[For Seniors] Make an April Calendar: Fun Ideas to Brighten Your Mood
Creating an April calendar is a lovely recreation that lets older adults feel the changing seasons right at their fingertips.
Works themed around the breath of spring—cherry blossoms, tulips, strawberries—gently soften the heart each time you look at them.
From origami and tissue flowers to watercolor and clay craft, the materials and techniques are diverse.
The time spent moving your hands while chatting with those around you—saying things like, “This color feels so springlike”—naturally fosters smiles and conversation.
Here, we present ideas for making calendars packed with the vibrant colors of spring.
May the process of creating a calendar—which also serves as finger exercise and brain training—offer a moment to feel the arrival of spring.
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Making a calendar with cherry blossom tissue paper
Here is an introduction to making a cherry blossom calendar using soft tissue paper.
Tissue paper flowers are often seen as decorations at events and parties.
Let’s try making cherry blossoms using smaller sheets of tissue paper.
Fluffy tissue paper perfectly suits the look of cherry blossoms.
To make the petals look like sakura, cut the tips into shape.
The step where you open up the tissue paper uses your fingertips.
While creating a lovely craft, you can also expect to stimulate the brain.
For a cherry blossom feel, we recommend using pink, red, or white tissue paper.
Making a dandelion calendar
In April, you can sometimes find fields and parks filled with lots of small, yellow dandelion flowers.
Just looking at them makes you feel the warm, cozy spring weather.
Let’s add some handmade dandelions to an April calendar.
You can make them by accordion-folding and cutting construction paper or using origami.
Creating a calendar with a dandelion coloring page would be lovely, too.
Since you can do the craft while seated at a table, it encourages conversation with those around you and helps promote communication.
It’s also nice that you can display the finished calendar at home.
Making a calendar by collecting April-themed posters
Here is an introduction to making a calendar using spring-themed illustrations.
When you think of spring, what comes to mind? Cherry blossoms, tulips, bees, and butterflies are all typical spring images.
Prepare sheets of paper with such illustrations.
From those sheets, older adults can choose their favorite illustrations and paste them onto the calendar.
Creating a spring-like calendar is a great way for seniors to feel the season.
They can make it while chatting with others—saying things like, “This design is nice,” or “It really feels like spring.” It can spark conversation with others and might even help relieve stress.
Making a calendar with origami
As April arrives, there are more and more days when we can feel the warmth, aren’t there? Let’s make a calendar decorated with spring flowers and insects out of origami.
You can create the origami pieces while sitting and chatting with others.
Making spring-themed origami might spark lively conversations about past springtime memories.
Origami also uses your fingers a lot, and using your fingers is said to stimulate and activate the brain.
It would be nice to think together with older adults about things that evoke spring and then make them with origami.
Collage with stickers and paper postings
Let’s collage a simple April calendar with a spring vibe! We’ll add cherry blossom washi tape and patterned papers.
Fill any empty spaces with your favorite flake stickers, like petals or animals.
All the washi tape and stickers used here were purchased at a 100-yen shop.
Since 100-yen shops carry a wide variety of stickers, you can pick your favorites to create a fun, original calendar.
A calendar in full-bloom sakura will warm your heart every time you look at it.
Give it a try!
Pressed Flower Calendar
How about using pressed flowers for an April calendar? Some older adults may have fond memories of making and enjoying pressed flowers.
All you need are a calendar backing sheet and pressed flowers.
Use small and large blooms, and even stems together.
Traditionally, pressed flowers are made by placing them between heavy books, but you can also try quick methods using a microwave or an iron.
Once you’ve arranged the flowers in any design you like, place a cover film over the pressed flowers.
Creating a pressed-flower calendar with blossoms you find on a walk in the warm April weather would make a lovely memory.
Full-bloom Sakura Calendar
Let’s make a spring-themed calendar using a design sheet with cherry blossoms.
Attach double-sided tape to the back of a transparent sheet and stick it in the center of a cherry-blossom-patterned letter paper.
Place a small calendar in the upper right, and add more flair by applying design sheets or stickers cut into cherry blossom shapes.
Rounding the four corners of the letter paper with a corner punch will give it a softer look.
A cherry blossom–themed calendar evokes the warm mood of spring and is sure to soothe you every time you look at it.