[Day Service] Excited for Hinamatsuri! Craft ideas to brighten up your room

Hinamatsuri bouquet

[Hinamatsuri] Hinamatsuri Bouquet Making

This is a lovely piece featuring the Emperor and Empress nestled in a bouquet.

Use construction paper and origami paper to make the Emperor and Empress.

Attach straws to the ones you’ve made.

Then bundle them together with artificial flowers sold at 100-yen shops or lollipops on sticks to finish.

For artificial flowers, peach blossoms are perfect, but spring blooms like cherry blossoms and rapeseed flowers are also recommended.

You’ll create a charming bouquet that conveys heartfelt warmth.

It’s great for yourself, and it also makes a nice gift for seniors’ families or acquaintances.

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Toy capsule Hina dolls

[Hinamatsuri] Let’s make Hina dolls with toy capsules. 🎎

Let’s make use of the plastic capsules that come with gachagacha/gachapon toys, which usually contain small toys or trinkets.

Attach paper towels to the capsules using glue diluted with water.

Do the same and attach paper towels to small pieces of Styrofoam.

Use washi-patterned origami on the capsule toy, arranging it like a kimono.

With a hot glue gun, adhere the paper-towel-covered pieces to the capsule toy, add hair and decorations, and you’re done.

If you make two—an Emperor doll and an Empress doll—you’ll have a splendid Hina dolls set.

It looks good enough as interior decor and is likely to delight older adults as well.

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Washi-Modern Hina Dolls with Lace Paper

[Hinamatsuri Craft] “Wa-Modern” Hina Dolls Using Lace Paper

This is a perfect idea for Hinamatsuri! First, cut a sheet of patterned origami paper and a doily in half, then fold both sides inward like a kimono.

Slip the folded doily inside the origami so the lace peeks out from the kimono for extra cuteness.

Once you decide on the placement, glue it down firmly and add the face parts and accessories.

Next, color the backing paper, and stamp around the border with a dauber or a balloon to make it festive.

Finally, attach the hina dolls, and your handmade, modern-Japanese Hinamatsuri decoration is complete.

Its vibrant colors will instantly bring a spring feel to your room, and the making process is fun, too.

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Three-dimensional Hina dolls made of paper

March craft ✂️ “Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival) 🎎”

These Hina dolls are striking for their beaming smiles.

Although they’re three-dimensional, you can make them using tissue paper and construction paper.

Create the Emperor and Empress’s faces and the ornaments above their heads with construction paper.

Draw the facial features with a pen, or make them from construction paper or origami.

Form the base with strips of construction paper and crumpled tissue paper, then attach the face pieces to finish.

Since this craft uses lots of fine hand movements, it’s a fun activity for seniors that also exercises the fingertips and may offer brain-training benefits.

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Fluffy wall-hanging Hina dolls

[Hanging Decoration] Fluffy! Wall-hanging Hina Dolls [March Craft Project]

Here’s a cute idea for round, plump hina dolls that are perfect as wall decorations! First, apply glue to the bottom of a paper plate and stick on some cotton.

Next, cut colored construction paper to make the hina doll parts, glue them together, and draw the faces.

Finally, attach the dolls onto the cotton and decorate with pom-poms to resemble hina-arare, and you’re done! It’s best to choose a deep paper plate so it can hold plenty of cotton.

When displaying on the wall, attach a ribbon to the back of the paper plate.

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Hina dolls made with Yuzen Washi

[Pop Illustrated Postcard] Hina dolls made with yuzen washi paper #Hinamatsuri #Etegami

Here’s an idea for picture postcards with a refined, adult feel using Yuzen washi paper.

Cut the Yuzen washi into the shapes of the Ohinasama (Empress) and Odairisama (Emperor) and paste them onto a backing card.

Use white or black pens to draw the faces and add decorative details.

You can also make them with origami paper.

Once the doll couple is complete, draw flowers and other motifs with pens, and write whatever text you like.

Lyrics from the Hina Matsuri song, a haiku, or a message to someone special would all be lovely.

Display everyone’s finished postcards together on a facility wall.

Using your hands and engaging your imagination are effective for dementia prevention.

Enjoy spending time with friends while supporting cognitive health.

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Wall-mounted Hina doll decoration

[No-sew] Just cut and paste! Wall-hanging Hina decoration

You might think that crafts using fabric are difficult because of the sewing, right? This project is perfect for seniors’ craft recreation because it’s completed simply by cutting and gluing—no sewing required.

Fold a white sheet of paper in half to mark the center, then use a compass to draw a circle.

This circle will become the flower template.

Use thick felt to make the flower base.

Roll some yarn around a balled-up tissue to make a yarn pom-pom, create felt flowers, and then decorate them onto the base.

Adding washi-patterned fabric tape or string makes it even more charming! Please enjoy trying out lots of different variations.

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