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[For Seniors] Recommended for day-service centers. A collection of craft ideas for April

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April brings warmer weather and a lighter mood.

How about incorporating seasonal flowers like cherry blossoms and hyacinths, as well as spring-themed motifs, into your craft recreation activities? Participants can take their finished pieces home, so they can enjoy the feeling of spring there as well.

Craft activities that use the fingertips allow for focused engagement, which many older adults particularly enjoy.

We’ve gathered a wide range of projects—from simple to more elaborate—so please choose the ones that best suit each individual and give them a try.

Let’s all enjoy them together while communicating and connecting!

For Seniors: Recommended for Day Service. April Craft Idea Collection (111–120)

Flower

How to Make Paper Anemone Flowers – DIY Guide

Flower

Why not make realistic flowers and enjoy the seasonal atmosphere? In this idea, you combine folded and cut pieces to create lifelike blooms.

First, decide which flower you want to make, then look for helpful websites or videos for reference.

You can recreate most flowers, so feel free to choose whatever you like.

You can also make multiple stems and arrange them like a bouquet for extra fun.

Another interesting aspect of this idea is that you can show your individuality—for example, by using color combinations that don’t exist in real life.

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vase mat

Vase mat and coasters made with string and paper plates (Monthly Day, August 2021) #craft #elderly #nursingCare #dayService #easy #handKnitting

vase mat

After taping a string to the back of the plate, slot it into a slit and wrap the thread around the front and back alternately.

Once you’ve passed thread through all the slits, stitch along the center as if weaving into those threads.

Using a single color is fine, but you can also tie on a different color mid-way and weave it in to combine colors.

When it reaches a good size, remove all the strings from the paper plate and tie the extended strings at the base.

Trim any excess length and you’re done.

Choose your favorite colors and make a vase mat that’s uniquely yours.

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Wisteria flowers made with tissue paper and cellophane tape

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Wisteria flowers made with tissue paper and cellophane tape

Making wisteria flowers with origami sounds like a lovely recreation activity.

Using tissue paper, you can create soft, fluffy wisteria petals.

It’s also nice that you can secure them with cellophane tape, so there’s no need for glue.

By making the vine and adjusting the length, you can create wisteria that suits your taste.

If you decorate the walls or ceiling, the room will instantly feel like spring.

It seems like older adults can enjoy working on it as well.

Since it uses fine finger movements, it can also help stimulate the brain.

If everyone makes them together in a friendly atmosphere, it becomes a craft activity where you can enjoy the season and have fun.

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Sumire

[Craft Idea] Violets (March/April spring flowers) (wall decorations) (senior recreation/OT/daycare) (early childhood education) (origami) (DIY) (paper craft)

Sumire

Violets, which you often see in garden beds and parks, are flowers that are at their best in spring.

Let’s beautifully decorate a wall with colorful violet flowers in blue, yellow, white, and more.

Make violet petals using accordion-folded origami, then use construction paper as the stem to attach and build the violet flowers.

You can also create stems and leaves from origami, attach petals, and make side-facing violets.

How about making butterflies or ladybugs as well? Displaying them together with the violets will create wall decorations that evoke an even stronger spring atmosphere.

Feeling the seasons through wall decorations and looking at lovely violets can help brighten the mood of older adults, too.

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Dandelion and Ladybug

[Craft Idea] Dandelion and Ladybug (with March/April templates) (Wall Decorations) (Senior Recreation, Occupational Therapy OT, Day Service, Childcare) (3D Origami) (Origami DIY)

Dandelion and Ladybug

When you hear “spring,” what comes to mind? I’m sure this motif will fit for some of you among the images you pictured.

Ladybugs and dandelions evoke a scene of sunlight filtering through the trees, don’t they? What you’ll need are origami paper, scissors, pinking shears, a craft knife, bamboo skewers, a pencil, wood glue, glue stick, colored pencils, a ruler, and templates.

Each step is careful and detailed, so it might be a good idea to divide up the tasks and work together! If you make lots of dandelions, it should look quite impressive.

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butterfly

[Craft Idea] Butterfly crafts (March/April spring) (origami) (senior recreation) (childcare/early learning) (wall decorations) (creative) (easy)

butterfly

This piece expresses the delicate wings of a butterfly by layering origami.

It’s made by cutting three sizes of wing pieces—large, medium, and small.

Start with the large wings on the bottom, then layer the medium and small wings and attach the body.

Adding creases to the wings gives the butterfly a three-dimensional look.

It’s a versatile craft that can be displayed on walls or used as parts for wreaths and hanging decorations.

Seeing or making these butterfly pieces can help you feel the seasons.

Origami also encourages conversation during the making process, helping to promote communication.

Please feel free to make good use of it.

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garland

[Senior Recreation] Cherry Blossom Garland [Easy Craft]

garland

A garland is a decoration made by connecting ornaments like flowers, leaves, or flags with string or wire.

The best part is that it looks stylish yet is easy to make.

All you need are three things: cherry blossom design paper perfect for spring, pastel-colored paper, and string.

First, fold the design paper into triangles several times to create a cherry blossom motif.

Next, fold the pastel-colored paper in the same way, then cut the design paper so it’s one size smaller than the pastel paper and unfold it.

Finally, punch a hole in the cherry blossom ornaments and thread the string through to finish.

You can make it even cuter by switching up the types of design paper to your liking!

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