[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 (11–20)
Ohina-dama
Some seniors may remember playing with beanbags when they were young, right? Here’s a beanbag-shaped Hina doll craft that can bring back those fun traditional games.
Stuff fabric with cotton and roll it into a beanbag shape.
Make the facial features and a fan out of thick paper or origami, and attach them to the rolled fabric.
The round, charming Hina dolls seem like something seniors would enjoy making.
Another plus is that you can make them without using needles.
You can also use real beanbags to create the Hina dolls.
Small peach blossom ornament
Let’s make a cute peach blossom decoration you can place on a table.
If you prepare color sand in white, green, and pink, you can create a piece inspired by the March Hina Matsuri (Girls’ Day).
Fill a small bottle that fits in your palm with color sand in layers from the bottom in the order of “green, white, pink” or “white, green, pink.” The color scheme evokes the hishimochi sweets displayed with Hina dolls.
Cut artificial peach blossoms to an appropriate length and insert them into the color sand in the bottle.
Adding a ribbon is a lovely touch if you like.
Creating a piece that conveys the warmth of spring may also help older adults—who may find it harder to sense the seasons—feel the change of season.
Hina dolls with dancing cherry blossoms
How about a craft that lets you enjoy cherry blossoms fluttering in the air? This project is fun both while making it and after it’s finished, so it’s perfect for craft recreation with seniors.
Use origami and construction paper to make the Empress (Ohinasama) and Emperor (Odairisama).
Attach them to a fan-shaped base and secure the base to a clear plastic cup.
Cut off the round knotted end of a balloon and stretch the balloon over the cup.
Don’t forget to put origami “cherry blossoms” or pom-poms inside the cup first! When you pull the balloon, the cherry blossoms inside will flutter.
It’s enjoyable to make, display, and play with—give this project a try!
Hanging ornaments of plum blossoms and Japanese bush warblers
Here’s a seasonal hanging decoration you can make with materials from a 100-yen shop.
First, make the base: cut paper straws into short pieces and thread a pipe cleaner through them to form a pentagon.
Next, the Japanese bush warbler.
Cut green origami paper and washi paper into circles, layer them, and glue them together.
Add a beak and tail from origami, and stick on eye stickers to finish the bird.
For the plum blossoms, cut pink origami into small circles, layer and glue them, and add a bead at the center.
Attach the decorations to the base, add a hanging string, and it’s complete.
The plum blossoms and bush warbler seem to herald the arrival of spring.
Please give it a try and display it!
Hanging decorations made of cardboard
The only materials you need are cardboard, yarn, and origami paper.
How about making a simple hanging decoration for Hinamatsuri using everyday items? Cut the cardboard into a human shape and wrap it with yarn.
The key is to make four small slits at the bottom of the cardboard to create grooves.
Wrap white yarn around five times, then cross it and wrap five more times.
Next, wrap your favorite yarn colors to represent the kimono.
Draw the face and add accessories like the crown and scepter, and it’s complete.
If you also make flowers and hishimochi to hang together, it will enhance the Hinamatsuri mood even more.
Enjoy trying different arrangements!
Daruma-style Hina dolls
Let’s make hina dolls with a cute, rounded shape like daruma.
Crumple newspaper into a ball to form a daruma-like round shape.
If the material is soft like newspaper, it should be easy for older adults to roll up, too.
Then, paste origami or chiyogami onto the crumpled newspaper to create the Emperor and Empress dolls.
If you prepare several types of chiyogami for the kimono patterns, older adults will enjoy choosing their favorites.
The result is sturdier than you’d expect for something made of newspaper.
They’ll look great displayed at home, too.
[Day Service] Can't wait for Hinamatsuri! Craft ideas to brighten up your room (21–30)
Hina dolls
Yakult containers are small and very well suited for making doll-shaped crafts.
Making Hina dolls with them turns out very cute and gives a sense of the season, so I recommend it.
First, apply glue to the lower part of the container and wind chunky yarn around and around.
It’s fun to mix two colors.
Make the imperial prince’s crown and the princess’s hair and crown out of felt, and fit them into the narrow part at the top of the container.
Make the scepter and fan from felt as well and attach them with glue.
And with that, your slightly artistic Hina dolls are complete.
