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

Paper hanging ornaments

How to Make Paper Hanging Decorations for Setsubun! Handcrafted February winter ornaments like one-horned oni demons and Otafuku [Tsukuru Mon]

It’s a perfect idea for Setsubun wall decorations! In this idea, you’ll use strips of construction paper measuring 29 cm by 2 cm to make the decorations.

Here’s how to make them: roll the paper to create the ogre’s hair, and by creasing the paper and then gluing both ends together, you can form the ogre’s face.

If you fold it to make a triangle, you can also create the horns.

If you make an Okame mask along with the ogre, the piece will feel even more like Setsubun.

When hanging it on the wall, use the paper strip as the base and attach the ogre and Okame parts you made, along with washi-patterned origami as accents.

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How to Make a Bean-Counting Game

Setsubun Craft | Bean-Throwing Fun Bean Basket Game 🏀 [February]

A bean-toss game like basketball.

If you’re looking for a bean-throwing game that doesn’t involve scattering real beans—which are a pain to clean up and take up space—this activity is perfect.

Cut open one side of a milk carton and cover the outside with colored construction paper.

Fold the opened flap and secure it with vinyl tape.

Make horns and head parts from construction paper, attach them to paper cups, and draw an ogre’s face.

You can adjust the difficulty by changing the size of the paper cups, so it’s good to make several in different sizes.

Glue a plastic bottle cap to the bottom of the milk carton to create an incline, make your “beans,” and you’re done.

The feeling when a bean lands in the goal is sure to be addictive!

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Roll it! Throw it! Demon-slaying

[Parent and Child Activity] Roll and Throw Toward the Target: Defeat the Oni with Movement Play!

Here’s an idea that lets kids move their bodies—throwing or rolling toward a target—while also enjoying a seasonal event.

Prepare five plastic bottles, some string, and origami paper, and make ogre (oni) faces with the origami.

It’s more fun with a variety of colors, so let them choose their favorites.

Encourage them to draw freely—smiling, angry, or crying faces—so their individuality can shine.

Attach string to each ogre face and secure it to a plastic bottle by fixing it under the cap, and you’re done.

Roll or throw a ball to knock down the plastic-bottle pins.

Making toys fosters imagination and gives a sense of accomplishment.

Above all, kids will feel attached to what they’ve made and learn to value their belongings.

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Colorful Oni Made with Balloons

Since Setsubun is coming up, I made an oni (demon) out of balloons.

Here’s an ogre craft idea made by sticking face and horn parts cut from construction paper, plus yarn hair, onto inflated balloons.

Prepare colorful balloons, have an adult inflate them and tie the necks.

After your ogres are finished, you can tie string to the balloon necks and hang them from the ceiling as decorations.

If you treat the hanging ogres like targets, you can enjoy bean-throwing; try making “beans” out of newspaper and have fun.

Use balloons in a variety of colors to express your own unique ogres.

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Oni Target-Throwing Game

DIY Setsubun: Oni Target-Throw Game | How to Make an Ogre Extermination Game

For Setsubun in February, why not make a demon target game? A roly-poly-style demon target is fun to hit, and it’s also fun to watch it spring back upright.

Since it rights itself on its own, you can play over and over—this is the key appeal of the game! Prepare a capsule from a capsule toy, oil-based clay, a bamboo skewer, and two copies of a demon illustration.

Pack the oil-based clay into the clear half of the capsule.

Make a hole in the lid, pass the bamboo skewer through it, and attach the demon illustration.

You can print an illustration or draw your own.

Combine three thinly cut pieces of paper tube to make beans, and your “ball” is ready.

Enjoy February with this indoor, absorbing demon target game!

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Production that can also create a demon-slaying game

[Setsubun Craft] A childcare worker explains bean-throwing play for driving out demons!

Here’s a two-in-one idea that’s fun for both crafting and play: an oni (ogre) bean-throwing game for Setsubun.

Cut solid-color or patterned origami paper and glue it onto a paper tube.

Using various patterns and colors will make it bright and cute.

Make horns with gold origami, and crumple tissue paper to create hair and attach it.

Draw the face with colored pens, and make “beans” from tissue paper to finish.

Both the crafting process and playing with your own creation will make wonderful memories.

It’s also great that you can make it with items from a 100-yen shop or with recycled materials—give it a try!

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Easy with cardboard! Oni Den-den Daiko (Devil Hand Drum)

[Setsubun/Craft] How to Make an Oni Den-Den Daiko? Easy with Cardboard!

Kids tend to associate ogres with being scary, right? So to make Setsubun more fun, why not try making an ogre-themed den-den daiko (pellet drum)? Creating a playful toy-like item might help ease their fear of ogres a little.

In this idea, you cut cardboard into a circle for the drum, attach a pair of chopsticks as the handle, and tie buttons to the ends of strings.

The drum face becomes the ogre’s face, so use colored paper and yarn to create whatever kind of ogre you like.

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