[For Seniors] Let’s Get Excited with Halloween Crafts! Fun and Easy Decoration Ideas
The glow of jack-o’-lanterns emerging in the dark night.
How about expressing the fun atmosphere of Halloween with handmade creations? This time, we’re introducing crafts you can enjoy together with seniors.
From pumpkin decorations and ghost mascots made with familiar materials like milk cartons and toilet paper rolls, these projects are full of creative ideas.
As you work with your hands, lively conversation is sure to follow.
Decorate your facility with the finished pieces, and you’ll be all set for a wonderful Halloween party.
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[For Seniors] Let's Get Excited with Halloween Crafts! Fun and Easy Decoration Ideas (1–10)
Halloween wreath
Chic wreaths are a staple of stylish cafés and salons.
Seeing seasonal wreaths that are just a step ahead of the calendar can often be soothing, right? Why not try making one with a Halloween twist? You could simply draw Halloween characters on paper, cut them out, and paste them on, but here we’ll make everything three-dimensional! We’ll weave the spiderweb with yarn, and create the pumpkin heads using a mechanism like opening a miniature book inside out.
You can even use real dried branches and leaves.
Try incorporating small lights from a 100-yen shop, too!
Halloween Decorations Made with Felt and Toilet Paper Rolls
Using the many empty toilet paper rolls that usually end up as trash to make cute Halloween decorations sounds both eco-friendly and fun.
If you’re going to make them, why not gather everyone and create a whole “Halloween Army” to display? The method is very simple: cut the toilet paper rolls to a suitable length, cover them with felt, and add eyes, noses, ears, and other features—that’s it! If you want them to stand firmly, you can stuff paper clay or similar material inside the roll.
Divide the work and make pumpkin heads, ghosts, Frankenstein’s monsters, and swarms of bats together.
Toilet Paper Ghost
These are must-have Halloween decorations—bats and pumpkins—made using toilet paper rolls.
First, wrap the roll with origami paper in black or orange, then flatten and overlap the ends to create a shape with two pointed “horns” sticking out.
Next, attach parts cut from origami paper: for the bat, eyes and wings; for the pumpkin, eyes and a mouth.
For display, mounting them on a wall is recommended.
Their three-dimensional look gives them a strong presence, especially if you get creative with the arrangement.
[For Seniors] Let's Get Excited with Halloween Crafts! Fun and Easy Decoration Ideas (11–20)
[Flower Paper] Monster Wreath
Cut the cardboard into a circle and remove the center to make a wreath base.
Crumple tissue paper and glue it to the base, then attach the eye parts.
Glue on fangs, horns, candies, and other pieces made from origami to finish.
Use tissue paper in Halloween or monster colors to make it vibrant.
By intentionally varying the sizes and the order of colors you attach, you can bring out a mysterious, monster-like feel.
You can also customize the candies into bats or spiders—decorate however you like!
A jack-o’-lantern with a light shining
This mascot is inspired by the classic Halloween decoration, the jack-o’-lantern.
Since it has an open space in the center, you can place a light inside to give off an eerie glow that enhances the Halloween vibe.
The base is a plastic cup; attach strips of orange paper cut lengthwise to it and shape it into a jack-o’-lantern.
Once the whole piece is rounded, add the facial features made from black paper to finish.
It also pairs well with other Halloween motifs like black cats or bats.
3D mobile decoration of a pumpkin ghost
When it comes to fall events, Halloween is the first that comes to mind, and pumpkin-themed decorations are the classic choice.
Let’s make an essential Halloween jack-o’-lantern using origami.
Fold the origami paper, cut it into the shape of a jack-o’-lantern while it’s folded, then change the creases of each connected part and glue them together to finish.
It’s easy to understand if you insert a string when gluing so you can hang it, but since it has a three-dimensional finish, it might also be nice to leave off the string and use it as a standing decoration.
A witch’s broom from the 100-yen shop
Speaking of Halloween, witches come to mind—so let’s try making a witch’s broom.
All you need are a straw, yarn, and thick paperboard, which you can easily find at a 100-yen shop.
First, wrap several kinds of yarn around the paperboard and cut along one edge to create many pieces of yarn in the same length.
Next, bundle the cut yarn together and use another piece of yarn to tie it onto the straw.
Then push the tied yarn to one side and tie it again with another piece of yarn to complete the broom head.
Finally, decorate it by attaching small Halloween-themed items, and you’re done.
You can customize it by changing the colors and thicknesses of the yarn, and since it isn’t too complex or fiddly, give it a try!
