[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 your room (31–40)
Hanging ornaments of oshie-style Hina dolls
This is a hanging ornament made using the oshie technique, which creates dimensional pictures by layering pieces of fabric.
You attach various decorations—such as the Empress and Emperor dolls and plum blossoms—to a core, separating them into parts and sticking them on in order.
Once the pieces are finished, connect them with strings and assemble them onto the base to complete it! Using chirimen crepe fabric adds a traditional Japanese feel.
Attach a string to the base and display it on a wall or door.
You can enjoy arranging the decorations and their placement as you like, resulting in a highly original piece.
No-sew felt hanging decoration
The no-sew felt hanging ornaments are lovely pieces that give a warm, cozy feel.
Use 5.5 cm × 4 cm felt and chirimen fabric scraps to make small birds.
Adding metallic yarn creates a neat accent and makes them look festive.
For the eyes, simply paint rhinestones black for an easy solution.
Use small pieces of pink, white, and green felt to make hishi-mochi, and use small oval felt pieces and chirimen scraps to make zori sandals.
After crafting three-dimensional cherry blossoms, use a bamboo skewer and embroidery thread to assemble them into hanging ornaments.
Soft-colored felt and chirimen fabrics blend well with interior decor, so they’re recommended.
Give it a try!
A roly-poly Hina doll
Let’s make adorable, round hina dolls.
Inflate a small balloon, then paste shoji paper around it using the papier-mâché method.
Use glue thinned with water as the adhesive.
Once it’s dry, pop the balloon and remove it, then glue a marble to the bottom as a weight.
After putting a lid on, cover the surface with fabric to finish shaping it into a hina doll.
Use beads for the eyes, gold cord for the hair ornament, and finally give it a fan to hold—and it’s complete! Because it’s a roly-poly doll, it’s easy to display anywhere.
Hinamatsuri rice-cracker container
The Hina-doll arare container is an origami piece characterized by a structure where the box portion and the doll’s head are made separately and then combined later.
By standing and folding one side of the box’s wall to the opposite side, it becomes the doll’s torso.
The head and hat can be made from one half sheet of origami paper.
When displayed, it not only has a three-dimensional look, but you can also enjoy using it during snack time by putting small arare inside.
Choosing colors and patterns reminiscent of kimono makes it visually vibrant and perfect for seasonal festivities.
Lining them up on a desk or wall adds color to the space, and the fact that you can actually pick them up and enjoy them is part of the charm of this origami idea.
Three-dimensional Odairi-sama and Ohina-sama
The three-dimensional imperial couple dolls are an origami project that lets you enjoy using your fingertips through steps like folding, bending, and inserting.
Because the shape is made from a single sheet of paper, you really engage your fingers for fine folds and adjusting corners.
It can also have benefits as occupational therapy and helps improve concentration.
Up to the step of squashing a square into a diamond, the process is the same as folding a crane.
After that, you make cuts, fold so the diamonds overlap, then squash the pocket sections to form the dolls’ heads and sleeves.
Even in a modest size, they have a strong presence—an origami idea for seniors that combines the fun of moving your fingers with the atmosphere of seasonal celebrations.
[Day Service] Can’t wait for Hinamatsuri! Craft ideas to brighten up your room (41–50)
Easy Hina decorations with 100-yen shop materials
You can make cute Hina decorations using familiar items.
For example, a round box that holds cheese.
If you remove the bottom part, you’ll get a ring.
You can use that to make a Hina display.
Attach pink masking tape to the ring and make holes with an awl.
Thread yarn alone, or yarn with beads, through the ring using a yarn darning needle.
Make the dolls with round stickers, and you’re done.
Using transparent origami paper also looks cute.
How about making them while chatting with seniors about memories of Hina Matsuri?
Three-tier display: rabbit Hina dolls
Tiered Hina doll displays are gorgeous and impressive, aren’t they? These days, you don’t see as many tiered Hina sets, but in the past, many households of older generations likely displayed them.
Here is a three-tiered rabbit Hina doll set that lets you look back on those memories.
Use craft decoration balls and felt to make the Hina dolls.
Attach wrapping paper with peach blossoms or pink flowers to a display stand sold at 100-yen shops.
Then place the dolls you made—along with the three court ladies and hishi-mochi—on top to complete the display.
Making them as rabbits gives the set an even cuter feel.