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[For Seniors] Let’s Start a Fun Craft Activity

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In elderly care facilities and day service centers, craft-based recreation is essential.

Because it involves fine motor movements, it helps with rehabilitation and stimulates the brain.

In this article, we’ve gathered easy and enjoyable craft ideas that older adults can make with minimal effort.

Even those who have never done crafts and lack confidence will find it easy to get started.

Most materials are things you already have at home or can quickly pick up at a dollar store.

If you’re interested in crafts, give them a try!

[For Seniors] Let’s Start Fun Craft Activities (71–80)

Brick-style coaster

A coaster made only with disposable chopsticks (brick-style)

Brick-style coaster

Here’s an introduction to brick-style coasters made with disposable chopsticks.

Cut the chopsticks into 1-centimeter pieces.

Since cutting them can be a bit tricky, it might be better to prepare the pieces in advance.

Stick the cut pieces onto a cork sheet with adhesive on one side, arranging them to look like bricks.

Once you’ve laid them out in a brick pattern, color them and let them dry—that’s it.

You can go for a brick-like color scheme, or use your favorite colors for a charming finish.

It’s great to have a handmade coaster to set your drinks on.

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New Year’s decoration with a crane and a folding fan

[Paper Craft] New Year’s Decorations at the Day Service

New Year’s decoration with a crane and a folding fan

Here are some New Year’s decoration ideas using cranes and fans.

Make the crane by folding origami.

For the fan, accordion-fold a sheet of origami paper, bring the two ends together, fold it in half, and glue the inside to hold its shape.

For the ornament with the characters “Geshun” (Welcoming Spring), fold a strip of construction paper in half, then fold both ends slightly, overlap those folded sections, and glue them together.

Once it forms a signboard shape, attach a piece of paper with “Geshun” written on it to the front.

After you’ve attached the crane, fan, and “Geshun” ornament to the base, punch out some small round pieces and scatter them around to finish with a festive touch.

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Tabletop kadomatsu

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Let’s make a tabletop kadomatsu (traditional New Year’s pine decoration) using a milk carton.

We’ll place decorative elements that form the kadomatsu inside pieces cut from the carton.

There are detailed steps such as folding origami or construction paper and cutting short lengths of plastic ribbon.

Because it uses fine motor skills extensively, it can stimulate the brain and may offer brain-training benefits.

It’s also a project that can help improve concentration.

Starting from a simple milk carton and building it up into a splendid kadomatsu is likely to delight older adults as well.

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[For Seniors] Let’s Start Fun Craft Activities (81–90)

Swaying Rocking Horse

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How about a hobby horse craft that makes clever use of paper tubes and twigs? Cut corrugated cardboard into the shape of a horse’s profile and make slits in both the cardboard and a paper tube, then secure them with a hot glue gun.

Attach four twigs to the body to serve as legs, and fix slightly curved twigs to each side.

Those curved twigs are the key to creating that gentle rocking motion! Once you make the mane and tail with string or yarn, your hobby horse is complete.

Put the twigs you collected on a walk or from your garden to good use and create a charming hobby horse.

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Tissue Paper Art: Horse

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We’d like to introduce a horse artwork in the style of torn-paper collage using tissue paper.

First, prepare a sketch of the horse’s outline.

Instead of coloring it in, tear tissue paper into small pieces and tint them with paint.

Once dry, lightly roll or stretch the pieces to shape them, then glue them onto the sketch.

You’ll end up with a softly textured, three-dimensional piece.

The fluffy feel evokes the horse’s coat and gives a warmth that’s different from ordinary coloring.

There are no difficult steps, and it doesn’t require much strength, making it perfect for older adults.

By changing the colors you use, you can create a white horse, a chestnut horse, and more—tailoring the expression to your liking.

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A three-dimensional horse made with paper cores

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Let’s try making an adorable horse using a paper tube and colored construction paper.

Draw the horse’s face and legs on thick paper to create templates, then trace them onto brown construction paper and cut them out.

Wrap the colored paper around the paper tube to form the body, and attach a yarn mane to the head.

Use white and pink paper to make and glue on the mouth, eyes, and ears.

Once you add the saddle—a piece of equipment for a rider—then fix the tail and legs in place, it’s complete! This horse ornament, fun to look at, is sure to bring comfort to older adults.

It’s easy to make with familiar materials, so give it a try.

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a walking horse

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This is a gentle-moving horse craft made with paper cups.

First, take one paper cup and turn it into a horse by attaching ears, a mane, and a tail made from construction paper, and drawing patterns with a pen.

For the other paper cup, create a simple mechanism using a rubber band and a battery to make it move.

By winding the rubber band to create twist and letting it spin, the horse paper cup stacked on top will start to wobble and shake.

It looks adorable, and when it moves, it’s like a little horse is running.

All the materials are easy to find, and there are no complicated steps, so you can make it with confidence.

After it’s done, you can even race them on a desk—an imaginative craft full of playful fun.

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