[For Seniors] Lovely Crafts Made with Tissue Paper: Ideas Collection
Tissue paper, widely known as a craft material for making paper flowers.
Its wide range of colors and ease of handling make it especially appealing.
These days, you can even find it at 100-yen shops, making it more accessible and widely used for crafts, wall decorations, and more.
In this article, we’ll introduce craft ideas using tissue paper.
Enjoy its soft, fluffy texture as you crumple it, cut it with scissors, and—beyond making flowers—try creating items like translucent lampshades.
Let’s make all kinds of things with tissue paper and incorporate them as seasonal craft ideas!
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[For Seniors] Lovely Crafts Made with Tissue Paper: Idea Collection (41–50)
Making the April calendar
How about making calendars as one of your monthly recreation activities? Both the process of discussing and choosing seasonal motifs and the actual crafting after the plan is set are sure to be lively and fun! Using your hands can have a positive effect on cognitive function, and working together to create something—then seeing what you made actually being used—will likely bring great joy! Even things that were difficult before can improve in quality as you repeat the activity.
Give it a try!
Camellias in crepe paper
The winter camellia is a plant that blooms in the cold season, and thanks to its vivid colors, it’s a classic choice for New Year’s decorations.
Let’s create a three-dimensional winter camellia using soft tissue paper.
We’ll use two colors of tissue paper—red and white—and shape them while layered together.
Also, fold the white tissue paper up in the center and attach polystyrene beads to beautifully finish the flower’s center.
Pay close attention to how you add wrinkles to the tissue paper to recreate the softness of the petals.
Wisteria in a tsumami-zaiku style
These are wisteria flowers made from tissue paper using the tsumami-zaiku technique.
First, stack four purple and four white sheets of tissue paper alternately.
Staple them along the diagonal, then cut out three large squares and two small squares.
Fold each square into a triangle.
Align the folded pieces and clip them together with a clothespin, apply glue to the cut edge, and smooth it with your finger.
Before the glue dries, release them and fold back the edges slightly.
Use a pointed tool to open the pouch-like part and shape it into petals.
Create several strands of these airy, beautiful wisteria flowers in varying lengths and bundle them together.
Night Sakura and Day Sakura
The atmosphere of cherry blossoms is different in the daytime and at night, isn’t it? Do you prefer cherry blossoms seen in the bright, warm sunlight, or those illuminated in the dark at night? Here’s a project that lets you enjoy both.
Fold and cut tissue paper to make blossoms, or crumple and tear the tissue paper to create a cherry tree.
Since you’ll be using your hands a lot, it may also help stimulate the brain.
Once you’ve made the parts like leaves and buds, attach them to a backing sheet.
For daytime cherry blossoms, a yellow backing works well; for nighttime, try blue or black.
You can enjoy two kinds of cherry blossoms, so please give it a try!
Curtain of cherry blossoms
Let’s try making a cherry blossom curtain using tissue paper.
Because tissue paper is soft and slightly translucent, it’s perfect for expressing the delicate petals of cherry blossoms.
You can accordion-fold the tissue paper to create blossoms, or cut it into petal shapes and hang them.
When attaching string to the petals, use a needle threaded with the string to link the petals together.
You can hang the curtain in the facility’s windows, and older adults can also take theirs home to decorate their own spaces.
When the wind blows and the tissue-paper petals sway, it looks just like real cherry blossoms fluttering in the air.
You can adapt this idea for wall decorations as well, so give it a try!
Rabbit basket ornament
Easter is a grand celebration known as the Resurrection Festival.
Let’s cutely express the Easter motifs of rabbits and eggs using tissue paper.
Make the rabbit’s face with white tissue paper and shape it into a neat circle.
You could also add a personal touch by making the rabbit’s ears floral-patterned.
Finally, place the rabbit and Easter eggs in a basket, and you’re done! It makes a delightful decoration for Easter day and is also recommended as a gift for someone special.
Wisteria flowers made with tissue paper and cellophane tape
How lovely to make wisteria flowers with tissue paper.
The gentle colors and delicate shapes really evoke the arrival of spring.
Using cellophane tape instead of glue is great because it keeps your hands cleaner, so older adults can enjoy it with peace of mind.
It’s fun to make them together, and it’s also nice to admire the finished pieces.
If you decorate the walls or ceiling, your room will instantly feel spring-like.
Why not relax, feel the season arriving, and have fun making them together?