[For Seniors] Easy Craft Ideas to Make at Day Service in July

Making wind chimes

Summer Decorations: Handcrafted Wind Chimes — Second edition made with small, cute paper cups! How about making an unbreakable summer tradition by covering them with your favorite origami paper? [Tsukuru Mon]

Its figure swaying in the breeze helps you forget the summer heat.

How about trying to make a wind chime using a paper cup? Cover the side of a paper cup—with the bottom cut out—with origami in your favorite pattern, then make several vertical slits to give it a lantern-like shape.

Create the chime part with thread, beads, and a strip of paper, and let it hang down from the center of the main body to finish.

Have all the participants make one and decorate them all around the facility! It will instantly create a summery atmosphere.

Plus, as a craft activity, it’s good exercise for the fingers.

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Making a calendar using origami morning glories

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There seem to be many types of origami morning glory creations.

Some have a white center like real morning glories, and some can be folded in a three-dimensional form.

Let’s try making a calendar using lovely morning glory origami pieces.

After folding the morning glory, attach it to the calendar backing.

If you also make leaves and vines out of origami and display them together with the flower, it will enhance the overall feel even more.

Because origami uses fine finger movements, it can also be expected to help stimulate the brain.

If you like, please use this as a reference for creating your own beautiful pieces.

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Morning Glory Hanging-Scroll-Style Calendar

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Let me introduce a hanging scroll-style calendar featuring morning glories.

The calendars you make are usually displayed on a wall or on a table, right? Some older adults might find themselves thinking, while looking at their own calendars, “My calendars always end up in the same style.” A hanging scroll-style calendar, which is a bit different from the usual, might feel fresh even to seniors who have grown tired of making calendars.

After making the calendar, mount it on a backing sheet, and attach tubes at the top and bottom of the backing so that a cord can pass through them.

Thread a cord only through the top tube, and it’s complete.

It seems likely that older adults will enjoy this calendar’s different look and feel.

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A calendar made with stamps

2021 Calendar #3: Calendar Made with Stamps (July, August, September Edition) OKAPI CRAFT HOBBY

These days, it’s easy to get all kinds of things.

Supplies for craft activities with seniors are also easy to gather.

So, let’s make a calendar using stamps you can find at 100-yen shops or online.

Prepare seasonal stamps or ones that evoke summer or July.

Press the stamps onto the calendar base.

It’s simple to make, so many seniors will likely find it approachable.

You could also add a short message to the calendar.

Calendar bases are available at 100-yen shops and online as well, so give it a try!

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Calendar coloring book

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How about making your very own calendar using coloring pages? All you need are calendar coloring sheets and colored pencils.

Pick the designs you like and color them with your favorite hues.

Even though it’s coloring, it engages your brain’s orientation and executive functions—like keeping track of weekdays including weekends and holidays, deciding which colors to use, and staying within the lines—so it can be an effective brain-training activity.

You can also add important dates like birthdays and anniversaries to turn it into your personal planner.

Give it a try!

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Tanabata-style calendar

[Creating the 2021 Calendar] July

This time, we’ll introduce a July calendar craft centered on Tanabata, the July festival.

Many of you may be thinking, “I want to make a handmade calendar.” There are various calendar-making kits available for purchase.

A kit featuring bamboo branches decorated for Tanabata is especially handy.

If you use a craft knife to cut out the bamboo leaves on the double-layered calendar base, you’ll get a three-dimensional finish.

And of course, be sure to add tanzaku—wish strips imbued with the feelings of the seniors—onto the bamboo.

Including tanzaku will help you create a calendar with a unique, personal touch.

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Summer Juice

July 2020 — Calendar Production: “Summer Juice”

On a hot day, gulping down juice lets you enjoy a deliciousness that feels different from usual.

Let’s use that juice as our theme and make a July calendar.

Prepare construction paper or origami in juice colors like orange and grape.

Cut them into the shape of glasses and color them with crayons as you like.

Make ice shapes out of plastic bags and create fruit with construction paper, then paste them inside the paper glasses.

Add straws, or place ice cream made from tissue paper on top of the glass.

Attach the finished juice glass to the calendar, and it’s complete.

The three-dimensional feel of the piece is sure to satisfy older adults as well.

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