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Recommended Origami for Seniors: Fun December Theme

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As December arrives, the wind turns colder and it becomes a season with more indoor recreation.

Let’s try origami, which is great brain training you can enjoy in a warm room.

The process of dexterously using your fingertips to fold paper, and creating while picturing the finished piece, is said to provide beneficial stimulation to the brain.

Origami is also a familiar craft for many older adults, making it easy to get started.

Some may even recall memories of folding paper in childhood or doing origami with their children.

This time, we’re introducing origami with a December theme.

Please use it to help you create wonderful pieces.

[For Seniors] Recommended Origami with a Fun December Theme (41–50)

A snowman from a single sheet of origami paper

One sheet of origami [Snowman] How to fold an origami snowman.

A snowman from a single sheet of origami paper

In regions where it snows in December, you’ll probably see snowmen made by children here and there.

This is an idea for making one of those snowmen using a single sheet of origami paper.

Fold the paper into a triangle twice and into a square twice, then open it up and use the crease lines to collapse the paper so that two squares overlap.

From there, you proceed with finer folds to create the snowman.

The impressive part of this idea is that the snowman is properly wearing a hat and a scarf.

Since there’s a step where you cut the origami partway through, please have scissors ready before you start.

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New Year’s decorations

[Craft Idea] New Year Decorations: Fan Wall Hanging (December/January) (Wall Decorations) (Recreation for Seniors, Occupational Therapy OT, Day Service, Early Childhood Education) (Origami DIY) (Creative Activity, Psychiatric Recreation)

New Year’s decorations

When it comes to New Year’s decorations, fan ornaments are very popular.

So this time, I’m introducing a handmade fan wall decoration idea.

It’s a bit of work since you’ll be making the fan from scratch, but the finished piece will be striking and gorgeous—definitely worth a try.

You’ll make five parts: ornamental cabbage, sasanqua camellia, bamboo leaves, an origami crane, and the fan.

For the ornamental cabbage, the key is to soften the origami paper by crumpling it first, then cut out the pieces.

The sasanqua and bamboo have many parts, so fold the origami and cut multiple pieces at once.

You probably already know how to fold the crane.

The fan is made by accordion-folding origami paper.

Once the parts are ready, have fun arranging and decorating.

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In conclusion

These were origami pieces that evoke December! Since the theme is December, they’ll likely help seniors feel the season as well.

The finished works would look great displayed at a facility or at home.

Be sure to incorporate them into your recreational activities.