[Childcare] A collection of craft ideas for enjoying Setsubun

Setsubun Oni Handprint Art

Handprint Art: How to Make a Setsubun Oni | Petapeta-art handprint art to capture your baby’s “now”

Let’s make a Setsubun craft using handprint art to capture your child’s growth! First, stamp an upside-down handprint on the backing paper to represent the ogre’s body.

Next, stamp a footprint slightly overlapping the thumb area; this will represent the kanabō (spiked club).

For the ogre’s head, imagine a circle and create it with finger stamps.

Once the ink is dry, glue on the ogre’s hair and shorts made from chiyogami paper, then draw the face, horns, and the club’s pattern with a pen to finish! Decorating the blank areas of the backing paper would also look lovely.

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Demon-slaying with paper cups!

Easy Craft: “Oni Paper Cup” [Preschool Activity / Setsubun Craft]

Let’s try making a jumping ogre craft that springs into the air! You’ll need two paper cups, two rubber bands, and construction paper to draw the ogre’s face.

First, make four slits on the rim of one paper cup—top, bottom, left, and right.

About 1 cm deep is fine.

Hook two rubber bands into the slits so they form a cross.

Secure the bands with tape so they don’t come off.

Next, draw your favorite ogre face on the construction paper, cut it out with scissors, and attach it to the paper cup with the rubber bands.

Finally, draw the ogre’s body on the second paper cup.

Place the body cup upside down with the bottom facing up, then fit the rubber-band cup over it from above and press down firmly.

When you release, the ogre’s head will spring—boing!—into the air.

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Make it with a paper bag! Oni (demon) headpiece

[Preschool Craft] Perfect for Setsubun! Make an Oni (demon) hat with a paper bag

Here’s a fun idea for playing with a paper-bag oni mask.

First, cut off the handles of the paper bag.

Then cut out the center of the bag with scissors.

Next, decorate the cut construction paper with crayons or other materials.

Attach the horns you made from construction paper with glue, then stick them onto the paper bag to finish! By drawing patterns and facial expressions with crayons, each child can create a unique oni.

When using scissors, a caregiver should supervise closely and proceed at a pace appropriate for the child’s age.

Wearing the mask to play helps children feel more connected to seasonal events.

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A demon target-shooting game where the artwork changes!

Setsubun. Ogre-slaying! A handmade target game with changing designs!

Here’s how to make a target that changes from a strong ogre to a crying one.

First, tape a piece of cardboard to the top half of an empty box that will serve as the base.

In this state, draw a picture of a strong ogre.

Think of drawing the body on the lower box and the face on the upper cardboard.

Then flip up the cardboard, and this time draw the body on the lower cardboard and the crying ogre’s face on the upper box.

Once you’re done drawing, put the cardboard back up and secure it with a stopper.

By swapping the positions of the cardboard, the ogre illustration changes.

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How to make a bean-throwing target

Perfect for Setsubun! How to make a bean-throwing target game

Bean-throwing games are a staple of Setsubun events! How about making a handmade ogre target? Cut a milk carton 10 cm up from the bottom.

Make three of these, connect them side by side, and glue them together.

Then, attach a sheet of construction paper to the back and draw an ogre illustration on it.

Finally, paste washi paper with tie-dyed patterns (for the ogre’s pants) onto the front of the milk cartons to finish.

When playing, stand the target against a wall and use balls made by crumpling newspaper, pretending they are beans.

Make different versions like a red ogre and a blue ogre, and do your best to defeat the ogres!

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Oni roly-poly doll

[Handmade for Setsubun] Okiagari-Koboshi Oni 👹

Here’s an idea for a roly-poly oni (ogre) made with balloons from the 100-yen shop! You’ll also use shoji paper and flower paper.

First, inflate a balloon, add a small weight, tie the neck, and make it the base.

Tear the shoji paper, then use glue thinned with water to layer it onto the balloon and shape it.

Once dry, stick on flower paper to add color, and attach eyes, mouth, and horns made from construction paper to complete the oni.

Kids will love how it pops back up when knocked over.

It’s also fun to adapt it for the season into a daruma or animals.

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a one-horned ogre

Recommended for Setsubun crafts! Let’s make an oni (demon) face with origami.

First, fold the paper into a triangle to make a crease.

Open it back up, then fold the two left edges in to meet the crease.

Once you’ve done that, rotate the paper so the folded left side is at the bottom, and flip it over.

Next, fold the top corner down about 2 cm, then fold it back up so the tip aligns with the base of the triangle you just made.

This will be the oni’s hair.

Flip the paper over again, fold the bottom corner up to create the horns on the head.

Then fold the left and right corners inward so they line up with the sides of the part you folded up, and fold the bottom corner as well to shape the face.

Your oni is complete!

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