Simple Crafts for the Elderly Recommended for Tanabata

Tanabata wreath made with materials from a 100-yen shop

Tanabata wreath making / origami / 100-yen shop / crafts

Here’s a simple and cute Tanabata wreath you can make using materials from a 100-yen shop.

Prepare a wreath base, wire, and bamboo-leaf origami paper to get started.

Sandwich the wire between two pieces of origami with glue, then cut them into bamboo leaf shapes with scissors.

Twist three together with the wire to form a bamboo leaf cluster.

Attach these along half of the wreath by twisting the wire around it, then hide the wired section with a ribbon to finish.

Cut star shapes from construction paper or origami and add them as decorations to the wreath.

Feel free to adjust the amount of leaves and decorations to your liking.

Having a variety of decorations ready might make it even more fun.

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Aurora Milky Way

[Tanabata Craft] Aurora Milky Way #StayAtHome #AtHomePlay #Handmade #EasyCraft #HandmadeToy #DollarStoreDIY #TanabataDecor

100-yen shops used to be something you’d only see as a single store in a large mall, but now you can find them anywhere—tucked into a corner of a supermarket, inside a video rental store, you name it.

They’re convenient, carry just about everything, and have become essential to our daily lives.

How about using items like toy bamboo branches, slime, and glitter from a 100-yen shop to make beautiful Tanabata decorations? If you pair your finished pieces with an upward-facing light, they’ll look even more glamorous! They’ll be so nice you’ll want to keep them on display even after the Tanabata season ends.

Easy! Tanabata decorations with a cheese box

Easy! Make Tanabata decorations with a cheese box 🌟 #SimpleCraftsAtHome #TanabataDecorations #Tanabata #CheeseBox #EasyCrafts

Fermented foods are said to be good for the body, especially the digestive system—what kinds do you like? Natto, sweet miso, yogurt… and there are probably some people who aren’t fond of fermented foods at all.

Cheese is also a type of fermented food, and you can actually make a lovely Tanabata decoration using the round box from 6P cheese.

First, remove the bottom part of the box, then decorate the outside with colored paper or stickers.

Hang Tanabata-related items inside, and it’s complete.

Round shapes are hard to make from scratch, so the 6P cheese box is a real treasure.

If you use the lid as well, you can make two.

Share with someone close to you and enjoy!

Swaying and sparkling, Orihime and Hikoboshi

[Craft] Orihime and Hikoboshi / Tanabata Decorations

Here’s how to make a gently swaying, sparkling Orihime and Hikoboshi.

Get ready a paper cup, construction paper, color markers, scissors, an awl, origami paper, and curling ribbon.

Draw Orihime and Hikoboshi on construction paper, make crowns with origami paper, cut them out, and paste them together.

Use the awl to make a hole in the center of the paper cup’s bottom, thread the curling ribbon through, and create a hanging loop.

Sketch sleeve shapes on the paper cup, then cut along the lines with scissors to form a three-dimensional kimono shape.

Attach the faces to the finished kimono.

Stick star shapes onto the cut curling ribbon, then adhere the ribbon to the inside of the paper cup.

Your Tanabata decoration—perfect for hot summer days—is complete!

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Swaying bamboo decorations of Orihime and Hikoboshi

[Tanabata Decorations / Hanging Ornaments] A Swaying Bamboo Decoration of Orihime and Hikoboshi 🌟 [Craft]

Speaking of Tanabata, it’s all about making wishes.

In shopping arcades and large malls, you’ll often find strips of paper that shoppers can freely hang up and write their wishes on.

It’s fun just to read other people’s wishes, like “I want to live a long life” or “I want to be rich.” The stars of Tanabata are Hikoboshi and Orihime.

Let’s make a gently swaying decoration using a polystyrene cup and pipe cleaners.

Basically, you just connect the Hikoboshi and Orihime figures made from colored paper to the cup with pipe cleaners.

Feel free to enjoy the rest of the decorations however you like.

Four types of Tanabata decorations

[Craft] Simple and cute! Four types of Tanabata decorations 🎋✨

Tanabata, also affectionately known among young people as Summer Valentine’s Day.

No matter how old you are, it’s always delightful to write your wishes on tanzaku paper strips.

How about making a large Tanabata bamboo decoration together this year? The streamers topped with cute pom-poms are easier to make than you might think.

For the pom-pom parts, make tissue-paper flowers; for the tentacle-like streamers, accordion-fold paper and snip it with scissors.

Then just fluff everything up and assemble.

For the flying-saucer-shaped ornament, use a toilet paper roll as the core.

Using glittery colored paper will give it a more glamorous look.

It would be wonderful if everyone at the facility or day service could create a big bamboo decoration together.

Strip with mesh

[Craft Idea] Tanzaku with Net – a strip of paper ~Tanabata~ (July) (Tanabata tanzaku) (Senior recreation) (Easy craft) (Craft activity) (Early childhood education) (Daycare/Hospital) (Psychiatric OT)

Tanabata is one of the major events in July.

Many senior care facilities probably hold Tanabata events and decorate their interiors, don’t they? Tanabata is also a day when people attach wish strips (tanzaku) to bamboo and make wishes.

Try adding a twist to those tanzaku by cutting slits that create a mesh pattern.

There’s originally a net decoration among Tanabata ornaments, and—as the name suggests—it’s said to carry the wish for a bountiful catch of fish.

Fold the top of the tanzaku paper, then make many cuts.

When you open it, you’ll have net-like slits.

If you like, you can also make Hikoboshi and Orihime and place them along the mesh of the tanzaku.

As they create, some older adults may recall past Tanabata memories.

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