[Childcare] A collection of craft ideas for enjoying Setsubun

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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Demon-slaying pretend play

Ogre-Tag Play: 3 Setsubun Games Kids Can Play at Nursery School or at Home

Wouldn’t it be great to enjoy a demon-slaying pretend play using familiar scrap materials? This time, let’s play with toilet paper rolls.

Make balls by crumpling newspaper.

Secure any parts that stick out with tape.

Cover the toilet paper rolls with construction paper to resemble oni (demons).

Use any color you like for the face, and of course make the pants yellow! Attach hair and horns, then draw patterns on the face and pants to finish.

Enjoy “Oni Bowling” by throwing the newspaper balls to knock them down.

Making lots of oni and stacking them up is fun too.

There are also ideas using cardboard and balloon-based demon-slaying games, so be sure to check those out for inspiration.

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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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Ehomaki maracas

[Handmade Toy] "Ehomaki Maracas"

Ehomaki turns into maracas—who would’ve thought! Cover one end of a toilet paper tube by gluing on a circle of construction paper.

Pour some rice inside so it makes a rattling sound, then seal the other end the same way.

Next, wrap the outside with black origami paper, and stick red, yellow, green, and other round stickers on the covered end to look like fillings.

And that’s it—your maracas shaped like an ehomaki are complete.

Playing with real food is a no-no, but with these maracas, you can shake to your heart’s content! You can just picture the kids happily rattling them away.

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target practice

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

Kids are sure to get fired up by this stubborn ogre that pops right back up no matter how many times you hit it with a ball! Pack clay into the bottom half of a capsule toy capsule, make a hole at the tip of the top half, and insert a bamboo skewer.

Prepare two identical ogre illustrations of the same shape and size, and attach them on either side of the skewer.

That completes a target that springs back up even when knocked over.

Try making balls by crumpling newspaper or combining thinly cut sections of a toilet paper roll, then throw them to take on the target!

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Ogre Chattering Puppet

[Setsubun Craft] A Talking Oni Puppet Made from a Paper Cup! [For 5-Year-Olds] (ASMR-style Video)

This is a chomping oni puppet you can make with a single paper cup.

Cut a deep slit in the side of the cup, then make an identical slit on the opposite side and open it up.

The bottom part becomes the mouth, so paint it pink or attach pink origami paper.

After that, attach the oni’s face to the top part of the cup and the body parts to the lower part, and you’re done! The best part is that kids can not only display the oni they made but also move it themselves and play with it.

During Setsubun bean-throwing, it might be fun for the teacher to make it chomp and use it as a target, too.

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