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[For Seniors] Add Color to Your Room: A Collection of Flower Craft Ideas

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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: Flower Craft Ideas (111–120)

Hydrangeas and a snail

Easy with a stapler: Make a hydrangea with origami (with audio commentary)

Hydrangeas and a snail

Here’s a lovely idea featuring beautifully colorful hydrangeas and a little snail.

First, prepare small sheets of origami paper.

If you don’t have small ones, you can quarter a standard sheet to make the same size.

Crease the paper, secure it with a stapler, then open it up to form a flower.

Once you’ve made about ten, gather the flowers and glue them together.

If you attach them closely, you can create a full, realistic hydrangea look.

With such pretty hydrangeas, even the snail seems to be having fun.

Even on gloomy, rain-prone days, this decoration will brighten up your room—so give it a try!

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[For Seniors] Add Color to Your Room: Flower Craft Ideas (121–130)

Real wisteria flowers

[Origami] Make Wisteria Flowers / DIY Origami #TableDecor #Handmade

Real wisteria flowers

Wisteria, with its pale purple blossoms, soothes the heart just by looking at it.

Many seniors may have visited famous wisteria spots.

In this article, we’ll introduce wisteria you can enjoy indoors.

Let’s make each wisteria bloom using small 6-centimeter square origami paper.

Because the size is small and the work is intricate, it’s perfect for people who enjoy origami or are good with their hands.

After making the flowers and leaves, attach them to wire and assemble each piece to complete the arrangement.

It’s fun to make and calming to display—please consider incorporating this wisteria craft idea into your recreational activities!

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Wisteria in papercutting

Paper-cut wisteria

Wisteria in papercutting

Wisteria trellises swaying in the breeze are so lovely—they truly capture people’s hearts.

Some of you may look forward to visiting wisteria trellises in spring, while others, especially seniors who now find outings difficult, may have fond memories of touring famous wisteria spots.

In this article, we’ll introduce paper-cut wisteria flowers you can enjoy indoors.

That’s the beauty of crafts—you can enjoy them regardless of the weather or your ability to go out! Using blue, purple, and light-purple origami paper, we’ll make small petals.

It helps to draw lines with a pencil before cutting.

Leave the petals unattached without glue on purpose, so they flutter lightly and create a soft, swaying look.

Work together to make plenty of petals and create a beautiful wisteria trellis!

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Wisteria flowers made with origami

[Origami Spring Flowers] How to Fold a Wisteria Flower | Origami Wisteria

Wisteria flowers made with origami

Here’s an idea for wisteria flowers that will instantly brighten up a room when hung from walls or the ceiling.

Prepare origami paper in purple, light purple, yellow-green, and green, then fold the flowers and leaves.

Make the flowers using origami cut in half.

Fold the paper in half lengthwise, unfold it, and then fold both edges inward along the center crease.

Some of the steps are a bit detailed, but using your hands skillfully can help prevent cognitive decline.

The more wisteria flowers you make, the fuller and more beautiful the result will be, so please have the seniors divide the work and create them together.

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Wisteria flowers made with origami or tissue paper

[Surprisingly Easy] How to Make Wisteria Flowers [Quick and Simple] Using Tissue Paper ✨ Origami Works Too! May Wall Decorations and Hanging Ornaments

Wisteria flowers made with origami or tissue paper

Let’s make wisteria flowers that sway beautifully.

The video uses tissue paper, but you can make them nicely with origami too! For the central stem, cut a strip of purple construction paper.

Prepare three different sizes of origami paper, as shown in the video.

Fold each piece in half, draw a flower shape, and cut along the lines.

Open it, fold it in half again, apply glue, and attach it to the stem.

By alternating and folding back the pieces in order of size, it looks beautiful from any angle.

Try making a vibrant hanging decoration using light purple, magenta, and pink origami paper!

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Origami artwork: wisteria flowers

Origami Work: Wisteria

Origami artwork: wisteria flowers

Let’s try making origami wisteria flowers in the style of tsumami-zaiku (pinching craft).

Fold the origami paper in half, then fold again leaving a small gap at the center and glue it in place.

Turn it over, fold in half, and glue the pointed tip side.

Insert a thin, elongated stick into the crease and gently spread it to create volume.

Make many petals using purple or light purple origami and layer them.

Create long, thin sticks, assemble them in a lattice-like structure, and attach the wisteria flowers to finish.

This project helps with hand exercise and rehabilitation, stimulating the brain and potentially aiding in dementia prevention.

How about using it as a recreational activity in a senior care facility?

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Wisteria swaying

[Spring Origami] Hanging Decoration: How to Make Wisteria Flowers [Origami]

Wisteria swaying

How about a hanging wisteria decoration with a realistic, three-dimensional look? Prepare purple, light purple, and yellow-green origami paper, bamboo skewers, and string.

The flowers are made from quarter-size origami sheets, so please cut them in advance.

Fold the colored side in half, then fold in half two more times.

Draw petal shapes with a pencil and cut them out.

Use a bamboo skewer to curl the tips of the petals into a gentle curve.

Make a small stick-shaped piece and attach it to the petals to complete each flower.

Then, adhere the flowers onto a long, narrow strip of yellow-green origami to build up a three-dimensional floral cluster.

Attach a string and hang it by the window—watch it sway softly in the breeze.

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