[For Seniors] Enjoy the Hot Summer to the Fullest! A Collection of Easy Craft Ideas
Summer is the season when we start to sweat more and more.
Even indoors, you may sometimes feel the heat.
However, some older adults seem to have a harder time sensing heat.
This time, we’ll introduce some simple, recommended crafts you can do indoors during the hot season, when outdoor activities tend to decrease.
By creating summer-themed pieces, you can help people feel the season, even if it’s become harder to sense it.
After making them, you can take them home or display them at a facility, which can also give a sense of accomplishment!
Crafting involves fine motor movements of the fingertips and thinking through the steps in your head, stimulating the brain and serving as brain training.
Please enjoy making them at your own pace.
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[For Seniors] Make the Most of the Hot Summer! Easy Craft Ideas (31–40)
Goldfish summer greeting card
At summer festivals and fireworks displays, you often see stalls for scooping goldfish.
Goldfish scooping is a hallmark of summer and popular with children.
Many older adults may also remember enjoying it with their families.
Goldfish bowls and aquariums have a cooling feel as well.
So why not send a summer greeting card featuring goldfish? Pairing a message of concern about the heat with an image of goldfish can help convey a sense of coolness.
Try drawing the goldfish with a brush or creating them with torn-paper collage.
goldfish wind chime
On hot summer days, hearing the tinkling sound of wind chimes—“chirin, chirin”—can make the heat feel more bearable.
Many older adults may also associate wind chimes with the image of summer.
With that in mind, here’s a perfect summer craft: a goldfish wind chime.
The goldfish will be made with origami.
Because the goldfish has a three-dimensional finish, attach it to the bell portion of the wind chime and add a tanzaku (paper strip).
If you also attach a small bell, you’ll hear a gentle sound every time the wind blows.
Older adults may find it novel that you can make a wind chime out of origami.
Fireworks made with felt
We’d like to introduce an idea for a wall art project with a soft texture and colorful palette: “Fireworks Made with Felt.” Simply cut felt of various colors into radial strips and stick them down to create the shape of bursting fireworks.
Because the steps are just cutting, arranging, and pasting, you can take your time and enjoy it at your own pace.
The soft feel of the felt is soothing, and choosing which colors to use is part of the fun.
Add rhinestones or stickers to the centers and tips of the fireworks, and they’ll look just like the real thing blooming in the night sky.
It’s a project full of seasonal flair that will fill your room with a summery atmosphere.
Let’s make fireworks with paper quilling
Fireworks put you in an emotionally rich mood and provide a wonderful kind of stimulation, don’t they? They’re especially beneficial for the brains of older adults.
As we go about our daily lives, it’s easy to lose a sense of contrast and of the seasons, so seasonal events are very important.
When you make a fireworks craft, you can imagine the summer that’s just around the corner.
This time, I’ll introduce a fireworks craft using origami and bamboo skewers.
First, wrap the origami paper around the bamboo skewer.
Then attach them to construction paper to depict the fireworks.
The steps are very simple, yet the result is a splendid display of fireworks, so I highly recommend it.
Fireworks decoration with origami and aluminum cups
Fireworks are clearly visible in the night sky, rich in color, and stimulating to the eyes.
The light that spreads with a “bang!” brings a refreshing feeling that clears the mind.
This time, why not make such lovely fireworks using origami paper and aluminum cups? Cut and connect the origami, make slits in the aluminum cups, and attach each piece together.
Paste them onto construction paper, add decorations, and it’s done in no time.
Display it in your room and you can admire it anytime—it will soothe your heart.
For Seniors: Make the Most of the Hot Summer! Easy Craft Ideas (41–50)
Watercolor making
We’d like to introduce “Watercolor Making,” an idea for creating gentle, atmospheric wall art that you can enjoy by playing with overlapping bleeds.
By simply using water-diluted paints to let colors bleed and blur, you can express a magical summer fireworks sky.
Tools like brushes, sponges, and tissues can create charming textures, so even those who aren’t confident in drawing can enjoy it.
Each finished piece has a strong presence on its own, and when displayed on a wall, it creates a very soft summer landscape.
It’s a relaxing, hands-on activity that’s both fun and soothing for the heart.
sunflower
When you think of summer flowers, big sunflowers come to mind, don’t they? How about trying to fold a sunflower out of origami? With a quarter-size sheet of origami paper, you can make two petals.
Make four of these and you’ll have enough for one sunflower.
Use brown origami paper to create the center of the flower.
Then make the leaves and stem.
Make as many leaves as you like.
Once all the parts are ready, assemble them to complete the sunflower.
You can display it as is, or paste it onto colored paper for a nice seasonal touch.
If you want more petals, you can simply attach additional origami pieces to the back.
