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Recommended for seniors! Origami gifts

How about giving origami as a gift to an older adult?

Origami makes a perfect present for Respect for the Aged Day, birthdays, and other special occasions.

Handmade gifts warm the heart and make people feel cozy inside.

For such occasions, flowers are a great choice in origami, as well as celebratory good-luck cranes.

Try making something with the recipient’s tastes in mind.

It’ll be even more appreciated if you include a message card along with the origami gift.

Recommended for seniors! Origami gifts (31–40)

Hydrangea kusudama

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Hydrangea kusudama

Hydrangeas, with their round, gentle shapes and calm colors, bring a sense of comfort and healing to the heart.

They have a soft, friendly impression that makes them well-liked by older adults, too.

This time, I’ll introduce a hydrangea kusudama.

Its volume gives it a strong presence.

Display it in your room to fully enjoy the rainy season.

All you need is origami paper, so it’s an easy craft to try.

There are many small steps, but since you repeat the same actions often, it becomes simple once you get used to it.

It will surely make a delightful gift for someone special!

Gift box with hydrangeas

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Gift box with hydrangeas

Let us introduce a gift box adorned with hydrangeas—visually striking and exciting to open.

You’ll fold the box by marking guide lines on origami paper as you go.

There are some fine steps, but by imagining the finished form while you work, you’ll engage your planning skills—your executive function—which can help stimulate the brain.

After making a hydrangea using origami in the same color as the box and gluing it on, the project is complete.

Adding decorations like pearls will make it look even more elegant.

Put a small gift inside and present it—your recipient is sure to be delighted.

Popup card

[Origami] Hydrangea Pop-up Card
Popup card

Let me introduce a hydrangea popup card with a beautifully unfolding flower when you open it.

Prepare seven sheets of origami paper, trim them into small squares, and fold each one into a triangle three times.

Gently round the top edge with your scissors as you cut.

When you open it, it will form a flower shape; cut off just one petal, apply glue, and overlap the edges to adhere it into a cone-like flower.

Fold the finished flowers flat and glue them back-to-back to create the popup mechanism.

Attach them to construction paper along with some leaves, and you’ll have a lovely hydrangea popup card that opens softly.

It makes a delightful message card or birthday card that recipients are sure to enjoy.

Just cut and paste—three-dimensional hydrangeas

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Just cut and paste—three-dimensional hydrangeas

Hydrangeas are soothing flowers that we often see during the rainy season, when there’s lots of rain.

Don’t you feel a little uplifted when you see hydrangeas blooming in vibrant colors in the rain? This time, let’s make a particularly eye-catching, three-dimensional hydrangea.

When you display it in your room, it’s so beautiful you might mistake it for the real thing.

Prepare some origami paper and cut it into small pieces.

Then cut several of them into flower shapes.

Roll up some flower paper and attach the flowers to it.

Since it’s just cutting and pasting, it’s easy for anyone to try.

Wind chime made with Japanese-style origami

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Wind chime made with Japanese-style origami

Don’t wind chimes seem difficult to make? Surprisingly, you can easily create a gorgeous wind chime using just construction paper and origami paper.

This time, let’s make a wind chime with traditional Japanese-style origami.

First, cut the patterned origami into circular shapes and attach them together.

If you follow the steps, you can decorate it with a cute cherry blossom pattern.

It looks charming and exudes a classic elegance, so displaying it by the window will give a bright, festive impression.

It also makes a wonderful gift for seniors, and they’re sure to love it.

Enjoy a wind chime so full of seasonal charm, it will blow away the summer heat.

Recommended for seniors! Origami gifts (41–50)

Origami Hydrangea

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Origami Hydrangea

Hydrangeas come in a rich array of colors, making them a delight to look at.

Even on the same plant, the color can vary from year to year, offering a once-in-a-lifetime kind of beauty.

They look gorgeous when wet with rain and pair perfectly with Japan’s gently rainy monsoon season.

Even on gloomy, rainy days, their charm makes you want to go outside for a walk just to see them.

Let’s make such hydrangeas with origami! It’s highly recommended because you can finish in no time by folding a few pieces of origami and layering them together.

A hydrangea ball bouquet made with origami and tissue paper

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A hydrangea ball bouquet made with origami and tissue paper

Hydrangeas made from tissue paper look very glamorous and really stand out.

Just displaying them in a room instantly brightens the space and brings a soothing presence.

First, prepare tissue paper, accordion-fold it, and secure it with a rubber band.

Then gently fluff open the tissue paper.

Even at this stage it looks like a beautiful hydrangea, but if you make small flowers from origami and attach them, it will look even prettier.

Next, prepare a clear file and cut it into raindrop shapes.

Combine everything together and you’ll have a stylish hydrangea ball bouquet.