Celebrate with handmade gifts! A perfect shikishi board and message card for a 100th birthday.
We all want the seniors who use our facilities to stay healthy and live long, don’t we?
I imagine many senior and welfare facilities hold birthday parties to celebrate.
Gifts are prepared for the birthday parties, too, and I’m sure the seniors are pleased.
Birthdays are wonderful at any age, but when a senior turns 100, you really want to express your heartfelt gratitude.
So this time, we’re introducing handmade message boards (shikishi) for seniors celebrating their 100th birthday.
We’ve also gathered ideas you can apply to the shikishi and recommended birthday message cards.
Please use this article to create and give a lovely shikishi.
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Celebrate with handmade touches! Congratulatory shikishi boards and message cards perfect for a 100th birthday (21–30)
Highly recommended for group messages! Pastel-colored shikishi boards from the 100-yen shop
Message boards filled with notes are a very memorable gift.
Try using pastels to create a lovely finish.
Pastels are handy materials you can pick up even at 100-yen shops.
If you rub a pastel against a tea strainer, it turns into powder that falls below; then spread it out with a tissue.
Using several pastel colors will give you a colorful, cute background sheet for your message board.
Since the pastels are so colorful, writing all the messages in black might still look beautiful.
It’s easy, so give it a try!
Quilling Birthday Card
A birthday card that makes use of paper quilling, created by tightly rolling long, thin strips of paper.
You can craft delicate floral patterns and ornaments, making it ideal for those who want a more elaborate card.
Prepare colored paper that matches your theme, such as pastels, warm tones, or cool tones.
Use quilling tools to roll the paper and arrange the pieces on the message card.
If you first draw a cake or gift box and then attach the quilled pieces on top, it will have a three-dimensional finish.
Try incorporating the favorite colors and items of the senior who is celebrating their birthday.
Message card for a popping party cracker
Starting with birthday celebrations, party poppers are an essential item for any party scene.
Their loud, festive sound sets a lively mood and lifts everyone’s spirits.
This is a message card inspired by party poppers, the symbol of that fun.
On the base where you write your message, attach a triangular piece of paper so that there is a hollow space inside.
By attaching it in a way that allows a string to pass through the triangle, you create a design that makes it look like a string is popping out of the popper.
Add decorations to the extended string and tuck it back into the triangle to complete the interactive element.
Pay attention to the surrounding decorations as well to finish it off as a lively, eye-catching card.
Cards made with washi tape
A birthday card made with brightly colored washi tape.
It’s easy to make—just stick the tape onto paper—so it’s great even for people who aren’t confident with crafts.
Prepare washi tapes with various patterns and line them up so there are no gaps.
The trick to depicting candles is to vary the length of each strip.
Next, draw the candle wax and flame with a pen at the top of the tapes, and you’re done.
You can also leave some blank space to add a birthday cake or a message.
Why not send this warm, Japanese-style message card to an older recipient?
Convenient for attaching photos! Flip-through processed cards
How about a flip-through birthday card packed with surprise? It looks great with photos, too, so it’s a perfect idea for cards that facility staff can give to residents! When you pull the tab, the pictures or photos flip rapidly, flowing one after another.
The key is to offset the photos slightly and attach them to a strip-cut piece of construction paper.
It may look elaborate, but the mechanism is actually very simple—give it a try!
A card with a heart-shaped flower that opens
Here’s an introduction to a message card featuring cute heart-shaped flowers.
Cut construction paper into a square, score the folds, then cut to create a heart-shaped card.
Make several heart-shaped cards.
It’s also recommended to make several heart-shaped cards in different colors and stick them onto the card.
Attach a stem and leaves to the card, and when you add the heart-shaped cards, they can look like tulips.
Open the flower, write a heartfelt message, and give it to an older adult.
These adorable heart-shaped message cards are sure to delight seniors.
Pop-out tulips and ribbon
Elderly people might also appreciate a birthday card with a festive feel.
So, here’s a tulip card that will brighten their mood the moment they open it.
When the card is opened, a bouquet of many tulips pops up.
The pop-up mechanism is made by folding and cutting the card’s base.
It’s a simple construction, but that alone completes the pop-up bouquet.
Use construction paper in various colors to make lots of tulips and arrange them into a bouquet.
This kind of card is sure to bring even more joy to elderly recipients when they open it.