[For Seniors] Easy Felt Craft: Warm and Cozy Projects
Felt is a recommended material for handmade crafts because it allows you to create pieces that feel soft and warm to the touch.
It also comes in a wide range of colors, making it fun to enjoy vibrant, colorful combinations.
In this article, we introduce craft projects using felt that are suitable for older adults.
We’ve gathered a variety of ideas, from decorative items to practical ones like small containers and coasters.
You’re sure to find something you like.
Felt crafts require fine finger movements, making them great for finger dexterity training for seniors.
They can also stimulate the brain and may help prevent cognitive decline.
Give it a try!
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[For Seniors] Easy Felt Crafts: Warm and Cozy Projects (21–30)
Oni made easily with felt
Why not try making a cute oni (demon) mascot with felt? Use a toilet paper roll cut to a length of 6.5 cm as the base, representing the pants on the lower half and the face on the upper half.
For the pants, first cover the entire lower half with yellow felt, then twist and glue three band-shaped felt pieces—yellow and brown strips that you’ve cut and joined—around it.
For the face, attach red felt and glue yarn along the top edge to make the hair, then add pearl stickers for the eyes and cheeks.
Finally, attach felt triangles as horns, and it’s complete!
Just stick-on felt ema (votive plaque)
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Felt creations have a warm, gentle atmosphere, don’t they? If you glue felt pieces onto an ema plaque with wood glue, you can make a lovely piece.
Try making parts like a daruma, Mount Fuji, or the zodiac animals.
It’s such a cute craft that older adults are likely to enjoy it, too.
An ema decorated by placing the pieces wherever you like will be a one-of-a-kind work in the world.
As you make it, you might even get excited reminiscing about New Year’s celebrations from the past.
Easy, no sewing needed! Fukumamori
The “Fukumamori” charm, which can be made without needles or thread, is a project that seniors can work on with confidence.
Cut felt into a 4×12 cm piece, make slits about 8 mm from the top and bottom, then use double-sided tape to sandwich a pom-pom and a string inside.
Decorate by attaching fabric and buttons, and tie the string to complete the owl shape.
By choosing different eye buttons and color combinations, each piece gains a unique expression, resulting in a simple yet polished protective charm.
It’s an inviting and auspicious idea, perfect for displaying in an entryway or on a wall.
Mini Hagoita Ornament
Let’s make a handmade hagoita, perfect as a New Year’s decoration.
Cut construction paper into the shape of a hagoita to create the base.
Attach felt to both sides with glue—using different colors may make it look even more festive.
Cut plum blossoms and shuttlecocks from felt, glue them together, and arrange them on the hagoita.
Adding a vivid color to the background of the hagoita can enhance the New Year’s celebratory feel.
Decorating with sparkly beads or rhinestone stickers is also recommended.
[No-Sew] Handmade Kadomatsu Decoration with Felt
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Creations made from felt convey warmth through the nature of the material.
Even a New Year’s decoration like a kadomatsu, which is often associated with the chill of the season, can feel cozy when made from felt.
You might think felt crafts require sewing with needles or a sewing machine, but you can make them without sewing.
Instead of stitching, you attach the felt using a hot glue gun.
While handling a glue gun does require care, it seems accessible for many older adults to participate in making these.
The result is an adorable kadomatsu that would be perfect to display at home, and it would surely be appreciated as a gift for family as well.
Felt Halloween decorations
Here’s a DIY idea for a Halloween garland using felt from a 100-yen shop.
Basically, you’ll cut out pieces from the felt and glue them together.
The examples include a pumpkin, ghost, and black cat, but feel free to use any Halloween-themed motifs you like, such as a witch or a bat.
Once finished, attach the pieces to a string at equal intervals and hang them up to decorate your room.
It’s helpful to have templates when cutting out the parts, so make them in advance using thick paper.
Halloween Decorations Made with Felt and Toilet Paper Rolls
Using the many empty toilet paper rolls that usually end up as trash to make cute Halloween decorations sounds both eco-friendly and fun.
If you’re going to make them, why not gather everyone and create a whole “Halloween Army” to display? The method is very simple: cut the toilet paper rolls to a suitable length, cover them with felt, and add eyes, noses, ears, and other features—that’s it! If you want them to stand firmly, you can stuff paper clay or similar material inside the roll.
Divide the work and make pumpkin heads, ghosts, Frankenstein’s monsters, and swarms of bats together.