[Childcare] February Setsubun Bean-Throwing! A Fun Collection of Oni Craft Ideas

A three-dimensional oni mask

Make an Oni Mask! Easy How-To for Setsubun (Ages 3 and up)

Here’s how to make a paper oni mask that’s perfect for Setsubun using colored construction paper! First, cut out the oni parts.

Let the children do the cutting according to their age—it’s great scissor practice.

Next, cut yarn for the hair.

Glue the yarn onto the hair backing.

Be sure to apply the glue to the backing paper! Once you stick on all the parts, it’s done! When kids do the gluing, you get all kinds of adorable faces.

Add a band and it becomes a wearable mask for play, or hang it on the wall as a display.

It connects making, playing, and decorating, and it’s easy for children from about age three—give it a try!

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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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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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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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For Setsubun! Oni (demon) bean holder

Here’s how to make an ogre bean holder.

First, fold the origami paper into a triangle twice.

Then unfold it once, and fold up the left and right corners to make a tulip shape.

From here, we’ll make the ogre’s horns.

Unfold the parts you just folded up, then make the diagonal creases into mountain folds and the straight creases into valley folds, and collapse along the creases.

The collapsed part should become a diamond shape; fold the top two edges inward along the valley creases to make it narrower.

Do the same on the other side to complete the horns.

Next, take the top corner of the remaining triangle, fold both layers downward together, and tuck the back layer inside the origami.

Fold the front layer back up to represent the ogre’s hair.

Finally, fold the bottom corner up into a triangle and draw the face to finish.

When using it, gently open it so that the part you folded last becomes the bottom!

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Oni of Setsubun

[Origami] Setsubun Oni-chan Squad [Easy Folding Method]

Here’s an idea for making an ogre using a single sheet of origami paper.

Start by folding the paper into a triangle, then fold both corners inward so they align neatly—up to this point, it’s the same steps as making a paper cup.

Once you’ve done that, flip the origami upside down, and fold the two corners you just made upward.

These will be the ogre’s horns.

They’ll be too thick as is, so reverse-fold the inner sides outward to make the horns thinner.

Next, fold up the bottom point into a triangle, then fold both corners of that triangle inward to finish.

Add a face with a pen, and use patterned washi tape to create the pants, and you’ll have a wonderful ogre.

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Handmade toys for Setsubun

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Let’s make and play! Here’s a fun idea you can use for Setsubun events, too.

It would be a waste to only make crafts for Setsubun—why not incorporate them into a game? In the video, we introduce a game where you launch a paper Ehomaki to hit oni targets made from toilet paper rolls and construction paper.

You can adjust the target designs and the way you play to suit different age groups.

This is a great idea for teachers planning Setsubun events!