[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 (51–60)
Cut-and-paste Hina Dolls
These are cute Hina dolls you can easily make just by cutting and sticking fabric.
All you do is attach fabric backed with double-sided tape onto a styrofoam ball.
For a neat finish, snip the excess fabric at the bottom and overlap the pieces as you stick them down.
Add eyes, a mouth, and a crown to complete these round, adorable Hina dolls! While they suit those who enjoy detailed handiwork, they’re also great for finger dexterity training, so why not include them as a craft activity for Hinamatsuri at your day service?
The Emperor Doll and the Empress Doll in Origami
Let’s try folding a cute set of Hina dolls with origami! Fold the kimono, face, and head parts for both the Empress (Ohinasama) and the Emperor (Odairisama) separately.
Glue the face part onto the hair part, then attach them to the kimono part.
Add the small accessories you made separately, and finish by drawing the facial features.
To make them look even more like Hina dolls, try displaying them in creative ways—such as sticking them in a frame decorated with peach blossoms or standing them on a red base to resemble a tiered Hina stand.
Have fun with the display, too!
flower decoration
Let’s try handcrafting cute and simple Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day) motifs using colored construction paper.
Make lots of spring blossoms—ume (plum) flowers—to stick on the wall or hang as a mobile, and brighten up your room with festive decorations.
Prepare several strips of colored paper and staple them together to form plum blossoms.
You can also cut out flower shapes and layer them.
Once you arrange these pieces randomly, your Hinamatsuri decorations are complete.
Their colorful, three-dimensional look gives them a strong presence when displayed in your room.
Cute Hina dolls made from a single sheet
It would be nice to have Hina dolls that elderly people can display in their own rooms.
Here’s a standing Hina doll set you can make from a single sheet of origami paper.
Prepare one sheet of origami paper each for the Odairi-sama (emperor) and Ohina-sama (empress), plus some glue.
You’ll fold corner to corner to create creases and build up the form.
There are a few slightly intricate steps, so it’s a project that seniors who enjoy origami can work on while having fun.
To make folding easier at the key steps, try marking the points with a pen or pencil.
Because it uses fine finger movements, it can also help with brain training.
Enjoy folding together while having a pleasant conversation with the older adults.
[Day Service] Can’t Wait for Girls’ Day! Craft Ideas to Brighten the Room (61–70)
Hinamatsuri mobile
This is a Hinamatsuri mobile, adorably swaying in the breeze! Prepare several pieces of paper cut into circles of the same size, fold each one in half, glue the sides together, and then open them up to create motifs that look three-dimensional from any angle.
You can make peach blossoms the same way.
Accordion-fold small pieces of origami, secure one end with tape to create little fans, and arrange them neatly on a string along with the other motifs.
You’ll have a hanging decoration that perfectly captures the festive spirit of Hinamatsuri!
Hinamatsuri wreath
This is a Hinamatsuri wreath with an adorably cute Emperor and Empress dolls surrounded by peach blossoms! Cut out the center of a paper plate and wrap the rim with plastic tying tape (suzuran tape).
Stick on origami cut into peach-blossom shapes to complete the base of the wreath.
Then simply attach the Emperor and Empress you made by layering origami so they sit in the center of the wreath.
Add a ribbon so it can be hung, and you’ll have a heartwarming wreath featuring dolls nestled among full-bloom peach blossoms!
Hina dolls made with craft bands
Let’s try handmaking cute Hina Matsuri dolls using craft bands that you can easily find at 100-yen shops or home centers.
It’s an unusual material, but there are plenty of colorful options, so combine your favorite colors to create your own original dolls.
Craft bands can be easily shaped by hand into whatever form you like, so while checking the balance, make the bodies dressed in the emperor and empress kimonos.
Once the bodies are done, attach pom-pom heads, add a ritual scepter and a fan, and you’re finished.
These small, charming Hina dolls are great to make at places like day service centers, too.