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For Seniors: Simple and Lovely Crafts – A Collection of Take-Home Project Ideas for Day Service

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If you can take home the pieces made at day service centers and other senior facilities, you can display or use them at home, adding a little extra enjoyment to everyday life.

Many older adults also enjoy focusing on the act of making things.

So this time, we’ve gathered ideas for projects you can take home.

We’ve included practical items you can use at home, like small organizers and photo frames, as well as pieces you can simply display and enjoy!

The materials are easy to prepare, and we also make use of recyclables like empty jars.

Crafting involves using your fingertips, which can stimulate the brain and help prevent cognitive decline, while also providing a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment from creating something.

Please have fun making these projects!

[For Seniors] Simple and Lovely Crafts: A Collection of Take-Home Project Ideas for Day Service (141–150)

Animal Magnets

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Animal Magnets

Let me introduce some cute animal magnets you can make using plastic bottle caps.

Wrap twine around the bottle cap and secure it with glue.

Next, place some stuffing in the center of a round piece of fabric and wrap it up.

Attach the wrapped fabric to the bottle cap so the stuffing doesn’t show, then add felt ears, a face, and hands.

Finally, place a magnet between the twine you wrapped earlier and the bottle cap, secure it, and you’re done.

You can make all kinds of animals, so it would be fun to create them with friends and show them to each other.

Give it a try!

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Torn Newspaper Collage: Hydrangeas

How to Make Newspaper Chigiri-e [Hydrangea]

Torn Newspaper Collage: Hydrangeas

Let’s make torn-paper hydrangea art using color photos from newspapers or other colored images.

This craft involves tearing newspaper with your fingertips and pasting the pieces to create a picture.

Because it uses a lot of finger movement, it can stimulate the brain and may help keep it active for older adults.

It’s also nice that preparation is easy since you only need newspaper.

Place newspaper pieces in the colors you like over a hydrangea outline.

Seated in chairs, participants can chat as they work—saying things like, “How about this color?” or “Maybe that one would be better.” It seems like a great activity for conversation, and it may even help deepen interaction with those around you.

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Japanese taiko drum strap

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Japanese taiko drum strap

Let us introduce a Japanese drum strap that rings like a little bell when you shake it.

You can make it by combining two plastic bottle caps.

Thread a bell onto a string, place the bell inside one of the bottle caps, and pull the string out through the gap between the two combined caps.

Before assembling, draw a taiko drum pattern on the caps.

Wrap vinyl tape around the overlapped part of the caps.

Make a small slit in the vinyl tape where the string comes out so the string can pass through—this is the key point.

Since it can be made with everyday items, try making it together with older adults.

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[For Seniors] Simple and Lovely Crafts: A Collection of Take-Home Project Ideas for Day Service (151–160)

Goldfish made with paper quilling

How to Make a Paper Goldfish – DIY

Goldfish made with paper quilling

Let’s try making a goldfish with paper quilling, a craft where you roll narrow strips of paper to create various shapes.

Basically, you wind the paper around a thin stick like a toothpick to make coils, then loosen, pinch, and shape them into parts.

You’ll need six parts for the goldfish: one for the head and body together, three for the tail fin, and one each for the dorsal and pectoral fins.

Once the parts are ready, assemble and glue them together, then add beads for the eyes.

Create a base by gluing paper cord into a spiral, attach the goldfish to it, and you’ll have a summery wall decoration.

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Goldfish at the summer festival

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Goldfish at the summer festival

Here’s a goldfish craft idea that will be a big hit at summer festivals in your facility.

Make the goldfish by covering a balled-up tissue with flower paper, shaping it, stapling it in place, and adding eyes—that’s it! It’s cute as is, but add one more touch to give it a summer festival vibe.

Put sparkly packing material or colored cellophane into a wrapping bag to represent water.

Place the goldfish—attached to fishing line—inside, then close the wrapping bag so it forms a triangle.

This way, you can recreate the feeling of goldfish scooping at a festival!

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Simple Fishing Rod and Goldfish

Kimie Gangi: How to Make an Easy-to-Store Fishing Rod & Goldfish with Clip

Simple Fishing Rod and Goldfish

Why not make a fishing rod and goldfish to enjoy a summer-themed game? For the goldfish, crumple tissue paper into a ball, then wrap it with more tissue paper and shape it like a goldfish.

Add eyes, insert a clip at the mouth, and glue it in place to finish.

For the fishing rod, bundle four tightly rolled paper sticks together, and attach a short piece of thin straw to one of them.

Thread a string with a hook (the clip’s prong) through the straw and cut it to your preferred length.

Add a stopper by threading on beads, and it’s done.

Let the line hang, hook the clip on the goldfish, and pull the string to reel it in.

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A box of swimming goldfish made of paper

Summer Vacation Science Project!? How to Make a Swimming Paper Goldfish in a Box – DIY Tutorial

A box of swimming goldfish made of paper

Let’s make a paper box with a swimming goldfish.

There’s a template for the goldfish, so even if you’re not good at drawing, you’ll be fine.

The box itself isn’t too difficult either—you just combine the circular parts with the side parts to complete it.

Once the box is finished, attach pillar parts made with paper quilling to the edge of the bottom.

After adding height this way, place the small parts inside and layer a circular plastic sheet on top.

Attach the pillar parts again, then add the goldfish and beads, and seal it with another plastic sheet.

This creates a double-layered bottom, allowing the goldfish to slide and move.

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