[For Senior Daycare Centers] Ideas for Summer Take-Home Crafts

Summer ocean wreath using 100-yen store materials

[100-Yen Shops and Natural Kitchen] Handmade Summer Wreath with an Ocean Motif

The “Summer Ocean Wreath,” made by sprinkling in charming items you can find at 100-yen shops, is a delightful craft that’s perfect for older adults, too.

Try arranging colorful materials—like life rings, sailboats, tetrapods, and artificial hydrangeas—however your heart desires.

Using a hot glue gun will secure them firmly in place, making it simple and approachable.

As the three-dimensional pieces come together, a cool, summery atmosphere spreads across the wall.

It’s a gentle seasonal decoration that brightens your mood just by looking at it.

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A fish with colorful scales

Make colorful fish scales! Perfect for August summer wall displays (recommended for ages 4 and up)

“Colorful Scaled Fish” is a three-dimensional summer wall decoration you can enjoy making with origami and construction paper.

Shape the fish’s body from construction paper, then cut origami or colored paper into circles, fold each one in half, and attach them one by one while keeping them slightly open to form the scales.

This simple touch makes the scales softly lift, creating a lifelike, three-dimensional effect as if it were a real fish.

Choosing a rainbow of scales is fun in itself and may spark reminiscing—“I saw a fish this color at the sea once”—and other memories.

It also works well as a reminiscence activity that revisits summers of the past, and the handwork offers great stimulation for the brain.

A school of completed fish swimming across the wall is sure to brighten the hearts of all who see it.

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Summer festival decorations

Let's try making decorations for the summer festival. 🍉

The summer wall art project for seniors, “Summer Festival Decorations,” involves carefully crafting summer-themed motifs—such as fireworks, paper lanterns, shaved ice, watermelon, and mosquito coils—using origami and colored paper, then displaying them against a night-sky-inspired background to create a lively festival atmosphere.

The vivid colors stand out, and the finished wall display brightens the mood just by looking at it.

It’s an activity that allows seniors to focus while moving their hands and feet, making it approachable and enjoyable as a recreation that evokes the seasonal traditions of summer.

It’s a lovely piece that brings out summer memories and a strong sense of the season.

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Boat made with origami

Kimie Gangi Super Easy “Boat Made with Origami” for Collage Use

“Boats Made with Origami” is a fun recreational activity for seniors that brings the feeling of the summer ocean indoors.

The yacht is made by folding the origami paper diagonally to form a sail, giving it a light and breezy look.

The passenger ship combines mountain and valley folds to add three-dimensionality, resulting in a piece with real presence.

The sea is expressed with blue and light-blue vinyl tape to depict waves, and the tape’s sheen evokes the sparkle of a water surface.

The project is simple yet offers fine-motor exercise, and the completed boats brighten the walls to spread a summery seaside scene throughout the room.

The colorful creations lift spirits and naturally encourage interaction among participants, making this a highly recommended activity.

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goldfish bowl

[Origami Activity] How to Make a Fishbowl and Build Creative Arrangement Skills for Seniors

Let’s make a goldfish bowl using clear folders that are also sold at 100-yen shops.

Insert an illustration of a goldfish bowl into the clear folder and trace the bowl with a pen.

You can easily create the goldfish bowl illustration by downloading one from the internet.

Use tissue-paper aquarium plants, goldfish cut from origami, and colorful stickers of goldfish to build your goldfish bowl.

Because seniors can choose various materials to suit their preferences, it helps develop their ability to arrange and improvise.

They’ll be able to create pieces with individuality.

When a work they made with care is displayed on the wall, it will likely give them a sense of accomplishment and joy.

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Crepe ice craft

Crepe ice cream crafts (summer crafts) (easy) (wall decorations) (recreation for seniors) (food-themed crafts) (creative activities) (childcare)

“Crepe Ice Craft” is a recommended idea for summertime recreation for older adults.

Draw a waffle pattern on brown construction paper to represent the cone section.

By cutting copy paper into thin strips and wrapping them, you can create a soft, fluffy three-dimensional look like soft-serve ice cream.

Adding tube-shaped candy made from origami as toppings makes the piece look more realistic and cute.

The hands-on work encourages concentration, and once completed, it brings a cool, summery atmosphere.

It’s a simple yet satisfying wall decoration project.

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Sea and palm trees

Palm trees are a perfect match for the summer seaside, aren’t they? If you add palm trees to the decorations on a facility’s wall, some older adults might be reminded of summer and the ocean.

So let’s try making palm trees out of construction paper.

Palm fronds are green and look like feathers, right? By making fine, narrow cuts in the paper, you can create palm leaf–like pieces.

Let’s also decorate with an ocean made by cutting the paper into gentle wave shapes.

For the sandy beach, you can tear construction paper to express the texture of sand.

These palm trees are great not only for wall decorations, but also for calendars and wreaths.

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