Lucky Daruma: Craft ideas for decorating January wall displays for seniors
Daruma dolls are popular as lucky charms that bring good fortune throughout the year.
They are often displayed to ward off illness and misfortune and to pray for household safety.
In this article, we’ll introduce crafting ideas for daruma decorations that are perfect for January wall displays!
We’ve gathered a wide range of motifs, from items used in New Year’s decorations to classic themes for wall art.
Many of the ideas can be made slowly while seated, making them great for recreational activities for seniors.
Try creating a wall display of daruma that you’ll feel attached to by drawing your own original patterns or adding messages.
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Good-Luck Daruma: Craft Ideas for Decorating January Walls for Seniors (1–10)
Wobbly Daruma with a Paper Plate
Here’s an introduction to a wobbling Daruma you can make and play with using a paper plate.
The way a Daruma tips over but stands back up is said to represent the saying “fall down seven times, get up eight.” Because it symbolizes getting back up and persevering no matter how many times you fail, it’s considered a good-luck charm.
Let’s recreate a Daruma that rights itself using a paper plate.
Make a Daruma from construction paper and attach it to a paper plate cut in half.
When making the Daruma, the key is to size the circle to match the paper plate.
Watching the gently wobbling Daruma is sure to soothe seniors as well.
Of course, it also makes a lovely piece to hang on the wall.
Super easy Daruma-san
This is a decorative daruma that uses both sides of the origami paper to create color contrast, with a striking three-dimensional look.
First, make creases that connect the corners, and use those as guides to shape it into a daruma.
It’s also important to fold parts back so the white side shows; how you reveal this white area will change the expression.
Once the overall shape is set while letting some white show, the base is complete.
After that, draw the face and patterns with a pen.
The way you draw them adds originality, so it’s fun to see what kind of daruma each person creates.
A one-page A4 Daruma
This is a daruma mascot made by rolling up A4-size copy paper.
Since you firmly shape the paper into a sphere, making it small gives it a cute look.
The steps are simple: roll and shape the copy paper, then attach parts like the face and patterns.
If you want to finish it as a red daruma, layer red origami over the rolled paper and roll it again.
If you want to make a larger daruma, keep layering and rolling more paper to increase the size.
Lucky Daruma: Craft Ideas for Seniors to Decorate January Walls (11–20)
Daruma garland
A cute daruma that conveys the felt’s distinctive warmth.
It would be lovely to turn it into a garland by connecting it with felt items cut into the silhouettes of lucky charms like kadomatsu and shūhama.
Prepare red felt for the daruma’s outline and white felt for the face.
Simply cut out the eyes, mustache, and body pattern to complete an endearing daruma.
Since it’s felt, another perk is that you can easily stitch the pieces together with a needle and thread.
The daruma’s slightly goofy expression is sure to make everyone chuckle and help you welcome the New Year with a warm, peaceful feeling.
Disney
This is the “Daruma Mouse,” a fusion of Disney’s beloved popular character and the traditional daruma doll.
Keeping the daruma’s plump, rounded shape as it is, why not make it more approachable by adding large ears and a nose? If possible, create a cute partner with a heart, and display them as a couple.
Place them snugly inside a New Year’s shimekazari wreath for a festive touch, and you’ll have a wall decoration that’s sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
Fukuwarai wall decoration of a rabbit daruma
We’d love to make a rabbit daruma “fukuwarai” to wish for a year full of smiles.
Fukuwarai is a New Year’s game—some of you might have played it as children.
The goofy faces that result from placing parts while blindfolded always get a laugh.
This wall decoration is a fukuwarai-themed rabbit daruma.
Crafting the rabbit’s parts out of construction paper takes a bit of delicate work.
Since rabbits have such a cute image, you’ll probably find yourself smiling as you make it.
It’s recommended to display it in your room or by the entrance as a charm for good luck.
Various Daruma decorations
This Daruma ornament is an easy project—just draw, cut, and paste—so it’s simple to try.
First, draw the Daruma you want to create.
You can give it a unique face; this is where you can show off your sense of style.
If you paste the Daruma onto an ema plaque and write your resolution for the year, it feels like your wish might come true.
You could also make a misfortune-warding Daruma and display it in your room to bring good luck.
Making various Darumas and turning them into wall decorations is also recommended, as it brightens up the atmosphere of your room.