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[For Seniors] Add Color to Your Room: A Collection of Flower Craft Ideas
Here are some flower craft ideas for older adults.
Why not try making seasonal flowers—like tulips, hydrangeas, sunflowers, and cherry blossoms—using tissue paper, construction paper, or origami paper?
In addition to crafts that create the flowers themselves, there are plenty of cute and charming ideas for wall decorations and displays, as well as projects that you’ll want to give as gifts to family and friends once they’re finished.
These are recommended not only for those who love flowers and crafting, but also for anyone looking to exercise their fingers and hands.
Handmade paper flowers never wilt, so once you make them, you can enjoy your favorite blossoms for a long time.
[For Seniors] Add Color to Your Room: A Collection of Flower Craft Ideas (1–10)
Morning glory stained glassNEW!
Cut out a stained-glass-style frame featuring morning glories from black cardstock.
Attach colored cellophane to the back of the frame, then layer metallic design paper over it and adhere.
Fix a craft band, formed into a ring, around the stained glass, and attach a straw-made sudare (bamboo blind) on top to finish.
Hang it on a wall, and it will feel like there’s a window framing a slice of summer scenery.
Although stained glass often suggests a colorful look, we recommend—just like the sample—using light blue for everything except the morning glories and leaves.
Create a fresh piece and let it evoke the feeling of summer.
Hydrangea hanging ornamentNEW!
Hydrangeas are an essential motif for the rainy season, and their beautiful colors under cloudy skies can really lift your spirits.
This decoration uses a hydrangea motif as a hanging ornament, layering it with motifs strongly associated with rain to create a cheerful atmosphere.
First, make the outline of the hydrangea with construction paper, then stick finely cut pieces of cellophane in the center to represent the clusters of tiny flowers.
Once the flower section is complete, place creatures like frogs or snails above it and leaves below, and finish it off with a bright, festive look.
Hydrangea wall decorationNEW!
Let’s make a wall decoration with hydrangeas that evoke the charm of the rainy season.
This idea uses watercolor-style chiyogami, which is also sold at 100-yen shops, to create hydrangeas.
It’s easy to make: fold the origami into a square twice, then slightly fold the two creased edges and simply open them from the ends.
For the leaves, cut origami paper with scissors, crumple it to add wrinkles, and create texture.
Once the hydrangeas and leaves are ready, make a snail as well, attach everything to a backing sheet, and you’re done.
Use a 15 cm origami sheet divided into four for the chiyogami, and the key to making it look more authentic is to tear it by hand instead of using scissors.
Hydrangea Garland Made of FeltNEW!
Hydrangeas are an essential motif for the rainy season, and their beauty stands out even against a cloudy sky.
This piece is about making hydrangeas out of felt and displaying them as a garland.
Since hydrangeas are known for their clusters of tiny blossoms, you’ll pinch small, finely cut pieces of felt to form individual flowers, then combine them to shape the hydrangea.
Once you’ve arranged them into a rounded cluster, attach parts like leaves, connect them with string, and you’re done.
Displaying them alongside motifs like umbrellas will enhance the rainy-season atmosphere even more, so that’s recommended too.
Morning Glory Three-Dimensional Hanging Scroll-Style DecorationNEW!
Morning glories evoke an image of blooming in summer, which also aligns with the atmosphere of June as the season gradually settles in.
How about expressing the anticipation and excitement for summer with three-dimensional morning glory decorations? By creating a dynamic design that makes it look as if the flowers are leaping out from a hanging scroll, you can convey a sense of motion and further highlight the beauty of the blossoms.
It’s also important to determine what colors the morning glory flowers will be and which colors to use for the hanging scroll so that the flowers stand out.
Three-dimensional hydrangea ornamentNEW!
Using an empty round cheese box and a straw, make the base; then create a hemispherical form with a paper cup, attach origami petals to it, and complete the hydrangea.
Cut the origami into 3 cm square pieces, fold each piece in half into a square twice, then round off the corners to make petals.
Once the hydrangea is done, glue it to the base together with the leaves to finish.
After that, make a snail out of craft tape and place it on top—it’s super cute! Sprinkling beads in the center of the hydrangea is lovely too, and to me they looked like raindrops.
Hydrangeas made with tissue paperNEW!
Hydrangeas bloom beautifully and reach their peak even in the rain, don’t they? You can make lovely hydrangeas using tissue paper sold in the craft section of 100-yen shops, too.
Fold the tissue paper, cut it into a curved shape, then apply wood glue to the center.
Pinch the center firmly with your fingers to make it three-dimensional.
Wrap a wadded piece of paper with tissue paper, and attach the pinched, three-dimensional tissue pieces to it.
Keep attaching many pieces, and your hydrangea is complete.
These hydrangea crafts might spark conversations with older adults.
Even when it’s hard to go out during the rainy season, you can still have lively, enjoyable chats.
