Craft ideas with a maple-leaf theme. Fun craft activities for seniors.

How to neatly preserve the maple leaves you picked up

Crafting with fallen leaves: Easily process beautifully colored autumn leaves to create crafts.

Autumn, with its pleasantly cool breeze, is the perfect season for a stroll, isn’t it? When you go out for a walk or to view the fall foliage, it’s hard to resist picking up those beautifully colored fallen leaves.

But once you bring them home, do you find yourself wondering how to store them? To prevent the leaves from discoloring, apply wood glue to both the front and back surfaces of each leaf.

With this treatment, crafts using fallen leaves will turn out great! You could even try this method together with older adults during a day-service craft activity.

Let’s enjoy chatting with everyone as we imagine what to create with the treated leaves!

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origami maple leaf

Here’s an idea for making “fallen leaf origami” from a single sheet of paper.

By changing the size of the paper, you can create leaves in various sizes, giving a natural sense of depth and dimension.

Use colors like red, brown, and yellow, and layer multiple leaves to enhance the three-dimensional look and make them appear more realistic.

If you cover an entire calendar page with them, a vivid autumn scene will unfold, gently brightening your room.

It’s also good exercise for the fingers, making it an enjoyable project for older adults.

Give it a try!

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Autumn leaves and ginkgo

Maple and Ginkgo Origami: Introducing a Slightly Unusual Leaf Shape! Perfect for Autumn Decorations in September and October! [Tsukuru Mon]

Here’s an idea for making 3D maple leaves using accordion-folded origami.

First fold the paper into a triangle, then accordion-fold the triangle.

Open it up, fold in half, and cut it into a triangle shape.

For the other pieces, cut them into triangles as well, reducing one or two folds each time so they gradually get smaller.

Fold each piece firmly into a triangle, fold in half, and glue—this creates a maple leaf shape! Try combining large and small pieces and pasting them together.

You can use the same accordion-fold method to make ginkgo leaves, too—perfect for autumn crafts or wall decorations.

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Real and simple maple leaf

【Autumn Origami】Realistic and Easy Maple / Origami Maple

Here’s an idea for maple leaves you can easily make with origami and display in lots of places.

First, fold the paper into a triangle with the side you want to show—the colored side—on the inside.

Fold it in half again, then open it.

Fold both sides toward the crease you just made, and open it again.

After adding radial crease lines to the triangular origami, begin folding by gathering those creases toward the edges.

The key is to offset each fold slightly.

Then, freehand draw the leaf shape, cut along the line, and open it up to reveal a maple leaf.

You can use this basic method for many different purposes.

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Cute maple leaves

[Autumn Origami] Easy! Cute Maple Leaf How to Make / Fall Foliage Decoration Origami Maple

When it comes to plants that symbolize autumn, brilliantly colored red and yellow autumn leaves come to mind.

Let’s make those evocative fall leaves with origami.

This project combines parts to create a three-dimensional finish, resulting in sturdy origami that works not only as part of a decoration but also stands on its own.

Cut small pieces of origami paper with scissors, fold them into diamond shapes, and assemble them to form a maple leaf.

By paying attention to the seam in the center, you’ll achieve a lifelike three-dimensional shape.

You can even aim for a more realistic look by intentionally combining parts of slightly different sizes instead of using pieces that are all the same.

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Brush pen drawing: Autumn leaves

[Brush Pen Drawing] Easy-to-Draw Autumn Leaves: Heartwarming One-Stroke Painting — Draw a Maple

Here’s a maple-leaf illustration perfect for autumn foliage, drawn with a brush pen.

It’s best to prepare several colors of brush pens rather than just one.

When drawing the leaves, keep an eye on the shape so the size is balanced left and right.

Adding motion in the direction of the leaves’ strokes gives the picture depth, which can make it even more enjoyable if you turn it into a calendar to display.

It’s also a great idea to draw autumn fruits alongside the leaves.

Try making your very own original calendar!

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Maple leaf wall

Kimie Gangi Maple Leaf Wall Display Digest (detailed instructions coming soon) #AutumnWallDecor #MapleLeaves #LargeWallDisplay

How about creating a wall decoration covered entirely with maple leaves? Let’s express an autumn scene that even seniors who find it difficult to go out for fall foliage viewing can enjoy! Use any method you like—maple leaves made with paper-cutting techniques or folded origami leaves—and stretch large branches across the wall, layering the leaves on top.

Attach them while checking the balance of overlapping leaves and colors.

In addition to maple leaves, try adding fallen leaves, insects, or color-changing mountains.

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