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Japanese craft, on your canvas.

Paint your own daruma- a hands-on art experience.

An art kit to paint your very own daruma, supervised by artisans carrying on the Takasaki daruma tradition. For milestones like graduations, promotions and birthdays, for fan art, or simply the joy of making something with your hands again.

Buy now - from$80.00
Person painting a blue Daruma doll by hand
Blank white daruma transformed into authentic, interior, artistic, and favorite-inspired painted daruma styles
Rows of traditional daruma dolls displayed at a shrine

ABOUT DARUMA

A daruma is a goal-setting tool.

Set a single wish and paint in one eye to begin; paint the second once it comes true. In Japan, daruma have long marked goals - in elections, exams and business. Each time you see it, it reminds you of what you're working toward.

How it works

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STEP 1

Learn the tradition

Before you pick up a brush, the included video walks you through daruma's history and the artisan's techniques, a short window into where this craft comes from.

STEP 2

Paint your wish

Choose your colors and paint at your own pace, the quiet focus of working with your hands. Bring a single wish to life and paint in one eye as you begin, to hold the goal you're setting.

STEP 3

Keep it in sight

Keep your daruma somewhere you'll see it. With one eye open, it quietly reminds you of what you're working toward.

STEP 4

Complete it when it comes true

When your wish comes true, paint in the second eye. Both eyes open, the goal it carried is done.

Kunitsugu Takeuchi, third-generation master at Takeuchi Daruma

ABOUT THE KIT

Supervised by Takasaki daruma artisans.

Takeuchi Daruma (Takasaki, Gunma) · 3rd-generation master, Kunitsugu Takeuchi

Developed with guidance from Takeuchi Daruma, a Takasaki workshop carrying on the region's daruma tradition since 1937. The booklet and video guide reflect artisan techniques and cultural context, so you can paint with confidence and respect for the craft.

Choose your kit

Standard

$80.00

Everything a first-timer needs. A complete daruma painting kit with an instruction booklet and video guide, so you can start right away.

View details -$80.00

Premium

$120.00

A special edition with incense, a wooden box and a furoshiki wrap. From the moment you open it to displaying it, the experience lingers.

View details -$120.00

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User Gallery

On a culture night with friendsgot together to try this, everyone's turned out so different lol
A focused art weekendSpent my whole Saturday on this and didn't want to stop.
My favorite characterhad to do my fave character, couldn't resist
For my team's winBeen cheering this club since I was a kid. Here's to a win.
My dog's little twinmade it to look like our dog 🐶 wishing him a long one
I surprised myselfno idea i could paint this well?? way too attached now
Not your average darumaI paint for a living. No way I was making a plain one.
My motto on its backWrote my life motto across the back. Watch me go for it.
A spray-bottle snowstormUsed a mist spray for a blizzard effect. really happy with it
Matching pair with a friendmatching darumas with my best friend 💛 friends forever
Which one's the real cat?modeled it after my cat lol can you tell which is which?
On a culture night with friendsgot together to try this, everyone's turned out so different lol
A focused art weekendSpent my whole Saturday on this and didn't want to stop.
My favorite characterhad to do my fave character, couldn't resist
For my team's winBeen cheering this club since I was a kid. Here's to a win.
My dog's little twinmade it to look like our dog 🐶 wishing him a long one
I surprised myselfno idea i could paint this well?? way too attached now
Not your average darumaI paint for a living. No way I was making a plain one.
My motto on its backWrote my life motto across the back. Watch me go for it.
A spray-bottle snowstormUsed a mist spray for a blizzard effect. really happy with it
Matching pair with a friendmatching darumas with my best friend 💛 friends forever
Which one's the real cat?modeled it after my cat lol can you tell which is which?
My kid made it solohe did the whole thing himself. when did he get so big
New, even as a localI'm Japanese but I'd never painted one myself. wish me luck!
A favorite flower on the backPut a big flower I love on the back. Very me.
Cherry blossoms by the bedsideAdded some sakura. It lives on my nightstand now.
Wabi-sabi for the bonsaiKept it quiet and simple, to sit beside my bonsai.
No eyes, on purposeSkipped the eyes for a cleaner look. kind of obsessed
Done in street stylewent full street with it. stickers going on next 🔥
Fresh from the museumCame home from the museum and painted while it was still fresh.
On a weekend picnictook these on a picnic with friends. best weekend ever
I painted our catpainted my cat and SHE'S obsessed omg
Nico & Miaone for each of my sisters' pets. live long, you two 🐾
My kid made it solohe did the whole thing himself. when did he get so big
New, even as a localI'm Japanese but I'd never painted one myself. wish me luck!
A favorite flower on the backPut a big flower I love on the back. Very me.
Cherry blossoms by the bedsideAdded some sakura. It lives on my nightstand now.
Wabi-sabi for the bonsaiKept it quiet and simple, to sit beside my bonsai.
No eyes, on purposeSkipped the eyes for a cleaner look. kind of obsessed
Done in street stylewent full street with it. stickers going on next 🔥
Fresh from the museumCame home from the museum and painted while it was still fresh.
On a weekend picnictook these on a picnic with friends. best weekend ever
I painted our catpainted my cat and SHE'S obsessed omg
Nico & Miaone for each of my sisters' pets. live long, you two 🐾

Frequently asked questions

Not at all. The kit includes an instruction booklet and a video guide, so complete beginners can follow each step with confidence.
Most people complete it in about 2–3 hours.
The daruma is about 5.5 in tall (14 cm). The Standard kit package is about 11.8 in high × 3.9 in deep (30 × 10 cm), and the Premium kit package is about 11.8 in high × 11.8 in deep (30 × 30 cm).
It depends on the destination. For EU and UK deliveries, import VAT, customs duties, and courier handling fees are not included in the checkout total. After purchase, the courier will contact you before delivery or at delivery, and payment is required to receive the package. For destinations outside the EU and the UK, applicable import duties, taxes, and clearance fees are calculated and collected at checkout under our current shipping setup, so additional courier payment is usually not required after purchase.
Yes, children are welcome to join. For younger children, please keep them within a parent or guardian's sight and enjoy the experience together.
No additional preparation is required, as all necessary tools and materials are included in the kit.

Make your own daruma.Or give one.

A new job, a first business, a recovery, an exam ahead. A daruma gives someone a goal to hold onto until they reach it, and painting it makes the wish their own. Everything's in the box: brushes, paints, and a step-by-step guide. Beginner-friendly, so they can start the day it arrives.

Buy now - from$80.00