For Seniors: Easy June Calendar Craft Ideas

Origami Calendar

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Do you know Akira Yoshizawa? He’s famous as Japan’s top creative origami artist and a world-renowned figure who truly evolved “origami” into “origami” as an art form.

His works—like the rooster and the leopard—are so well-crafted you’ll find yourself asking, “Is this really origami?” There are many examples online, so I hope you’ll take a look.

Inspired by Yoshizawa—or perhaps not exactly—but how about making a rainy-season-themed calendar out of origami? There are easy models to fold, like hydrangeas, snails, raindrops, and frogs.

I’d love for everyone to make them together and have a lively time!

Making a firefly calendar

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It’s well known that cicadas have short lifespans, but in fact fireflies are also quite short-lived, and there are supposedly very few species that can survive the winter.

Creatures that emit that delicate, fleeting light being short-lived… it feels a little sad, doesn’t it? Making a calendar with a firefly motif is a stylish idea, though.

You could write the date in the glowing part of their tails or darken past days—the possibilities for creativity are endless.

If you make three-dimensional fireflies out of origami and hang them with thread, your wall will instantly look more festive.

There are plenty of ideas on video sites too, so be sure to check them out for inspiration.

Calendar of a frog and a teru teru bozu

We’re always glued to the weather forecast in June, with early-summer field trips and sports days coming up.

That’s when teru-teru bozu come into play.

Many of you probably made them in nursery school or kindergarten.

These teru-teru bozu, which even appear in ukiyo-e and haiku, seem to have already become established as a custom by the Edo period.

A teru-teru bozu calendar would be fun, too.

If you’re making them as a group, you could create 30 of them—one for each day—and give each a different expression.

A lineup of 30 three-dimensional teru-teru bozu would be quite a sight!

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Easy! DIY Blackboard Calendar Made with Bottle Caps! [CAINZ DIY STYLE]

Here’s a handmade calendar you can create using a corkboard and plastic bottle caps.

Prepare a corkboard and protect the wooden frame around it with masking tape.

Spray it with black paint, then remove the masking tape and push pins into the board at even intervals.

Gather 31 plastic bottle caps and write the numbers 1 through 31 on them.

Use a pen to label the month and days of the week on the corkboard, then hang the bottle caps on the pins.

By swapping the caps, you can use it as a monthly calendar, and it also serves as ongoing fine motor exercise.

Give it a try!

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Rainy season-themed calendar collage

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In ancient Japan, the rainy early-summer showers were called “samidare,” but after the term “tsuyu” came from China, that became the standard.

Perhaps the reading of “tsuyu” evoked the idea of “dew”? June is synonymous with the rainy season, so here we present a calendar themed around tsuyu.

You can collage colored paper or wrapping paper to create a rainy sky, or if you’re good at patchwork, try crafting a rainy-season scene with fabric scraps.

Even if the calendar section is small, it could make a lovely room decoration.

Making a calendar with hydrangeas painted in watercolors

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This is a hydrangea calendar made with paint that makes the process fun.

Prepare a calendar and paint hydrangeas on it.

Instead of just painting, try using various items—for example, a toilet paper roll or cotton swabs.

By dabbing paint with the tips to make fine touches, you can recreate the hydrangea’s distinctive rounded form.

I hope you enjoy the tactile feeling of tapping and watching the paint transfer onto the paper.

Once it’s finished, adding origami leaves and the like could make it even more interesting.

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Making a calendar with stamps

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Bouncy, rhythmic stamping is so much fun! Here are some ideas for making calendars with stamps.

When you try to write stylish lettering, it can take time and often doesn’t turn out the way you want, right? That’s when stamps come in handy.

Their simple steps make it easy to achieve beautiful designs.

Just by stamping, you can enjoy colors and shapes without straining your hands, so it’s easy to get started.

Plus, the finished calendar is practical—and seeing it every day is sure to brighten your mood!