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[Children’s Day] Let’s make a handmade samurai helmet! A collection of fun, easy crafting ideas
As Children’s Day approaches, you naturally want to prepare a cool helmet to celebrate your child’s growth.Store-bought ones are lovely, but handmade pieces have a special warmth.From items made with familiar materials like origami and felt to projects that follow more authentic crafting methods, there are actually many ways to make a kabuto by hand!Some are meant for display, while others can actually be worn—there’s a wide range of finishes.In this article, we’ll introduce handmade kabuto ideas that make use of various materials and techniques.There are also projects you can try together with your child, so be sure to use them as inspiration!
[Children’s Day] Let’s Make a Handmade Samurai Helmet! A Collection of Fun Craft Ideas (1–10)
paper plate samurai helmet
Let’s make a kabuto (samurai helmet) ornament for Children’s Day using a paper plate.
Cut the paper plate in half, place it with the cut edge at the top, then fold it in half to make a crease.
Fold both sides toward the crease to form a triangle, then glue on decorative parts cut from the paper plate to finish.
Draw patterns with pen lines or use round stickers.
Adding a red yarn chin strap will give it a more authentic look.
The steps are very simple, making it perfect for kids or a parent-child craft time!
newspaper samurai helmet
Let’s make a newspaper samurai helmet you can actually wear and enjoy.
First, cut a rectangular sheet of newspaper into a square.
Once cut, fold it into a triangle, then fold both bottom corners up toward the top corner.
Flip the newspaper top to bottom, and fold those two corners up to the top corner again.
Next, open out the folded-up corners to the sides to form the crest.
Then, take the top layer of the bottom edge and roll-fold it upward to secure the crest so it doesn’t open, and finally fold the remaining bottom layer up inside the helmet—and you’re done!
cool helmet
https://www.tiktok.com/@kantan_origami/video/7492915170902068487Some of you may have folded the usual origami samurai helmet many times, but this one is a cooler design with a slightly different shape.
First, crease a cross and an X, then fold one edge into a long, narrow strip and fold the whole sheet into a triangle.
Add fine, radiating creases, open it up, and fold it back into a triangular shape from a different angle.
While adding fine creases around the center, make decorative folds to raise the horns.
Finally, curl both sides using a pen or similar tool, puff out the whole piece to shape it, and you’re done.
Bear Helmet
https://www.tiktok.com/@hoiku_is/video/7493884751086914824Cool samurai helmets are great, but when you want a cute one to wear, this is our recommendation! Prepare two sheets of B4 construction paper, place them together, and fold them in half to make a crease.
Fold both top corners down toward the center along that crease to form triangles.
Take the single bottom layer of the excess lower section and fold it up twice.
Attach parts you’ve made from another sheet of construction paper—like bear ears and eyes—to finish! Open the whole piece into a bag shape to wear it; if the leftover back portion bothers you, tuck it inside.
knitted wool helmet
https://www.tiktok.com/@yukidaruma_kagibari/video/7493148022008745224This is a yarn kabuto (samurai helmet) that can be worn for Children’s Day outings.
Use your favorite color of yarn and finish it with crochet.
Since it’s made using basic crochet stitches—double crochet and single crochet—it’s easy for beginners to try as practice.
First crochet the overall shape of the helmet, then crochet the triangular piece in the center and the horn-like pieces separately and assemble them.
The cute finish makes it a design that’s easy for not only boys but also girls to wear.
Adjust the size to fit the child’s head who will be wearing it!
cloth helmet
Kabuto helmets can seem “cool but a little scary” to many kids, but if you make a cute one out of fabric, they might be happy to wear it.
Sew a solid-colored square of fabric and a patterned square right sides together to make a single piece of fabric.
Next, fold it into a triangle, then fold both ends up toward the top point, shaping it like a kabuto as if you were doing origami.
Hold it with clips and sew with a machine, and you’ll have a wearable fabric kabuto! Try making it to fit your child’s head size.
PET bottle cap helmet
It’s a highly polished miniature samurai helmet you’d never guess was made from a plastic bottle cap! Wrap the cap with black tissue paper, then create the base of the helmet by crossing thin strips of gold origami paper and attaching the parts.
After that, make each helmet component using red, gold, and black origami paper and gold beads, and glue them together to finish.
It requires fine, detailed work, but seeing the finished piece will surely delight your child! Use tweezers and an adhesive that dispenses in small amounts to help you along, and give it a try.