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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 (131–140)

sunflower wall decoration

[Elderly Recreation] Sunflower Wall Decoration [Easy]

sunflower wall decoration

Sunflowers are one of the flowers that symbolize summer, aren’t they? Seeing sunflowers blooming on a hot day can make you feel energized.

Let’s make a wall decoration with a sunflower motif.

Using crinkled crepe sheets to create the sunflowers gives the piece a nice textured look.

Fold and cut the crepe sheets to make the sunflower petals.

We’ll form the center by crumpling tissue paper, and here’s a fun method: put the crumpled tissue paper into a plastic bottle cap for the center, or press the tissue crumpled with the cap.

This leaves a round imprint on the tissue, adding a nice accent to the sunflower’s center.

Glue the sunflower onto a backing sheet, place it on a stand made from a disposable chopstick, and it’s complete.

It’s a lovely piece that seniors can take home and display in their homes.

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Colorful hydrangea flower wreath

How to fold an origami hydrangea flower wreath | Origami Hydrangea Flower Wreath Tutorial (NiceNo1)

Colorful hydrangea flower wreath

Let me introduce a hydrangea flower wreath made from origami.

All you need is glue, so it’s easy to prepare.

Once you’ve picked your favorite origami paper, attach a marker piece and keep folding while flipping the paper front and back.

It involves fine work with your fingertips, but that helps stimulate your brain.

Attach the finished flowers to each other and shape them into a wreath.

Be careful not to let them shift until the glue dries.

You can enjoy making them in sizes from small to large, and layering them makes the result even more beautiful.

Give it a try!

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Popup card

[Origami] Hydrangea Pop-up Card

Popup card

Let me introduce a hydrangea popup card with a beautifully unfolding flower when you open it.

Prepare seven sheets of origami paper, trim them into small squares, and fold each one into a triangle three times.

Gently round the top edge with your scissors as you cut.

When you open it, it will form a flower shape; cut off just one petal, apply glue, and overlap the edges to adhere it into a cone-like flower.

Fold the finished flowers flat and glue them back-to-back to create the popup mechanism.

Attach them to construction paper along with some leaves, and you’ll have a lovely hydrangea popup card that opens softly.

It makes a delightful message card or birthday card that recipients are sure to enjoy.

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Just cut and paste—three-dimensional hydrangeas

[Origami] Just cut and paste ✨ How to make hydrangeas

Just cut and paste—three-dimensional hydrangeas

Hydrangeas are soothing flowers that we often see during the rainy season, when there’s lots of rain.

Don’t you feel a little uplifted when you see hydrangeas blooming in vibrant colors in the rain? This time, let’s make a particularly eye-catching, three-dimensional hydrangea.

When you display it in your room, it’s so beautiful you might mistake it for the real thing.

Prepare some origami paper and cut it into small pieces.

Then cut several of them into flower shapes.

Roll up some flower paper and attach the flowers to it.

Since it’s just cutting and pasting, it’s easy for anyone to try.

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Origami Hydrangea

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Origami Hydrangea

Hydrangeas come in a rich array of colors, making them a delight to look at.

Even on the same plant, the color can vary from year to year, offering a once-in-a-lifetime kind of beauty.

They look gorgeous when wet with rain and pair perfectly with Japan’s gently rainy monsoon season.

Even on gloomy, rainy days, their charm makes you want to go outside for a walk just to see them.

Let’s make such hydrangeas with origami! It’s highly recommended because you can finish in no time by folding a few pieces of origami and layering them together.

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Simple hydrangea

[Rainy Season Origami] Easy Hydrangea Flower Tutorial with Voice Commentary ☆ Origami Easy Hydrangea Tutorial

Simple hydrangea

When you think of the rainy season, do hydrangea flowers come to mind? Let’s try making hydrangeas out of origami, blooming beautifully in a gentle, steady rain.

There are many ways to fold hydrangeas, but here we’ll introduce an easy method that combines multiple parts.

We’ll fold the cluster of flowers and the leaf pieces.

Since there aren’t many complicated folds, it may be easy for older adults to work on as well.

Once you glue the parts together, it’s complete.

You can hang it on the wall, stick it on a calendar, and more—the possibilities expand with your ideas.

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Pink hydrangeas spilling out from the forehead

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Pink hydrangeas spilling out from the forehead

We’re pleased to introduce an adorable pink hydrangea decoration that overflows from its frame.

First, prepare small pieces of pink origami paper and cut them into quarters.

Fold each piece into a triangle twice, then stand and fold each side halfway front and back, pressing flat as you go.

Round off the left and right corners with scissors, fold one layer back, and crease it well.

Once you have the crease, open up the petal.

Repeat the same steps for all the prepared papers.

Make the leaves, and once they’re ready, start attaching everything to the frame.

Finish by placing a bead in the center of each flower.

It’s perfect as a room decor accent, too.

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