[For Day Service Centers] February Craft Ideas: Decorations for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, and the Feeling of Spring
February is a month when you can feel the arrival of spring even amid the cold.
For crafts at the day service, let’s choose activities that engage the hands while reflecting the changing seasons.
Seasonal crafts may make you look forward to spring and spark lively conversations.
February’s unique motifs—Setsubun ogres and ehomaki rolls, camellias and daffodils that bloom beautifully despite the cold, and Valentine’s heart decorations—are all heartwarming.
Crafts made with familiar materials like origami paper, Yakult containers, and felt are easy for anyone to try and bring great joy when completed.
Shall we enjoy creating warm pieces together that help us forget the winter chill?
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For Day Service Centers: February Craft Ideas—Decorations for Setsubun, Valentine’s Day, and the Feeling of Spring (71–80)
Heart Garland
This is a garland made of interlinked heart-shaped loops, with a soft, cute appearance.
First, prepare strips of origami paper cut thin and folded in half.
Layer two pieces and secure the fold, then curve the outer paper and bring it down to form the rounded shape of a heart.
Connect them in sequence to create a chain of hearts.
It could be fun to add accents by alternating colors or flipping pieces front-to-back.
Making cat tail hooks
February 22 has been designated Cat Day by the Cat Day Executive Committee, and various cat-related campaigns are held, especially among cat lovers.
For those looking for a February craft activity, we recommend making a cat tail hook.
After gluing felt to cardboard, align it with a template featuring a cat illustration and cut it out.
Attach a ribbon around the neck, and glue on a tail made from bent wire.
Finally, stick a magnet to the back using double-sided tape, and it’s done.
It’s a fun item you can use to hang things on the hook or display as decor.
Rapeseed blossom wall decoration
We’d like to introduce a cute “rape blossoms” (nanohana) made with yellow origami.
Let’s decorate facility walls, such as in day-service centers, with adorable yellow nanohana.
Nanohana is one of the flowers that herald the arrival of spring, beginning to bloom around February.
Many older adults have likely seen fields and riverbanks filled with these blossoms.
Because it’s a familiar flower and the folding steps are simple, it’s an easy project to try.
If you make many and cover an entire wall, people may feel the warmth of spring even in February’s winter chill.
You can focus and work on your own, or enjoy folding origami while chatting with a few others.
Please spend a lovely time with a nanohana wall decoration.
Heart-shaped trinket box
Valentine’s Day is an essential event in February, and when we think of Valentine’s, heart motifs come to mind.
Let’s make a simple little container using origami that incorporates a heart shape.
It’s made by combining five sheets of origami: fold four hearts with side margins and a sturdy base piece, then attach the margins to each other to finish.
Since you’ll make each part with different origami papers, another highlight is the wide range of ways you can arrange the colors and combinations.
Valentine’s hanging decoration
Let’s use origami to make four types of Valentine’s hanging decorations! Cute hearts and candies will create a festive Valentine’s atmosphere.
The difficulty ranges from simple steps to more advanced ones, so you can tailor the activity to older adults.
By getting creative with the folding and where you apply glue, you can make three-dimensional, adorable hearts.
These charming pieces may warm the hearts of older adults as they create them.
Through the crafting process and the finished hanging decorations, they’ll be able to feel the spirit of the Valentine’s season.
Origami: Daffodil and Box
We’d like to introduce an origami project recommended for winter at day-service craft activities: “Daffodil and Box.” Daffodils are in peak bloom during winter, making them perfect for seasonal crafts.
Origami made in February, when the chill still lingers, can be enjoyed indoors while keeping your hands busy.
It’s also a chance to spend creative time, such as chatting with others as you work.
Some folds are a bit complex, but try collaborating with older adults, or drawing guideline lines with a pen to make the creases easier to follow.
If you also make the origami box, you can stand the piece up for display—it will look lovely in a room at home.
Let’s make the moments we share truly meaningful through warm interactions that help us forget the winter cold.
Cherry blossom decorations
Cherry blossoms are the symbol of spring, aren’t they? Many people probably love spring because they can see the cherry blossoms.
Their beauty is fleeting, and perhaps it’s that limited, ephemeral charm that makes them so popular.
Let’s try making those beautiful blossoms as wall decorations.
With just some folding and cutting of origami paper, you can easily create cherry blossom petals—highly recommended.
Adding crease lines will make the three-dimensional effect stand out even more! It’s also nice to decorate your room with these cherry blossoms and enjoy a little early hanami indoors.
