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Perfect for January bulletin boards! A collection of Daruma craft ideas kids will love in childcare settings

10 years as a kindergarten teacher / elementary school teacher / junior and senior high school teacher / childminderkepiko
Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked for 10 years as a kindergarten teacher and for 7 years as an after-school childcare instructor, then took a post as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I also engaged in activities that shared Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational play, working with many children. Afterwards, through freelance writing, planning, and editing work at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and conveying ideas. Leveraging the perspective cultivated in educational settings and my experience as an editor, I aim to deliver practical information—focusing on fields related to music and children—that values both input and output. Hobbies include instruments, singing, handcrafts, toys, drawing, traditional play, the outdoors, books, DIY, and crafts. Special skill: spinning-top tricks.
20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.

Many teachers are probably thinking about what kinds of daruma crafts they can enjoy making with the children to brighten up the nursery room in January.

Here, we’ve gathered ideas you can also use for classroom wall displays, from stamp play and wobbling mechanisms made with paper plates to growth records that use handprints and footprints.

Let the children enjoy the feel of paint, freely express themselves with glue and crayons, and try daruma crafts that bring out their “I want to try!” spirit.

Use these ideas as a reference for creating a warm wall display that’s perfect for starting the new year.

子どもたちの作品は芸術作品として扱われるため、本文では「制作（seisaku）」という用語を用います。

I want to decorate the January wall! A collection of daruma craft ideas for enjoying in childcare (41–50)

A hanging daruma ornament made by crumpling tissue paper

How about making a hanging Daruma decoration from crumpled tissue paper as a January craft? It’s full of simple steps that kids can easily do, so let’s have fun together! First, crumple the tissue paper, put it into a plastic bag, tie the opening, and shape it into a round form.

Next, cut colored construction paper into a circle and draw the Daruma’s face.

Finally, attach the face to the body with double-sided tape and secure it to vinyl tape—and it’s done! You can also decorate the Daruma with round stickers or origami cut into squares for a lovely touch.

The unique Daruma figures the children make will brighten up your January wall display!

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wobbling daruma

How about making a gently swaying daruma, like a mobile, that looks cute hanging from walls or the ceiling? Use colored construction paper cut into a daruma shape as the base, and express the daruma’s face and belly patterns by pasting on torn pieces of origami paper.

It’s also great to draw the face with crayons or create it with torn origami.

Attach small ornaments to hang beneath the daruma, and tie a string with a crumpled ball of aluminum foil as a weight, then connect it to the daruma—and it’s done.

How about displaying it at home for New Year’s as a lucky charm? Above all, it’s very cute, so please enjoy decorating with it!

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Torn-Paper Collage: Daruma Craft for 2-Year-Olds

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Torn-Paper Collage: Daruma Craft for 2-Year-Olds

How about incorporating a daruma made with torn-paper collage into your New Year’s wall decorations—an activity that even two-year-olds can enjoy? Children can freely place the facial parts of the daruma, adding a “Fukuwarai” element that makes the creation process fun! Teachers should prepare in advance by cutting the daruma body and facial parts out of construction paper.

The children can then enjoy arranging the facial parts on the daruma however they like.

You can also have them tear and paste origami paper onto the body to create patterns.

Encourage the children to use papers in their favorite colors!

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Cut-and-paste: Colorful Daruma

Colorful daruma that can cutely and cheerfully brighten up your walls.

It’s a simple cut-and-paste craft, so it’s perfect to start right away as a January project! To make it, cut colored construction paper to create the daruma parts, then decorate by pasting small pieces of origami or chiyogami paper.

You can cut hearts, stars, triangles, circles—any shapes kids love—or even tear the paper for a fun effect.

Children can draw the daruma’s face themselves, or you could paste their face photos for a unique collage-style piece.

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[Newspaper Stamp] Dragon Daruma

This is a dragon daruma you make by stamping with crumpled newspaper! The stamping step is simple enough for young children to try, so please consider including it in your January crafts.

First, use a ball of newspaper as a stamp on drawing paper, then cut it into the shape of a daruma.

Next, cut colored paper to create the dragon parts and arrange them on the daruma.

If the children can use scissors, you can have them take charge of making the dragon parts! It’s also fun to change the daruma’s color or use stickers and origami for decoration.

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Daruma made with string threading

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Make it with a paper-plate lacing technique! Here’s a very cute daruma craft perfect for a January wall display.

You’ll need a paper plate, yarn or other string, daruma parts, glue, and decorations.

First, cut out the center of the paper plate and punch holes all the way around the inner edge.

Thread the end of a red string through one hole and tie it; attach a piece of cellophane tape to the other end of the string to help with threading.

Lace the string through the holes, connecting them around the circle.

Glue on the daruma’s face and belly parts where you’ve laced.

Finish by adding decorations you like—such as round stickers or motifs of plum, bamboo, and pine—and it’s done!

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Fluffy Daruma

A craft you can make together with infants! Here’s how to create a soft and cute Daruma doll.

What you’ll need: a cellophane gift bag, tissue paper, Daruma parts made from construction paper, paint, cotton swabs, stamps, glue, and transparent tape.

First, crumple the tissue paper and put it into the gift bag, then tape it to shape it like a Daruma.

Glue on the face parts, then use a cotton swab dipped in paint to dot in the pupils and nostrils.

For the cheeks, put paint on your finger and stamp them on.

Once the paint is dry, glue the Daruma parts onto the body (the gift bag), and you’re done!

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Daruma decoration made with handprints and tissue paper

Fun to make with kids using handprints and tissue paper! Here’s a recommended Daruma craft for January.

What you’ll need: construction paper, paint, tissue paper, chenille stems (pipe cleaners), wood glue, and double-sided tape.

First, make the Daruma’s face and body parts from construction paper.

Take your child’s handprint with paint (or similar) on construction paper and cut it out to fit on the belly.

Next, cut out and glue on the small facial parts like the eyes.

Make flower pieces from construction paper that are just a little smaller than the Daruma, tear them in half, then crumple tissue paper and attach it to the paper flowers with wood glue or double-sided tape.

Create decorations with the pipe cleaners and glue them on with wood glue—and you’re done!

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[Origami] Dragon Daruma

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[Origami] Dragon Daruma

We’re introducing an origami dragon daruma that’s perfect for a January wall display.

This cute daruma features the Year of the Dragon as its motif.

It’s easy to make with origami, so why not have fun making it together with the kids? The daruma body has simple steps that children can try! Also, make the dragon’s face and horns separately with smaller origami, then attach them to the body.

You can use various colors of paper or add patterns to the daruma, too! It can also stand on its own, so besides wall decorations, it’s great as a tabletop ornament as well.

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[Origami] Daruma

[Origami] How to Fold a New Year’s Daruma – Origami Daruma

[Origami] Daruma

Make it from a single sheet of origami! Here’s a Daruma decoration recommended for January.

First, fold the paper into a square twice to create crease lines.

Fold twice using the “kannon” fold and add more creases.

Fold three edges to align with the frontmost crease, then fold the remaining edge to align with the center crease.

Turn it over, and on the side with a white area, fold the left and right corners along the creases to shape the Daruma’s head.

The opposite side will be the body, so fold the left and right corners along the creases with the body shape in mind.

Adjust the folds so all four corners look rounded, and you’re done! Try decorating it with pens or stickers.

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