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[February Bulletin Board] Perfect for Setsubun! A Collection of Oni (Demon) Craft Ideas to Enjoy in Early Childhood Education
When it comes to February in preschools and kindergartens, it’s the season when everyone starts thinking about Setsubun wall decorations.
Displays featuring oni (ogres) catch children’s attention and really boost the seasonal mood.
We’re introducing ideas you can choose from based on your class atmosphere and children’s developmental stages, such as masks, garlands, and large oni made with tissue paper.
There are plenty of ways to make the process fun too, like finger stamping and hand painting.
Find your favorite oni craft and make Setsubun an even more enjoyable event!
[February Wall Decorations] Perfect for Setsubun! A Collection of Oni (Demon) Craft Ideas for Fun in Childcare (1–10)
Oni head made with tissue paper
This is an ogre head made from tissue paper that’s useful for creating Setsubun wall decorations.
The ogre’s hair is represented with tissue paper, and a fan-shaped piece of origami is rolled into a cone to make the horns.
For the hair, stack several sheets of tissue paper, accordion-fold them, tie the center, and then gently peel apart each layer.
Before attaching the horns, it looks just like a flower, so making them in various colors will make your wall look like a flower garden.
By adding the horns, you can keep it festive while clearly conveying the Setsubun theme.
Instructions for making holly-and-sardine decorations (hiiragi iwashi) and plum blossoms are also included, so feel free to use them as a reference.
Easy with cardboard! Oni Den-den Daiko (Devil Hand Drum)
Kids tend to associate ogres with being scary, right? So to make Setsubun more fun, why not try making an ogre-themed den-den daiko (pellet drum)? Creating a playful toy-like item might help ease their fear of ogres a little.
In this idea, you cut cardboard into a circle for the drum, attach a pair of chopsticks as the handle, and tie buttons to the ends of strings.
The drum face becomes the ogre’s face, so use colored paper and yarn to create whatever kind of ogre you like.
3 picks of oni masks that don’t cover your face
Making oni masks is essential for Setsubun crafts.
The classic style has cut-out eye holes, but it’s a shame when the children’s expressions get hidden.
So here are three ideas for masks that don’t cover the face.
First, bundle yarn wrapped around cardboard (or similar) to make the oni’s hair and attach the horns to it.
Second, use a narrow strip of construction paper and add crumpled tissue paper “flowers” and eye parts to create a mask.
Finally, cut the oni’s hair out of construction paper, decorate it with pieces of chenille stems (pipe cleaners), and attach it to a head-sized ring to finish the mask.
3D oni made from colored construction paper
Here’s an idea for making a three-dimensional ogre (oni) out of colored construction paper that really catches the eye.
You can download the template for this project, so feel free to use it if you want to make it exactly as shown.
The basic process is to cut the front of the face, the back, and the chin from construction paper, glue them together to form the base, and then attach the horns, hair, and facial features to finish.
The key to this idea is to curve the front face piece—the base of the face—into an arch to create a rounded surface.
By creasing the nose before gluing it on, you’ll also achieve a more three-dimensional look.
Cute Oni Made From a Single Sheet of Origami!
Perfect for Setsubun origami crafts! This is an oni (ogre) face made from a single sheet of origami paper.
First, place the white side of the paper facing up and do the zabuton fold twice.
Next, take the left and right corners you folded toward the center and fold them back outward, then fold those corners slightly inward to form the ears.
Once the ears are done, fold the lower left and right corners into small triangles to round out the face shape.
Then, unfold the top corner that you folded in during the zabuton fold.
Make a slit in this section with scissors to divide it left and right, and fold each into a triangle to create the oni’s horns.
Make the hair and eyes from separate origami paper or stickers, and draw the facial features with a pen.
Oni made with a paper fan
Decorative items made from fan-shaped paper, called paper fans.
How about using them to create an oni (demon) wall decoration? First, prepare the paper fans in the usual way.
It’s a good idea to choose red, blue, or green at this stage.
Next, attach facial parts, hair, and horns made from construction paper onto the finished paper fan, and you’re done.
For the hair, crumple brown origami paper, shape it into an oval, and layer it on—this will make it look more realistic.
You can finish it with a cute look or a sharp, stern look—either works.
Giant wall-mounted oni made with tissue paper
https://www.tiktok.com/@olive.ama.itami/video/7331298503810927890This is a highly impactful wall decoration of an oni (Japanese ogre) made with tissue paper.
Create the face with red tissue paper and the hair with yellow tissue paper, then stick them on the wall.
Adjust and attach the facial features and horns to match the size of the oni to complete it! Children might be surprised by the appearance of such a big oni, but if you display their Setsubun crafts around it, they’re sure to be delighted.
On Setsubun day—or before taking the decorations down—it would also be fun to pretend it’s bean-throwing time and toss balls or beans at the big oni to “drive it away.” It would be fun to make it together with the children, too!
