniors can be asked to assemble the parts and draw the faces.

It’s very easy to make a cute wreath, so it would likely be a hit to make at home with your grandchildren.

Narcissus origami

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Narcissus origami

This content guides you through making a three-dimensional daffodil, a flower that blooms beautifully in winter, using origami.

You create the center of the flower with yellow origami, and use the white reverse side to express the soft color of the petals.

It’s a process that requires delicate finger movements and concentration: make firm pre-creases and then fold finely along those guides.

If you pay attention to how you open cuts with scissors and keep your folds an even length, you’ll end up with an even more beautiful daffodil.

Finally, attach leaves made from green origami to complete it.

As you assemble, think about where on the flower the leaves emerge and how they protrude.

Camellias and bush warblers

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Camellias and bush warblers

Camellias and bush warblers make you feel the early arrival of spring.

Plum blossoms are a spring flower that combines a dignified, refined beauty.

Their pretty petals and sweet, gentle fragrance are truly captivating.

The bush warbler’s “hoo-hokekyo” call is soothing too, isn’t it? You can easily make plum blossoms and a bush warbler using just straws, origami paper, and chenille stems.

Making the warbler may seem difficult, but you can do it simply by cutting a round circle and layering origami on it.

Decorating with these spring-themed crafts instantly creates the feeling that spring has arrived.

I can’t wait for spring!