[For Seniors] Making a March Calendar: Introducing Spring-Themed Motifs and Arrangements

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[Spring Origami] How to Fold a Butterfly with Audio Commentary ☆ Origami Butterfly Tutorial

When winter has passed and you catch sight of dancing butterflies, it really feels like the arrival of warm spring, doesn’t it? Why not incorporate those spring-heralding butterflies into a calendar design? By making them with origami, the design gains a three-dimensional quality and becomes a striking piece.

Fold up the bottom edge of the origami paper by about 1 cm, then fold the top edge down to meet the bottom edge.

Next, create a crease at the center of the paper, and use that crease to make a pleat fold to form the body.

The remaining sections on the left and right will be the wings, so fold the corners to round them.

Make the antennae with chenille stems (pipe cleaners) and attach them to complete the piece.

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Easter comes on the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox, so it usually falls from late March through April.

As more events are held in Japan, it has become well known as a spring celebration.

So how about sticking a cute bunny Easter egg on your calendar? Amazingly, you can make both an egg and a bunny shape from a single sheet of origami paper! Start by using the long, narrow crease you make down the center as an axis, and at the end, fold that section up to form the bunny’s ears.

Finish by drawing the bunny’s face and patterns on the egg!

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The Hina Doll and the Imperial ConsortNEW!

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How about a Hinamatsuri calendar that’s sure to make you smile every time you see it? This is a delightful idea you can easily try, since it can be made with construction paper and origami.

First, create the base by attaching a March calendar to construction paper in your favorite color.

Then, fold origami dolls of the Empress and Emperor, and glue them onto the base along with pink, white, and light green origami to evoke the look of hishi-mochi.

If you also make and decorate with traditional lanterns and plum blossoms, you’ll have a calendar that brightens up any room just by displaying it.

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By using tissue paper for the dandelion’s flower, you can create a soft impression and add a three-dimensional effect.

Make it and display it in your room to invite the spring breeze—everyone is sure to feel brighter.

First, paste a calendar on the lower half of the base construction paper.

Then design the top with dandelions and butterflies.

Make the dandelion leaves from construction paper and the butterflies from origami paper.

If you craft the butterflies in three dimensions as well, you can depict a scene of butterflies gracefully dancing over a spring meadow.

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Three-dimensional Hina dolls made with paper coresNEW!

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This is a Hinamatsuri calendar you can make with familiar materials.

Incorporating Hinamatsuri—a holiday well-known to many older adults—into a craft project can spark fond memories and create a wonderful opportunity for communication with those around them.

Paste a March calendar onto colored construction paper and decorate it with cherry blossoms cut from origami paper.

Create the main characters—the empress (Ohinasama) and the emperor (Odairisama)—by attaching washi-patterned chiyogami and origami parts to toilet paper rolls.

Adding tissue paper at their feet gives a festive touch.

It’s an idea that will likely lift your spirits every time you look at the calendar.

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Hanging Hina (traditional hanging Hina doll decorations)NEW!

March Handmade Calendar [Hanging Hina Dolls ♥]

Speaking of big events in March, it has to be the Peach Festival (Hinamatsuri)! How about a calendar design that captures the season, featuring adorable hanging hina ornaments? Choose your favorite color of construction paper for the backing, then attach this year’s March calendar to it.

Fix a piece of cardboard to the top of the backing, punch four holes, and tie on some yarn.

Create motifs like the Empress and Emperor dolls and cranes using felt or origami, and hang them from the yarn.

It makes a lovely calendar that gently sways.

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Cherry blossoms and Mount FujiNEW!

[Calendar Making] A classic event at our day service. We choose a seasonal theme and create next month’s calendar. (Shōwa Wago-kai Social Welfare Corporation)

March is the season when it gradually gets warmer, and you can often feel spring approaching.

Here’s a calendar that’s perfect for this time of year: a design featuring cherry blossoms and Mt.

Fuji.

Use construction paper as the backing, paste on the March calendar, and arrange the illustrations of Mt.

Fuji and cherry blossoms wherever you like.

Add tree branches made from brown construction paper and cherry blossoms made from tissue paper.

The fluffy texture of the tissue paper makes for a lovely calendar.

You can also create your own butterflies or bush warblers if you like.

Finish it in whatever style you prefer!

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