[Day Service] Excited for Hinamatsuri! Craft ideas to brighten up your room
Seasonal craft recreation is a special activity for older adults to savor the four seasons.That said, many staff members may be searching for new ideas, thinking that Hinamatsuri crafts end up being similar every year.In this article, we introduce craft ideas perfect for day-service settings during Hinamatsuri.We’ve gathered a wide range—from projects you can easily start with familiar materials to more elaborate works that are fun to focus on.All of these are enjoyable ideas that can help expand communication with those around you, so please enjoy the conversations as you work on them.
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[Day Service] Can't Wait for Hinamatsuri! Craft Ideas to Brighten Up the Room (101–110)
Hina dolls with honeycomb balls
This is a hanging Hina doll decoration made with honeycomb balls you can buy at a 100-yen shop.
The ornaments that go on the dolls’ heads are made using bento picks.
Attach faces made from construction paper to the bento picks.
If you don’t have bento picks, you can make them with construction paper and toothpicks, so feel free to adapt it.
Stick double-sided tape on the honeycomb balls, attach the bento picks with the faces, and you’re done.
Adding flowers or beads as you like makes it extra cute.
Because the steps are simple, this project should be easy for seniors to try as well.
Give it a try!
Paku-Paku Hina Doll
Hina dolls have a refined and glamorous image.
But wouldn’t it be fun to make a slightly mischievous hina doll whose mouth opens and closes wide? Cut a deep slit in the side of a paper cup, then make the same slit on the opposite side and open the cup.
This creates a base for a puppet that chomps open and shut with the bottom as the pivot.
After that, draw the hina doll’s face on the upper part and kimono patterns on the lower part, and it’s complete! It might also be fun to put on a puppet show with the dolls you’ve made.
Hina dolls made from wine corks
Many senior care facilities incorporate craft activities that reflect the seasons.
Some staff members may struggle to come up with a theme each time.
Here, we introduce a set of Hina dolls made with unusual materials.
Insert a bamboo skewer into a wine cork and paint it with acrylics.
Squeezing the paint onto a milk carton makes cleanup easy, so it’s recommended.
Drawing the faces might seem tricky, but the seniors’ unique personalities will surely shine through! Use your favorite fabric and a hot glue gun to dress the dolls in kimono.
Add mizuhiki cords or buttons to finish.
These one-of-a-kind Hina dolls will become a wonderful memory.
Please feel free to use this as a reference.
Peach blossom in origami
Let’s fold three-dimensional peach blossoms that don’t even look like they’re made only of origami, and charmingly brighten up Hinamatsuri, the March festival.
Once you learn the folding pattern, you can make flowers in different sizes and colors.
They’re easy to make! Connect five accordion-folded petals and attach a stamen in the center to finish.
Make lots and stick them on walls or windows, or decorate various spots around the room for a wonderfully festive Hinamatsuri.
Because they’re fun and simple, using your hands, they’re also recommended as a recreational activity at day-service and other care facilities.
Cherry blossom mobile
Will there already be places where cherry blossoms start blooming in March? The pink, white, and red hues of cherry blossom petals perfectly match the image of Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day), don’t they? So, here’s a cherry blossom mobile craft.
You’ll use tissue paper and a toilet paper roll.
Shape the toilet paper roll into a cherry blossom petal and cut it into 5-millimeter-wide rings.
Glue the cut rings onto the tissue paper, then cut the tissue paper into petal shapes.
Arrange the petals into a cherry blossom shape, attach a string, and hang it up to finish.
The gently swaying cherry blossom mobile evokes the feeling of petals dancing in the wind.
It’s a lovely way for older adults to sense the season through a cherry blossom craft, too.
How about displaying it together with peach blossoms?
[Day Service] Hina Matsuri Is Almost Here! Craft Ideas to Brighten Up Your Room (111–120)
Wall decoration made from a milk carton
Let’s try making Hina dolls for the March Hina Matsuri using milk cartons, which are often used in crafts.
The paper from milk cartons is sturdy and durable.
Since it’s something you always have at home, it’s easy to get and easy to use—that’s another great point.
Let’s use such a milk carton as the base for the Hina dolls.
Decorate the carton base with Japanese-pattern origami, then neatly attach the handmade Odairi-sama and Ohina-sama, also made from origami, in a well-balanced arrangement.
If you make it card-shaped, you can hang it on a wall or display it anywhere in your room.
Paper-cup Hina dolls
These are Hina dolls made from paper cups that you can whip up in very little time.
All you need are patterned paper cups and origami paper—everything can be found at the 100-yen shop, so the low cost is another nice perk! They’re perfect for chatting and crafting together at a day service center.
First, draw the Hina dolls’ faces on the bottom of the paper cups and their sleeves on the sides.
Next, make cuts in the cup, leaving about 1.5 cm from the bottom intact, and cut out the sleeve areas as well.
Finally, fold the faces upright and adjust the sleeves so they lift slightly, then add accessories like crowns made from origami to finish.
Display them as ornaments and enjoy decorating your room.
