Take-Home Craft Ideas for Winter: Perfect for Day Services for Seniors
Many people enjoy doing crafts at nursing homes and day service centers, don’t they?
This time, we’re introducing craft ideas for seniors to make in winter that they can take home from day service!
We’ve gathered easy-to-prepare projects, including those that use recycled materials and supplies from 100-yen shops.
When it comes to crafts, aside from large decorations to hang on the wall, most items can be taken home.
More intricate projects that require fine motor skills may take several days to complete, but the sense of accomplishment and joy when they’re finished is exceptional.
Of course, there are also cute crafts that can be made in a single day, so please use these ideas as a reference for craft activities at nursing homes and day service centers.
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[For Seniors] Winter Take-Home Craft Ideas for Day Service (41–50)
Preserved flower, hagoita style
Let’s make a preserved-flower hagoita that you can display in your entryway as a festive, auspicious New Year’s decoration.
Cut cardboard into the shape of a hagoita to create the base, adjusting the size to suit where you’ll display it.
Attach the front and back fabrics together, then use glue to add artificial flowers and pom-poms as you like.
It might also be nice to glue on natural items like nuts or seed pods to give it a seasonal feel.
Finally, glue a ribbon around the edge to finish.
Give making your own original hagoita a try!
New Year’s decoration with camellias and mizuhiki
Would you like to make an elegant New Year’s decoration using mizuhiki cords? First, thread your favorite beads onto three mizuhiki cords.
Glue the cords onto the backing paper in an S-shape, then decide where the beads should go and glue them in place as well.
In the remaining blank areas of the backing, arrange and glue felt pieces shaped like pine, bamboo, plum, and camellia, along with squares of washi paper with traditional patterns.
Once your design is set, attach the backing to a gold base, add a cord for hanging, and you’re done.
Using black backing paper will make the mizuhiki stand out beautifully.
Making Kadomatsu out of construction paper
This craft project is appealing for its simplicity—you can make it almost entirely with construction paper.
Without any special materials, just by cutting, rolling, layering, and gluing colored paper, you can create a surprisingly authentic kadomatsu.
Preparation is easy, so it’s perfect for recreational activities or at-home craft time, and anyone can try it casually, which is a big plus.
The making process is fun and hands-on, and once you display the finished piece, you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment and growing excitement for the New Year.
It’s a highly recommended seasonal craft.
Shimenawa made of paper
For New Year’s, let’s try making a shimenawa decoration—often displayed at the front door—using only construction paper.
You’ll make the shimenawa base, camellias, plum blossoms, shide (paper streamers), and a fan.
Since templates are available for download, you can cut the listed parts from construction paper and assemble them by following the steps.
It’s best to place the template on the construction paper, staple it in place, and cut them together.
Add slits, fold along the creases in an accordion style, and enjoy the paper crafting process as you create it.
Original kadomatsu from the 100-yen shop
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These days, 100-yen shops all seem to have an abundant selection.
In addition to New Year’s decorations, they sell items and decorations for seasonal events throughout the year.
Many also carry DIY and crafting supplies to support those who want to make things themselves.
Make good use of these and try customizing a ready-made kadomatsu to your taste.
If you paint the green bamboo white and choose a white base, you’ll end up with a kadomatsu that has a different vibe from the usual.
A kadomatsu that stands out indoors like an interior accent may feel fresh even to older adults.
Try enjoying the process of arranging a store-bought kadomatsu to make it even more luxurious or lively in style.
Tabletop kadomatsu
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Let’s make a tabletop kadomatsu (traditional New Year’s pine decoration) using a milk carton.
We’ll place decorative elements that form the kadomatsu inside pieces cut from the carton.
There are detailed steps such as folding origami or construction paper and cutting short lengths of plastic ribbon.
Because it uses fine motor skills extensively, it can stimulate the brain and may offer brain-training benefits.
It’s also a project that can help improve concentration.
Starting from a simple milk carton and building it up into a splendid kadomatsu is likely to delight older adults as well.
Kadomatsu wall decoration
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When kadomatsu decorations are displayed on the indoor walls, even older adults can feel the arrival of the New Year.
With paper-plate kadomatsu, each person’s creation can easily be hung on the wall.
Create a kadomatsu by attaching construction-paper bamboo, ribbons, and other elements onto a paper plate.
We recommend using a New Year–themed paper plate with a lace doily attached as the backing.
It will result in a festive piece suitable for the New Year.
Since you’re using a paper plate, it can also look like a kadomatsu wreath.