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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)
Everlasting wire flowersNEW!
This is a wire craft piece featuring beautiful transparent petals.
There are also wire craft flowers made with resin or nail polish.
The version that uses white glue to make the petals can be created with items you have on hand, so it feels easy to try.
Color a clear file with pens, then apply white glue over the colored areas.
Let it dry for a day, then wrap wire around something like a plastic wrap core to form petals.
Use white glue to attach the wire to the petals you made, trim any excess, and bundle them together to complete the flower.
By changing the shape of the petals, you can create a variety of flowers.
Try making the favorite flowers of the older adults as well.
Felt hydrangeaNEW!
This is a hydrangea mascot that beautifully layers small felt flowers, combining yarn and felt.
The base is a ball made by cutting open a form wrapped with yarn, and by layering felt flowers onto it, you create a rounded hydrangea.
The more flowers you add, the more three-dimensional it becomes, but it’s also recommended to intentionally let parts of the yarn base show to convey a soft look.
As you work, consider the overall color balance and how to combine elements like leaf pieces that keep it from rolling.
Felt lavenderNEW!
This motif recreates the softly layered, elongated lavender blossoms in felt and seems suitable for various decorations.
Cut a strip of felt into a long, narrow piece, fold it lengthwise in half, and then make slits along the fold.
After that, wrap it around a stem to create a lavender-like appearance.
The key is to pay close attention to how you wrap it and shape it, adding overall volume to bring out the beauty of lavender.
Also consider how to combine the leaf parts and how to present the stem.
Baby’s breath at the mallNEW!
You can also make baby’s breath, which has a small and delicate look, using chenille stems (pipe cleaners).
Cut a pipe cleaner to about 4 centimeters in length and curl the tip into a small loop.
In addition to using your fingertips, try using needle-nose pliers for the finer parts.
Since you’ll use tools, this is a project that older adults who enjoy crafting can also find fun to work on.
With scissors, trim the fuzzy part of the pipe cleaner everywhere except the curled tip.
This creates the stem of the baby’s breath.
The more pipe cleaners with these tiny loops you make, the more realistic your baby’s breath will look.
When you put everything together, you’ll have a bunch of pipe cleaner baby’s breath with lots of little blossoms.
Pressed flowers made with an ironNEW!
To make pressed flowers, you need to remove the moisture from the blooms.
Let’s use an iron.
Once you have the flowers you want to press, arrange them on a sheet of parchment paper with some space between each one.
When you’re done arranging them, place another sheet of parchment paper on top.
Then iron over it at a medium temperature for 20–30 seconds.
Be sure to iron from the back side as well.
Repeat this process until the flowers are dry.
Occasionally lift the sheet to check whether the flowers still feel damp as you go.
Pressed flowers made with cardboard and rubber bandsNEW!
Here’s an idea for making pressed flowers using cardboard.
Place a sheet of baking paper on top of the cardboard, then open a folded tissue and overlap it halfway.
Arrange flowers on top with some spacing, then layer the remaining half of the tissue and another piece of cardboard.
If using a microwave, set the cardboard sandwich with the flowers on a plate, place two more plates on top, and heat at 500W for 1 minute.
If the flowers are dry and crisp, they’re done.
If not using a microwave, secure the cardboard with rubber bands and let it dry in a warm place for 3–5 days.
Pressed flowers made with a book and paper towelsNEW!
Here’s a very simple and approachable method.
First, gently place the flowers between layers of newspaper and paper towels, then slip them into a book.
Put another book on top as a weight, and the moisture will gradually be drawn out of the flowers.
After leaving it for a while and opening it up, you’ll have gently flattened flowers.
Glue the finished pressed flowers onto a backing with wood glue, and you can enjoy displaying them or turning them into bookmarks—the possibilities open up.
It’s easy to start with things you have on hand, you’ll feel the joy of completion, and it adds a touch of color to everyday life.
