Fun Setsubun Activities for Childcare: A Collection of Exciting Games and Craft Ideas

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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bean container box

How to Fold an Origami “Bean-Holder Box (Masu)” | Setsubun Decoration

Let’s make a little box for beans with origami! First, fold the paper in half into a square twice, crease well, then unfold back to the original.

Next, fold all four corners to the center (a “zabuton” fold), then fold the left and right edges to the center and crease.

Now, open the paper back up, leaving only the top and bottom corners folded.

This time, fold the top and bottom edges to the center, crease, and unfold.

With the creasing complete, fold in the left and right sides so that the central square becomes the bottom, forming the box shape.

Try using origami with patterns you like, and decorate with stickers to make it unique!

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Demon Parent and Child

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Setsubun hand play 👹#Nursery schoolKindergarten TeacherAspiring childcare workerNursery teacher / Childcare worker#NurseryTeacherThingschild1 year old2 years oldNursery School PracticumHand gamesSetsubunDemonSetsubun hand play# Demon’s Hand PlayOni Parent and Child

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Speaking of oni (ogres), they remind us of the thunder god, don’t they? In this hand play, a child oni, a father oni, and a mother oni appear.

Use both index fingers to make horns on top of your head, and use your hands and arms to represent the thunder god.

When the rumbling thunder starts, rotate both fists in front of your chest, and when it flashes, quickly open both hands in front of your face.

The basic movements are the same for all the oni, so change your tone and volume depending on the oni you’re playing.

Try making the child oni’s movements small and the father oni’s movements big.

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Puppet Paper Theater ‘Momotaro’

For teachers! This is recommended as an activity for Setsubun events.

A famous story featuring ogres (oni) is “Momotaro.” It’s the story of a boy born from a peach who is named Momotaro and sets off to defeat the oni.

Defeating oni is a bit similar to the Setsubun bean-throwing that drives away oni, isn’t it? So let’s present the story of “Momotaro” to the children using a paper puppet show (peep show).

Even children who are scared because the oni come during bean-throwing might feel encouraged to try their best after seeing Momotaro’s bravery.

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Attention childcare workers! How to play the role of an ogre

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Setsubun is coming up soon. Nursery teachers! What kind of oni (ogre) will you play this year? Please take a look at Nonno’s carefully crafted oni!#nexus#memorytree nursery schoolNursery teacher / Childcare workerSetsubunDemon 👹February 3Bean-throwing (Setsubun)

♬ Runaway Baby – Bruno Mars

If you’re going to do a full-on bean-throwing for Setsubun, you can’t go without an oni, right? At daycares and kindergartens, teachers may even dress up as an oni and appear in front of the children.

Here are some easy ideas to turn yourself into an oni! First, wear a matching tracksuit in the same color as an oni’s skin.

Then put on an oni mask, and top it with an afro wig with horns.

Pull tiger-print shorts over your tracksuit pants, and finish the look with black gloves and long black room socks.

You’re all set!

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Hand play ideas perfect for Setsubun

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I tried a hand game that could be used for Setsubun! Please give it a try 👹#memorytree nursery school#fypNursery teacher / Childcare workerChildcare student#nexusHand gamesTsuno tsuno tsūnoSetsubun

♫ Original Song – BonBon Academy – BonBon Academy

It’s not about an oni itself, but a fingerplay song themed around oni horns.

You raise both index fingers and move your hands up and down to the lyrics that go “tsuno tsuno tsuno~.” Then you show one horn… two horns… by placing your index fingers on top of your head to represent horns, and you strike poses or change your facial expression to match the “◯◯ horns” part.

For example, for “stretching horns,” you fling both index fingers upward above your head, and for “sleeping horns,” you close your eyes.

Have fun thinking with the children about what kinds of horns you can express.

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Sketchbook Theater: “Let’s Do Bean-Throwing!”

[Sketchbook Theater Childcare] Let’s Do Bean-Throwing! ☆ How to Enjoy It and How to Make It ☆ Childcare

I want to briefly explain what Setsubun is! This sketchbook theater is perfect for that.

Setsubun is performed with wishes for everyone’s health.

We drive away oni—symbols of evil spirits—by throwing roasted soybeans, and we eat our age plus one bean.

This sketchbook theater conveys these important Setsubun customs with gentle illustrations and a simple story.

In the bean-throwing scene, flipping the paper shows the beans moving.

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