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Childcare: Recommended for Girls’ Day! Handmade Hina Doll Ideas

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After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

Let’s make Hina dolls for the Doll Festival in March! This time, we’ve gathered a variety of ideas you can choose from based on the children’s ages and interests.

Any of these ideas will result in beautiful, festive Hina dolls.

After enjoying the activity at the preschool, the dolls can be displayed at home too, which makes it fun not only for the children but also for their caregivers.

The kids might come back brimming with excitement to report, “Look at the Hina dolls we made!” You can also mix and match multiple ideas to create your own arrangement.

Let’s make adorable Hina dolls and enjoy the Peach Festival.

[Childcare] Recommended for the Peach Festival! Handmade Hina Doll Ideas (11–20)

Hina dolls made with handprint stamps

[Baby Hinamatsuri Craft♪] Hina dolls made with handprints and footprints♪ How to make origami dolls for the Doll’s Festival for babies☆

Hina dolls made with handprint stamps

These hina dolls feature children’s tiny handprints as the stars! Paint their palms with poster paint to take handprints and footprints, then cut around the outlines.

Prepare the faces of the Emperor and Empress by cutting and assembling pieces from construction paper.

On a backing sheet, glue on an accordion-folded piece made from washi-patterned origami, then layer on the body parts (handprints and footprints), the hina faces, and accessories like the fan and scepter.

With these little handprints, you’ll create a special set of hina dolls that let you feel the children’s growth!

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Let’s make Hina dolls with origami

Origami Hina Doll: Easy Folding Method — Origami Japanese Kimono Doll Tutorial (niceno1)

Let's make Hina dolls with origami

With origami, you don’t need any special tools, so it’s an easy and fun activity! The emperor doll (odairi-sama) and the empress doll (ohina-sama) are folded the same way up to a certain point, with only slight differences in the head decorations.

Make the eboshi cap and the hair using black origami paper.

It’s also fun to make accessories like the fan they hold.

Having patterned or sparkly origami paper ready will delight the children.

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Rabbit Hina Doll (Princess)

[Easy Origami] How to Make “Rabbit Hina Dolls” for Hinamatsuri Decorations ~ How to make cute origami Hina Doll of a Rabbit ~

Rabbit Hina Doll (Princess)

Let’s make a cute rabbit Hina doll! First, fold the origami paper into a triangle twice, then open the pocket to form a square.

Fold the flappy layer all the way up to make a crease, then unfold it, and fold the tip up again to the crease.

Fold both left and right corners toward the center crease, then fold along the center line on the back starting from the top corners on both sides—you’ll start to see rabbit-like ears appear! Flip it over, fold the flappy layer up, and fold the tip down so it lines up with the center line.

Fold both sides in a triangle toward the center line, then fold the flappy parts outward, and you’re done! You can use the same folding method to make the rabbit prince doll too!

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In conclusion

We introduced ideas for handmade Hina dolls that you can make with a variety of materials.

Try arranging them to suit your children’s ages and interests! In March, as we welcome spring, let’s make cute Hina dolls together with the kids.

They can take their craft Hina dolls home and enjoy them there, too.

I’m excited to see what kinds of Hina dolls they’ll create.