[For Seniors] Lovely Christmas Crafts: Easy Ideas Using Recycled Materials and 100-Yen Shop Supplies

flower brooch

[Scrap Fabric Uses] Easy Brooches from Fabric Scraps—Perfect for Care Facility Activities! Simple with Just a Paper Cup, Adapted for Seniors

A flower brooch made using leftover fabric scraps.

The method is very simple: cut out the bottom of a paper cup to use as the flower’s center.

Just glue the fabric scraps onto it, and you’ll have a three-dimensional flower.

Attach a safety pin to the cut-out base and stick it to the back of the finished flower, and it instantly becomes a brooch you can pin to clothing or a bag.

Even with the same method, changing the fabric’s colors and patterns creates flowers with completely different vibes.

It’s a small, cute accessory, but it has the warmth and presence that only handmade items have.

You don’t need to be good at sewing to make it, so it’s an easy project to try and also makes a nice little gift.

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Snowman-shaped Christmas wreath

[100 Yen Shop Daiso] How to Make a Christmas Wreath / Handmade Cute Snowman-Shaped Decoration with Artificial Flowers

Stylish and beautiful! Let’s try making an authentic wreath that soothes you just by looking at it.

The key is using bases of different sizes so that, on closer look, they form the shape of a snowman.

It would be wonderful to finish your one-of-a-kind piece packed with details using dried flowers, all while having fun.

The appeal is that you can get everything you need even at a 100-yen shop.

The process of attaching the bases, dried flowers, ribbon, and felt motifs with glue or a glue gun is exciting.

Snowman made with rings

Snowman Made from Rings: Christmas Ornament [Sakura-gaoka Sanatorium]

A classic for birthday decorations! This is a snowman craft made with paper chains.

Make a loop by gluing a strip of construction paper into a ring, thread another strip through it, then glue it into another ring to create a chain.

Use colored paper for the top ring, as it will be the bucket hat.

The second ring is the face, and the ones below form the body—decorate them with stickers and ribbons.

Attach arms made from brown construction paper and a hanging ribbon to the head, and it’s complete.

Hang it on the wall or ceiling to bring a wintry vibe.

You can use this idea to make Santa Claus, too.

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Cut-and-paste Christmas decorations

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Christmas decorations / Easy! Just cut and paste! Illustrated wall decorations [Illustration details] Check out the “Christmas Illustrations” from the “Template Distribution” section on Home Link!

♬ Christmas standard song – 3KTrack

Here’s an idea you can use when you’re short on time but want to make your wall look cute.

All you need are printed papers with Christmas illustrations and raffia ribbon.

Prepare a variety of illustrations.

After cutting out each illustration with scissors, attach them to raffia ribbons cut to match the length of your wall.

Using two colors—red and green—will give it an even more Christmassy feel.

Once all the illustrations are attached, stick the raffia ribbons to the wall, alternating red and green.

It’s an easy idea that creates a very festive, eye-catching wall display.

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A new kind of Christmas wreath made with clay

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Christmas wreath / Crafting with clay! A new kind of wreath 🎄

♬ All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey

A Christmas wreath that looks like a flower arrangement is a fresh idea, isn’t it? The key is to use lightweight clay from a 100-yen shop as the base for the wreath.

If you use paper clay, it might be too heavy to hang on the wall.

Shape the lightweight clay into a wreath, then use a chopstick to insert small pieces of tissue paper that you’ve cut up.

Green tissue paper works well, but making it in colors preferred by older adults would also turn out beautifully.

Attach a ribbon or items with Christmas illustrations to finish.

The method is a bit different and feels fresh, so the making process should be fun too.

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Crumpled tissue paper tree

Here’s a cute Christmas tree idea where you stick crumpled tissue paper onto a cone base.

First, roll a piece of thick paper into a cone to make the base and cover the surface with double-sided tape.

Next, crumple green tissue paper and stick it on to fill the base.

Once the tree itself is done, decorate it with Christmas stickers as ornaments.

To evoke snow, loosely wrap white yarn around the whole tree, then add a star on top to finish.

Try using tissue paper in various colors to create a tree that reflects your own style.

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100-yen shop DIY Christmas wreath

[100-yen DIY] Christmas wreath made with materials from Daiso and Seria / Handmade Christmas wreath / How to make a Christmas wreath / How to make a Christmas wreath / 如何制作圣诞花环

When you go to the 100-yen shop, you’re sometimes surprised to find they even sell things like this.

They offer all kinds of products, and craft and DIY supplies are well stocked too.

You can make a lovely wreath using only 100-yen items, so why not give it a try? Attach cotton bolls and pinecones to a wreath base with a hot glue gun.

A hot glue gun dries faster than wood glue.

However, it gets very hot, so please be careful when used by older adults.

A Christmas with a wreath they made themselves is likely to give older adults a real sense of satisfaction.

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