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[Childcare] Perfect for Hinamatsuri! Hanging Hina doll craft ideas you can make with kids
Tsurushi-bina, the hanging decorations displayed for Hinamatsuri (Girl’s Day), are well-known, aren’t they?
Traditionally, they’re made three-dimensionally using materials like chirimen crepe, but with a bit of creativity, you can enjoy making them together with children!
When there are lots of parts, you can also enjoy the fun of working together as a group.
In this article, we’re introducing ideas for making tsurushi-bina that you’ll want to display for Hinamatsuri.
Cute, themed tsurushi-bina will get kids excited to make them!
Please use these as inspiration for your Hinamatsuri crafts.
[Childcare] Perfect for Hinamatsuri! Tsurushi-bina Craft Ideas You Can Make with Kids (1–10)
Hanging hina dolls made with sticker pasting
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2uPrSbJnKC/You can make it just by sticking on stickers! Here’s how to create a cute hanging Hina decoration.
First, cut a paper doily in half and cut out the center.
Cut a clear file into a fan shape to match the doily.
Stick stickers onto the clear file.
Transparent stickers look beautiful where they overlap.
Attach the paper doily and the clear file together.
Decorate and attach the Hina dolls’ faces and other details.
Next, thread yarn through a wide straw (like one for tapioca/boba).
Finally, tie the Hina dolls to the straw, and you’re done!
Hanging hina dolls made with hanshi paper
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3cfrDuvKJV/Enjoy making “bleeding ink paintings”! Here’s a craft perfect for Hinamatsuri: a hanging hina decoration (tsurushi-bina).
First, create a bleeding-ink painting on a rectangular sheet of washi paper.
Once it’s dry, accordion-fold the paper, staple one side, and round off the other side with scissors.
Open the accordion and adjust the shape.
Attach the hina doll parts made from origami.
Add yarn to the dolls and tie them to a straw.
Decorating the straw and yarn also makes it extra cute.
Try making it together with children and have fun getting creative!
Handprint hanging Hina dolls
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnJ26VxJPry/Recommended for Hinamatsuri! Here’s how to make a hanging hina decoration using your child’s handprints.
First, take your child’s handprints and prepare some construction paper.
Once the handprints are dry, cut the construction paper into a flower shape that matches the handprints.
Attach the handprints.
Punch two holes in the flower, one at the top and one at the bottom.
Thread yarn through the top and bottom holes and secure it.
Next, tie the top and bottom yarn firmly to a pair of disposable chopsticks.
Make parts that match the Hinamatsuri theme out of construction paper.
Attach the parts to the yarn, and glue matching parts on the other side so the yarn is sandwiched between them.
Make two of these strings and tie them to the chopsticks.
Finally, attach hina-doll parts to the back of the handprints—and it’s complete!
Hanging hina dolls made by winding yarn into coils
Let’s make a hanging hina decoration with yarn and cardboard—the natural cardboard color is warm and cute! First, cut the cardboard into hina doll shapes, then make four slits along the bottom edge.
Tape the yarn to the back, and wrap it diagonally from the lower right to the upper left five times.
Next, cross over and wrap the other diagonal five times as well.
Change the yarn color and keep wrapping in the same way until the cardboard is no longer visible.
Finally, attach the face and other parts, and you’re done.
If you make the surrounding ornaments out of cardboard too, it will look even warmer and cuter!
Hanging Hina Dolls of Three-Color Dango
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoXEeqZJCYg/It looks just like three-color dango and is super cute! Here’s an introduction to a recommended Hinamatsuri craft: the “Three-Color Dango Hanging Hina.” First, cut construction paper in the three dango colors into long strips and link them together like paper chains.
Make parts for the hina dolls and lanterns (bonbori) in the same size.
Decorate them however you like.
Then paste the faces and lantern parts inside the rings.
Finally, tape the ends together and attach a string, and it’s done! Adjust the steps to suit the children’s ages.
[Felt] Cut-and-paste hanging decoration
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Let me share an idea for making a hanging Hina decoration using felt.
The basic method is to cut parts out of felt, then layer and glue them, or roll and glue them into shape.
An adult should sketch the part outlines on the felt beforehand, and then let the child do the cutting.
You’ll also need wood glue for assembly, so don’t forget to have that ready.
Once the parts are finished, stick them onto a string along with items like cotton balls, and tie the string to a bamboo skewer for the base—done! You might think felt is something you have to sew, but this project involves no sewing at all, so it’s great for kids.
[Coloring Page] Hanging Hina Doll Illustration
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRHxhJMB_3Y/How about preparing Hinamatsuri-style illustrations—like the Emperor and Empress dolls, plum blossoms, and lanterns—enjoying them as coloring pages first, and then turning them into hanging decorations? Use free materials to prepare the coloring pages and let the children color them however they like.
Once a few are finished, cut away the excess along the outline with scissors and attach them to twine at intervals.
That’s all it takes to make easy hanging decorations! If you’re concerned about the back side, try adhering washi-patterned origami paper to finish them nicely.