DIY Hinamatsuri Dolls with Free Templates

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Celebrate Girls’ Day by making these DIY Hinamatsuri Dolls! All you need are these free templates, toilet paper rolls, markers and glue!

Hinamatsuri, also known as Girls’ Day or Dolls’ Day, is a Japanese holiday that celebrates the health and happiness of girls. “Hina” are special dolls that are at the center of this celebration.

These cute DIY Hinamatsuri dolls are a fun craft project to do with your preschoolers or kindergarteners. They are easy to make, and a great way to introduce Girls’ Day and Japanese culture to them.

Fun Facts About Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day):

• It is celebrated every year, on March 3rd.
• Although it’s a national holiday, families without young girls may not celebrate it.
• Special foods, such as amazake (sweet drink made from fermented rice), Hina arare (sweet rice crackers), and Chirashizushi (a type of sushi) are eaten during parties leading up to this day.
• Hina Ningyo dolls are the center of this celebration. The complete set of dolls includes the Emperor and Empress, along with their attendants. They are displayed on a red tiered platform (hinadan), with the Emperor and Empress at the top.
• Families make sure their daughters have at least the two main dolls before their first Hinamatsuri.
• The dolls are traditionally displayed a few days before Hinamatsuri, and taken down by March 4th (leaving it up longer can lower a girls’ chance of marriage).

Celebrating Girls’ Day in Hawai’i

Girl’s Day has made it’s way into local Hawaiian culture because of the large Japanese and Okinawan populations that live there. However, it’s celebrated a little differently.

Mochi is traditionally eaten on this day, and girls (and women) get special treatment. When I was in school, the boys would have to put up the girls’ chairs at the end of the day. Men will often treat their female friends or coworkers to lunch, or offer other kind gestures. Girls usually receive small gifts or money from their families.

How do you make Hinamtasuri Dolls?

Supplies:

• free printable guides
• 2 toilet paper rolls
• markers, crayons, or colored pencils
• glue
• scissors
• clothes pins

Step 1: Color the both of the dolls using markers, crayons or colored pencils.

Step 2: Cut the dolls out.

Step 3: Place glue along the top edge of each doll’s clothes and glue it around a toilet paper roll. Glue the top edge of the clothes to the bottom edge, as pictured below. The doll’s clothes should be glued to the toilet paper roll at the top, but not the bottom, so it will create a “flowing” effect. Use clothes pins to hold it in place as it dries.

Note: Toilet paper rolls lengths can vary. If yours is longer than the doll’s clothes, simply cut them so they are the same length.

Step 4: Glue the heads on to the front of the toilet paper rolls. Use clothes pins to hold them in place while they dry.

Step 5: Remove the clothes pins once all the glue has dried…and that’s it! So easy!

Download the DIY Hinamatsuri Dolls printable guides!

Try these other Girls’ Day crafts and recipes!

• Chichi Dango (Mochi)
• Cute and Easy Girls’ Day Cookies (Hinamatsuri)
• DIY Japanese Fans for Girls’ Day (Hinamatsuri)

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