Handmade Gifts: Ideas That Will Delight Older Adults

coaster

How to Sew a Coaster / コースターの作り方 / Sewing Tutorial / DIY Coasters / ソーイング / 初心者向け / ハンドメイド / ENG SUB ハギレ消費

Coasters are essential when drinking from a glass.

They not only prevent condensation from getting on the table, but also make the table look much more festive.

Let’s handcraft some coasters and give them as a gift to the seniors who always help us out.

All you need is fabric and fusible interfacing.

Fusible interfacing is a fabric with resin sprayed onto it.

When you use an iron to adhere it to regular fabric, it gives the fabric a crisp firmness.

It’s an easy handmade gift you can make with just these two materials!

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Yoimachi Jēn

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handkerchief

Soft and easy! Want to make them with double gauze? Handkerchiefs & tenugui / Fluffy touch with 5 layers / mini versions too / DIY Fluffy Handkerchiefs & Tenugui [shimachan17]

Buying a luxurious handkerchief as a gift is nice, but giving a handmade one is also recommended as a more heartfelt present! The method is very simple: just cut the outer fabric and the inner gauze according to the pattern, layer them, sew them together, and turn it right side out.

It’s quite fun to make while thinking about the person you want to thank—choosing a pattern they might like, or considering what size would be most practical based on the bag they usually use.

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yuri

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desk calendar

Easy Handmade Desktop Calendar

While more and more seniors check the date on their smartphones, many still prefer non-digital paper calendars.

For those people, how about gifting a desk calendar? You can use stickers that already have the dates printed to assemble the calendar part without mistakes.

Around the calendar, tailor the design to the senior’s taste—use pretty patterned paper, add photos, or even draw pictures of grandpa and grandma.

With a one-of-a-kind calendar, we hope they’ll enjoy another healthy, happy year!

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SAKI

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Bouquet Pop-Up Card

How to make a bouquet pop-up card / How to make Bouquet pop-up card

On birthdays, we sometimes receive or give bouquets, right? Getting a beautiful bouquet can make you feel very happy.

So, let’s make a birthday card that captures the feeling of a bouquet.

We’ll add a creative twist to where we cut the card paper.

When you open it, the inner paper pops up in 3D.

This is called a pop-up card, and when you open the card, a three-dimensional bouquet appears.

Use a craft punch to cut flower shapes from colored construction paper and stick them onto the card.

Add a message or decorate with masking tape, and you’ll have a lovely finished card.

It seems like older adults would also be very pleased with a three-dimensional bouquet card.

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Nakajima Junko

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Message with cranes, turtles, and brush calligraphy

[88th Birthday Celebration] Video of Creating a Gift Color Paper with Cranes, Turtles, and Name [Brush Pen, Pastels, Embossing]

We’d like to introduce a birthday card featuring auspicious cranes and turtles.

Using turtle and crane stencils, you can add color with pastels to the base paper or colored paper where you’ll write your message.

If you also tint the entire card and base/colored paper with pastels, you can create a soft, gentle atmosphere.

Adding a handwritten message with a brush will turn it into a one-of-a-kind message card or shikishi board.

We also recommend the embossing technique—perfect for birthdays—for adding gold feathers and other lucky motifs.

In other words, using embossing to raise gold patterns is a great option too.

Older adults are likely to be pleased with such original birthday cards or shikishi boards.

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Nakajima Junko

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