[For Seniors] Making a March Calendar: Introducing Spring-Themed Motifs and Arrangements
In March, when you can feel the arrival of spring, why not enjoy making calendars together with older adults? Calendars featuring March-specific motifs like dandelions, tulips, and Hina dolls not only provide pleasant fingertip stimulation through the crafting process, but also bring special joy when the finished pieces are displayed in a room.
Here, we introduce ideas that can be colorfully finished using familiar materials such as origami paper, construction paper, and yarn.
Please spend a warm, enjoyable time together, with lively conversations sparked by seasonal topics.
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[For Seniors] Creating a March Calendar: Introducing Spring-Themed Motifs and Arrangements (21–30)
Wool Yarn Dandelion Calendar
Realistic dandelions made from yarn! Incorporating them into a calendar design highlights the three-dimensional effect, creating a piece that makes you want to touch it every time you see it.
Wrap yarn around your finger or a piece of cardboard about 20–30 times, then remove it and tie the center with a short piece of cut yarn.
Next, snip through the looped sections with scissors and trim away the excess yarn to form a hemisphere.
Once the dandelion is finished, pair it with paper-cut butterflies to recreate a spring scene.
It’s very easy to make, so be sure to use this idea in your creations.
Watercolor painting: Ojizo-sama and horsetails
This piece soothes the heart with the smiling face of a Jizo, painted in watercolor.
Butterflies flutter around the Jizo, and horsetails are sprouting at his feet.
Watercolor can feel intimidating, but the Jizo is done as an illustration, and the main brushwork is for the butterflies and horsetails.
These are easy motifs even for beginners, so why not try incorporating them into a calendar design? With watercolor, it helps to proceed with the idea of laying down the color loaded on your brush.
Be mindful of the brush angle and which part of the tip you’re using as you give it a try.
Watercolor painting: Dandelions and horsetails
Horsetails and dandelions, which peek out with a warm presence, bring little touches of spring each time you find them.
They’re also great motifs for calendar designs, so why not take this opportunity to give them a try? The transparency and softness of watercolor will help you create a piece that even conveys the feel of spring air.
For the horsetail, first paint the silhouette in a light color, then add the joints and patterns with a darker shade.
For the dandelion, paint countless petals from the outside toward the inside, then finish in the order of stem and leaves.
When painting the leaves, move your brush with a triangular image in mind to express their distinctive shape.
Watercolor painting: Plum Blossoms and Warbler
Watercolor painting may seem difficult for beginners…
but if you can paint just as you envision, it will surely turn into a lovely piece.
This time, it’s perfect for a spring calendar design! We’ll show you how to paint the symbols of spring: plum blossoms and a Japanese bush warbler.
First, paint the line of the warbler’s back.
Next, add the tail feathers, and use fine lines to express the roundness of the belly.
Then, while checking the balance, paint plum blossoms around the warbler and add the branches afterward.
Don’t worry—if the flowers feel sparse, you can always add more later.
Finish by painting the yellow stamens of the plum blossoms.
Take your time and paint slowly, one stroke at a time.
Making a tulip calendar
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Tulips, which bloom with beautiful flowers from late March to early May, are one of the quintessential flowers of spring.
They come in a wide variety of colors, and seeing beds of colorful tulips may make some people feel the arrival of the season.
This time, we’re introducing a spring-themed calendar featuring drawings of tulip flowers.
Use a fine black pen to draw the tulips, then paint them with watercolors.
Light colors will create a gentle, soft feel, while bold colors can give a bright and lively impression.
Have fun coloring with your favorite shades.
Making an April calendar with clay crafts
Why not make a spring-like cherry blossom calendar using clay and craft bands? Use small pieces of green clay to shape leaves.
Add veins with a craft band, then fold each leaf in half.
Twist a moistened craft band to create tree branches.
Use light pink clay to form buds.
With scissors, shape them into cherry blossoms.
After softly drawing a background with pastels on construction paper (or similar), attach the branches.
Bend them to evoke real tree branches for a more lifelike look.
Apply brown clay where you’ll attach the blossoms, then add the cherry blossoms and leaves to finish.
It’s lovely to include your favorite words, such as a senryu or haiku.
Strawberry Crepe Calendar Arrangement
When it comes to fruits you want to eat in spring, many people probably think of strawberries.
Just imagining strawberry desserts or going strawberry picking is exciting, isn’t it? Let’s make a calendar themed around a crepe featuring strawberries! There are many ways to fold paper strawberries, so choose the method that suits you.
Attach three strawberries to yellow cellophane, then add a half piece of lace paper.
Fold it into a fan shape and glue it down to complete a cute crepe.
Glue the calendar onto construction paper and attach the crepe.
For extra flair, decorate with spring motifs like clovers to make it even more festive!