[Day Service] Spring Take-Home Crafts: Ideas to Warmly Brighten Your Room
For crafts in day service programs, we recommend incorporating motifs that can only be enjoyed in that season.
Take-home projects using spring-specific motifs—such as cherry blossoms, tulips, carp streamers, and hina dolls—not only offer the fun of working with your hands, but also let people display the finished pieces at home to savor the season.
Even those who find it difficult to go out can feel the arrival of spring indoors.
We’ve included a wide range of items, from practical pieces like wall hangings, bouquets, and message stands to purely decorative creations.
Please make use of these ideas for spring-themed crafts.
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[Day Service] Spring Take-Home Crafts: Ideas to Warmly Brighten Your Room (41–50)
Laminated placemat
Placemats made by laminating lace paper and pressed flowers are colorful and perfect for a spring-themed craft, aren’t they? All you do is place your favorite pressed flowers on lace paper and laminate them, so it’s easy for seniors to make as well.
They bring a touch of spring just by sitting on the table, and it’s also nice that they’re practical for mealtimes or tea.
Plus, since they’re laminated, even if they get dirty you can simply wipe them clean with a damp cloth—an easy, versatile craft you can use anywhere.
A helmet that causes a rash
Speaking of Children’s Day, for seniors who have grandchildren it may be a major event.
If you make a samurai helmet (kabuto) out of construction paper to display in hopes of the child’s healthy growth, they’ll surely be delighted and surprised.
A regular kabuto can be heavy and hard to wear, but a lightweight construction-paper version can be worn for play, which will likely make it even more enjoyable.
Of course, it’s also recommended as a spring-themed decoration you can enjoy yourself—definitely a recreation activity worth trying.
Flower basket
Here’s a small, cute flower basket you can make using a plastic bottle cap and felt.
Apply double-sided tape around the outside of the bottle cap, then stick on paper cord, wrapping it all the way around.
Attach pom-poms (decoration balls) to the inside, twist a piece of paper cord to form the handle, and attach it to complete the basket.
Cut felt into long, wavy strips.
Thread a needle through and pull to shape it into a flower.
Decorate the center of the flower with beads, then attach it to the basket to finish.
This craft is also recommended for rehabilitation and recreational activities in senior care facilities, so give it a try!
Cherry blossom wall hanging
Let us introduce a cherry blossom wall decoration that brings a touch of spring into your room.
Flatten a toilet paper roll and cut it in half; decorate one half with washi paper or colored paper to make the base.
Cut the other half into long, thin strips and shape them into cherry blossom petals.
Create a petal-shaped template from construction paper, then cut pink origami to match.
Sandwich and glue the toilet paper roll petals between the origami petals—the roll’s natural curve adds a nice accent to each petal.
Attach the petals to the decorated base, add any embellishments you like, and it’s done.
You can stick it directly on the wall or punch a hole and thread a string to hang it.
Try decorating your room in spring colors!
Heart wreath
A heart shape made with fluffy flowers is so cute! Here are some ideas for heart-shaped wreaths.
You might think a heart-shaped wreath would be too sweet, but when you arrange soft, tissue-paper flowers into a heart, it turns out charming and elegant.
What you’ll need: tissue paper, a paper plate, plastic cord, scissors, and glue.
Since the base uses a paper plate, it’s easy to gather the materials, which is a nice bonus.
Try playing with the colors as you make it!
Tulips at the mall
Here’s how to make an easy and cute tulip using chenille stems (pipe cleaners).
Prepare two chenille stems in your favorite color for the petals and two green ones for the leaves.
Fold each stem in half, stack the folded points together, twist them, then align the ends with the knot at the top.
Twist the aligned part to secure it—this completes the leaf.
For the flower, twist once at the center while the stems are still aligned, then fold up again and twist to secure.
Round the shapes, and curl the extended ends to form the petals.
Make three identical petal pieces and glue them together to complete the flower.
Attach the flower and leaves to a plastic stick to finish your chenille-stem tulip.
Wrapping it or bundling several together into a bouquet makes it even more decorative.
Tulip Bouquet Card
A bouquet card of tulips—the quintessential flower that colors spring—truly makes you feel the season’s arrival.
It’s easy to make by combining construction paper and origami paper, but since it involves fine work with scissors and the like, please make sure someone is there to assist if older adults are doing the craft.
If you’re making it as a day-service recreation activity, it might be nice to have participants write a message to their families on the card.
Just looking at the finished piece warms the heart—it’s a springtime activity full of gentle feelings.