[For Seniors] August Calendar: Craft Ideas

Calendar with sunflower stamp(s)

[Eraser stamp] Making an August calendar with a sunflower stamp 🌻

Let’s make a calendar using handmade sunflower stamps.

Soft materials like erasers or rubber sheets might be easier for older adults to carve.

Both erasers and rubber sheets are conveniently available at 100-yen shops and home improvement stores.

We’ll create stamps for the sunflower petals, the round center and its pattern, and the leaves.

The unique, handcrafted look of the stamps will give the calendar a charming finish.

They’re also great for late-summer greeting postcards.

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August calendar collage

[Easy Collage] August Calendar Collage 🍉

A collage artwork made using many materials such as newspapers, magazines, photos, and fabric.

By combining photos, illustrations, and text from multiple sources, you can create an entirely different piece of art.

Let’s adapt collage techniques to make a calendar.

Gather summer-themed items like stickers, masking tape, and cards.

Then start pasting them onto the calendar backing.

You can use a sample collage calendar prepared in advance as a reference, or let seniors paste items according to their preferences.

You might end up with a uniquely personalized calendar.

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Book-style handmade calendar

[Handmade Desk Calendar] A Book-Style Calendar Like an 'Osusowake' File [100-Yen Shop DIY]

A handmade book-style calendar that lets you feel the changing seasons and their colors with every turn of the page.

For each page from January to December, you can decorate it however you like—paste origami, illustrations, or photos, or use design papers from a 100-yen shop—to express a year that’s uniquely yours.

It’s compact and easy to carry, and fits neatly on a desk or bookshelf.

While the process of aligning sizes requires care, that attention makes it a heartfelt creation.

It’s delightful not only as interior decor but also as a small gift.

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Calendar with straws and paint

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Here’s a simple fireworks calendar you can make using a straw.

Cut several small slits into the tip of the straw.

Dip the slit end in paint, then dab it onto the calendar’s backing sheet.

This creates a burst like a firework.

Because the steps are simple, many older adults may find it easy to try.

You can change the color of the straw’s center and the tips of the slits, or make fireworks in multiple colors—there are lots of ways to arrange it to create different colorful fireworks.

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Fireworks calendar with cotton swabs

Fireworks that beautifully color the night sky are also a hallmark of summer.

Are there facilities that host fireworks viewing events? I imagine some older adults once went to see fireworks displays as well.

Let’s make a calendar that expresses fireworks—perfect for the summer mood—using cotton swabs.

Put paint on the tips of the cotton swabs and prepare pieces with only the very ends cut off.

On a circular sheet of drawing paper or origami paper, arrange the painted tips so they look like fireworks.

This fun method should be enjoyable for older adults to try, too.

Besides cotton-swab fireworks, we also recommend adding origami items like fans or shaved ice to the calendar.

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Perpetual calendar made with 100-yen shop items

Let's make a handmade perpetual calendar you can use forever! Free template available too [100-yen DIY, paper craft, work video]. Easy!!

Here’s an idea for a practical and stylish perpetual calendar you can easily make using items from a 100-yen shop.

Unlike traditional perpetual calendars where you swap out the date pieces, this design lets you adjust the date simply by sliding it left or right, so it doesn’t feel like a chore even when the month changes.

You’ll need to follow the base and frame measurements carefully, but the actual work is simple, so anyone can make it.

With a few creative tweaks, you can completely change the look and feel, so try enjoying the calendar in a variety of designs.

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Origami Calendar

[Komu-chan] Origami Calendar ♪ August

Here’s a calendar made with origami featuring foods that are in season in summer and flowers at their peak.

Origami can be done while sitting at a table, so it naturally encourages conversation with those around you and helps promote communication.

Because you move your fingers a lot, it also stimulates the brain and can help prevent dementia.

When it comes to summer foods and flowers, watermelons and sunflowers come to mind, don’t they? Older adults making summer-themed origami might recall summers from their past.

It could also spark lively conversation.

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