Let’s try to make “craft dolls” of dolls’ festival in Japan. Introduction of a movie about how to make it.


In Japan, March 3rd is called “Hinamatsuri” or dolls’ festival. On the day, we pray for young girls’ growth and happiness. Most families with girls display dolls called Hina-ningyo. Here is a movie which is about how to make craft Hina-ningyo with paper. Please take a look if you are interested in it.

To start with, you need to get the materials ready. The following lists are what you need. Almost all of them are usually sold in a hundred-yen store in Japan. Here is the item names in English(Japanese).

 

・origami  [gold 1 / any color 2]

・Japanese paper with colored figure(chiyogami) [2]

・flower paper(ohanagami) [white 4 / pink 3 / blue 3]

・drawing paper(gayoushi) [black, orange, yellow, green]

・paper cup (kamikoppu) [2]

・pens

・scissors(Hasami)

・serohanteep(scotch tape)

・stapler(hocchikisu)

・glue(nori)

 

Thank you for reading and watching the movie.