[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?
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[For Day-Service Facilities] February Craft Ideas: Decorations for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, and the Feeling of Spring (91–100)
Setsubun wreath with an oni (ogre) and an okame (folk mask)
During the cold winter months, you’ll likely find yourself enjoying more indoor crafts.
Here’s a recommended wreath that lets you feel the Setsubun spirit.
All you need is origami paper, so why not incorporate it into a craft activity at your day service? The wreath base is made by creating several parts and assembling them together.
By changing the colors and patterns of the parts, you can completely transform the look of the wreath—give it a try! The oni (ogre) and okame (good-luck lady) can also be made with simple folding steps.
Adding these instantly boosts the Setsubun atmosphere! It’s perfect to take home and display in a room or by the entrance, and it also makes a lovely gift.
Let’s become a demon!
When it comes to events in February, Setsubun is the classic example.
Many senior care facilities also have staff dress up as oni (demons) and throw beans.
You can use familiar materials like construction paper, paper plates, tape, glue, scissors, pipe cleaners, and string.
Since all the steps are simple, individuals can make them as a recreational activity or hand therapy, and by assigning roles for each part and dividing the tasks, it can also be done as a group recreation.
Not only can you enjoy it at the facility, but taking it home as a gift for your grandchildren or using it for bean-throwing at home will make it even more fun.
Make colorful oni and enjoy it together with everyone!
Oni Horns
One of the events in February is Setsubun.
Some of you might have grandchildren who are looking forward to it.
As an item to make Setsubun even more exciting, I’d like to introduce a craft: ogre horns.
For this, you roll construction paper into a cone to make the horns and use red yarn to create the ogre’s hair.
Wearing this will make the bean-throwing even more fun.
You can also put it on dolls or ornaments.
Try finding the perfect way to use it.
By the way, if you plan to wear it, adding a chin strap is convenient.
Bear and heart garland
February means Valentine’s Day.
It’s a day to share your feelings with someone you like, but lately many people also give chocolates to friends as a way to say thanks.
And it’s not just chocolate—people aren’t too particular about the items and sometimes give everyday goods instead.
The perfect way to liven up Valentine’s Day is with a garland! The bear-and-heart garland we’re introducing today can be easily made with a single sheet of construction paper.
Just draw the design on the paper and cut along the lines—that’s it.
Have fun drawing a cute bear face.
Hang it in your room to instantly soak up the Valentine’s mood.
The demon of accordion folds
In Japan’s old lunar calendar, the year began with Risshun (the first day of spring).
Risshun was considered a very important day, and the day before it—February 3rd, Setsubun—was essentially the equivalent of New Year’s Eve today.
Although Setsubun is a bit different from how it is now, let me introduce a festive ogre (oni) decoration suitable for this seasonal turning point, displayed on a fan.
To capture the fierce look of the oni’s face, the key is to use an accordion fold with origami.
An accordion fold is a method of folding paper by alternating mountain and valley folds like a folding fan.
It allows you to create the oni’s distinctive expression.
Attach the facial parts to the face, and then affix plum blossoms to the fan’s base.
It makes a wonderful piece not only for decorating facility walls but also to take home and display.
