[For Seniors] Perfect for winter events! Easy craft ideas
Here are some simple craft ideas perfect for winter events, especially for seniors!
Winter is full of events, and seasonal motifs are cute—not only is making crafts fun, but displaying them afterward is another thing to look forward to.
We’ve gathered only easy-to-make projects, making them ideal for recreational activities in senior facilities.
There are also options that are simple to make at home.
Be sure to enjoy winter together in a warm room while trying these crafts!
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[For Seniors] Perfect for Winter Events! Easy Craft Ideas (91–100)
Shishimai made from a tissue box
How about making a square-faced lion using an empty tissue box? With a tissue box, construction paper, and a green plastic bag, you can do it easily.
First, cut the tissue box in half, leaving the bottom part intact.
Prepare another tissue box: cut one piece to 12 cm for the side and 5 cm for the front surface, and cut another piece to 2 cm.
Assemble these pieces and cover the front surface with red construction paper.
Create bold lion face parts from colored paper and stick them on, and you’re done.
The mouth opens and closes, which gives it an exciting, dynamic look and makes it fun to play with.
Toilet paper Christmas wreath
Cut the cardboard cores of toilet paper rolls into thin strips, shape them like leaves, and assemble them into a wreath.
In addition to painting the cores green, attaching translucent origami paper will enhance the leafy look, so that’s recommended too.
Incorporating various colors of origami and adding accents to the arrangement of the leaves will lead to a more beautiful wreath.
Finally, attach small decorations to complete it.
Since the overall color is green, adding red will further emphasize the Christmas atmosphere.
[For Seniors] Perfect for Winter Events! Easy Craft Ideas (101–110)
Toilet paper Santa Claus
A toilet paper roll transforms into an adorable Santa Claus doll! First, cover the toilet paper roll with felt in Santa colors like red and white.
For Santa’s fluffy beard and the fur-like parts on his hat, use cotton or fluffy yarn.
For the facial features like the eyes and nose, we recommend using small pieces of felt cut to shape, stick-on eyes, or felt balls.
You can also add decorations to the outfit if you like! Give it a try and make a warm, charming Santa doll.
Toilet paper roll core ornament
Let us introduce Christmas ornaments made using toilet paper rolls! The key point is that you can make them from recycled materials.
First, attach origami paper to the roll.
For decorations like Santa’s hat or a reindeer’s antlers, using construction paper makes them less likely to bend.
Since it involves delicate work, it’s also a good idea to cut and prepare the pieces in advance.
Apply patterned masking tape, draw the eyes, nose, and mouth with a pen, and you’re done! They look adorable when lined up.
Add a string and they’ll look lovely hanging on your tree, too.
Heart-shaped woven basket
This is a heart-shaped bag with an impressively soft look that makes the most of the material, created by weaving together crepe sheets.
A key point is using sheets with different colors on the front and back; because it’s made from a single sheet, the colors feel cohesive.
The process is simple: cut slits in pieces of crepe sheet folded in half, then thread them alternately through each hole to weave.
Folding the sheet in half at the start also creates space to hold items—another important point.
Express your originality through your choice of colors and the decorations you attach.
Heart Pom Pom
This is a heart-shaped pom-pom made by weaving yarn onto a fork.
It’s also a fun twist that everyday tableware can become a knitting tool.
Thread the yarn through the middle and one groove of the fork, wrap the yarn around the whole fork, then use the yarn threaded through the center to tie everything together and remove the fork.
Cut open the looped parts and trim to finish the pom-pom.
Combine three pom-poms to create a heart shape.
It’s important to use pom-poms of the same size, so pay close attention to the number of wraps and how widely the yarn spreads.
Heart mini bag
This is a small heart-shaped bag made with origami that can hold a gift inside.
You make two hearts of the same shape from two sheets of origami paper, then stick them together to create space for the gift.
As you fold the hearts, it’s important to create a slit where one side can be inserted and to leave areas for gluing.
Finally, attach two pipe cleaners to the edges to complete the bag.
Try to balance the look between the origami and the pipe cleaners as you make it.