[Childcare] Enjoy Setsubun! A collection of handmade ideas you can decorate with and play with

Cute Oni Made From a Single Sheet of Origami!

[Setsubun Origami] Easy! Cute Oni (Ogre) Folding Method / Make it with One Sheet of Origami – Origami Ogre

Perfect for Setsubun origami crafts! This is an oni (ogre) face made from a single sheet of origami paper.

First, place the white side of the paper facing up and do the zabuton fold twice.

Next, take the left and right corners you folded toward the center and fold them back outward, then fold those corners slightly inward to form the ears.

Once the ears are done, fold the lower left and right corners into small triangles to round out the face shape.

Then, unfold the top corner that you folded in during the zabuton fold.

Make a slit in this section with scissors to divide it left and right, and fold each into a triangle to create the oni’s horns.

Make the hair and eyes from separate origami paper or stickers, and draw the facial features with a pen.

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Oni piñata

A piñata is a party decoration used to celebrate children’s birthdays and other occasions in countries like Mexico.

It’s filled with candy, and the highlight of the event is when a blindfolded child breaks the hanging piñata with a stick.

Piñatas come in many shapes—animals, stars, and more—and are made of materials like paper so they’re easy to break.

For kids, having candy spill out when it breaks is like opening a treasure chest.

Bean-throwing to drive away ogres is fun too, but wouldn’t it be interesting to try defeating an ogre by smashing an ogre-shaped piñata once in a while?

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[For ages 4–5] Egg-shaped Red Oni & Blue Oni

[Easy] How to Make Red and Blue Oni for Setsubun [Just Cut and Paste]

The egg or eggshell dolls you see around Easter are so round and adorable, aren’t they? Let’s try making an egg-shaped oni (Japanese ogre) doll like an Easter egg.

Decorating to match the egg shape is a bit challenging, so aim this activity at around the 4–5-year-old class.

For the base, you can use anything that can be shaped like an egg—such as a spherical styrofoam ball from a 100-yen shop or paper clay.

Attach felt or chirimen crepe fabric to the surface, then create whatever oni face you like.

If you give it a spiked club, it will really look like an oni.

[Ages 4 and up] Setsubun Garland

A garland is a decorative item made by stringing together flowers, leaves, or nuts.

These days, the term is widely used to mean any item where various things are connected with a string and displayed.

You often see them in cute variety shops.

In Japanese terms, it’s similar to a hanging ornament.

If you’re making a garland, try to make it colorful and three-dimensional.

Vary the materials—use resin clay, fuse beads, and so on.

Adding real nuts as accents will make it look much more stylish.

[Ages 1 and up] Demon Mask Hat

[Nursery/Kindergarten] How to Make a Simple Oni (Demon) Mask [Setsubun Craft/Project Idea]

Let’s make an ogre mask hat that even infants can wear! Cut a quarter-size construction paper in half vertically and have the children draw on it.

Once their drawings are finished, roll the paper into a tube and glue it.

Fold the top edge inward to shape it into a hat.

At this point, make the two ends pointy to represent the ogre’s horns—that’s the key.

Finally, prepare paper tape cut to even lengths with double-sided tape on one end, and let the children stick them onto the hat like placing stickers.

These will become the ogre’s hair, so using several colors will make it look extra cute.

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[Ages 2 and up] Bottle Tag (PET Bottle Oni)

[Crafts] [Handmade Toy] Perfect for Setsubun! PET Bottle Oni Bowling Game

One of the best things about crafts that use plastic bottles is how easy it is to gather the materials.

So let’s make oni bowling—perfect for Setsubun—using plastic bottles and have fun together.

First, put tissue paper or colored paper inside the plastic bottles to decorate them colorfully.

Next, attach tiger-striped oni pants and an oni hat you made to the bottles.

Giving the oni faces a range of expressions—happy, angry, sad, and joyful—makes it even more fun.

For the ball, use a rubber ball or a small ball.

Let’s get excited with a bowling game with the kids!

[Ages 2 and up] Oni (demon) mask

Let's make an ogre mask with an empty tissue box! “Chibi Kura!”

Let’s make a colorful oni (ogre) mask using an empty tissue box! The tissue opening is perfect for the oni’s mouth.

Cut the box open and flatten it, spread glue over one side, then tear and stick on pieces of brightly colored origami paper.

Once it’s covered, trim any excess paper to neaten the shape.

Draw a face with markers or attach face parts made from construction paper on top, then punch holes and thread elastic through to finish.

Give this eco-friendly craft a try by reusing something you no longer need!

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