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Handmade Lottery Draws Kids Will Love! A Fun Collection of Ideas to Make and Play

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Get excited with family and friends! How about creating special memories with a homemade lottery draw? We’ll show you how to make surprisingly simple raffles—like dropping-lot lotteries, garapon wheels, and gashapon-style draws—that kids and adults alike will love.

Using everyday materials like cardboard and origami, you can achieve a professional-looking finish.

Perfect for festivals and events, and great for doubling the fun during everyday playtime too! From working together to build it to the thrilling moment of drawing a ticket, you’ll enjoy wonderful, smile-filled moments.

Handmade raffle that kids will love! A fun collection of ideas to make and play (31–40)

Surprise Omikuji Coin Bank

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Surprise Omikuji Coin Bank

Be amazed by the roulette that pops out the instant you put in money! It’s a fortune-telling piggy bank with a fun mechanism.

Cut a milk carton and make a coin slot, then build the mechanism using items like thick paper, rubber bands, kite string, and pieces cut from a plastic bottle.

Set the roulette, made from a plastic wrap core and cardboard, inside, and finish it off with big eyes that make it look like it’s staring intently at the money going in.

Since the mechanism is a bit complex, if you’re making it with a child, it might be best to have them handle the exterior decorations around the box.

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Senbon Lottery Made with Mesh Panels

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Senbon Lottery Made with Mesh Panels

Let’s make a senbon-kuji (a Japanese string lottery) using mesh panels, which are commonly used for DIY projects! Prepare mesh panels sized to your desired dimensions and assemble them into a basket-like shape with the front and back open.

Then simply thread strings through the holes of the mesh panel attached at the top and tie on the prizes—done! Depending on the size of the mesh panels, it can end up quite large, so be sure to consider the available space when making it.

A senbon-kuji made with mesh panels is easy to store after use by disassembling it into separate parts, and you can reuse it again next time!

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Thousand-string Fishing (Senbon-tsuri)

Perfect for summer festivals and events☆Senbon-tsuri (lucky fishing game)

Thousand-string Fishing (Senbon-tsuri)

The festival game Senbon Tsuri that everyone loves—I’ve heard some regions call it “Senbon Biki.” What about in your area? In Senbon Tsuri, you pull a string that’s connected to a prize, and you get whatever you hit.

It’s fun precisely because it’s so simple: you just pull a string.

I wonder if old-fashioned candy shops still have small lottery games modeled after Senbon Tsuri.

If the prizes are candy and snacks, it’s an activity everyone can enjoy, from little kids to slightly older boys and girls.

At a large venue, a jumbo Senbon Tsuri could even be the main attraction!

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Hanging-type thousand-lot lottery

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Hanging-type thousand-lot lottery

Recommended for those who want to make a space-saving lottery string game (senbon-kuji)! This is a hanging type idea using a shallow box.

First, remove the lid from the box and make holes for the strings in the bottom of the box body and the ceiling of the lid.

Next, thread the strings—each connected to a prize—through the holes, then reassemble the box body and lid.

However, because you can see which hole in the lid each string comes out of with this method, you’ll need to pass each string through a different hole on the lid after threading it through the box body.

Make sure the strings run in a zigzag pattern inside the box.

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A Thousand-String Lottery made with a futon-drying rack and a pegboard

Great for events! I made an easy senbonbiki (lucky-draw string game).

A Thousand-String Lottery made with a futon-drying rack and a pegboard

Here’s an idea using an X-shaped futon-drying rack and a perforated pegboard with lots of holes.

Thread string (like twine used for attaching prizes) through the holes in the pegboard.

Once you’ve threaded as many as you like, gather the ends together with something like a plastic wrap core.

Then just set it on the drying rack and attach the prizes—done! When tying strings to the prizes, it’s recommended to use clothespins.

Choose the location for the lottery game while considering the space needed to place the futon-drying rack.

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