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

Making a calendar with pressed flowers

A simple way to make a pressed flower calendar! Great as a gift, too!!

Here’s a calendar featuring pressed flowers like morning glories and hydrangeas—flowers of July and summer.

First, temporarily attach the pressed flowers to the calendar backing with white glue.

The step of arranging the pressed flowers while thinking about the design seems like something seniors can enjoy and get excited about.

After that, apply laminating film and run it through a laminator, or finish it with self-adhesive laminating sheets.

Self-adhesive laminating film is sold at 100-yen shops, and it’s easy to use, so it’s recommended.

Creating a seasonal flower calendar is a project that can help seniors feel the season as they make it.

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Stained glass-style fireworks

[Summer Craft] Stained-Glass Style Fireworks! Sparkly, Cute Fireworks to Hold Up to the Sun [For 4-Year-Olds]

This stained-glass-style craft lets you feel the beauty of fireworks bursting in the night sky and is a vibrant project recommended for older adults as well.

Fold a sheet of black construction paper in half and mark the areas to cut so they form the shapes of fireworks.

After freely drawing the firework patterns, carefully cut along the marks.

Layer and attach colored cellophane—such as red, yellow, and blue—onto a piece of parchment (baking) paper to create multicolored fireworks.

Finally, place the cut black paper on top, and you’ll have stained-glass-style fireworks you can enjoy by holding them up to the light.

Display them by a window to catch sunlight or the evening glow for a sparkling effect that’s a treat for the eyes.

Using scissors and glue, this summery project offers gentle, hands-on work that’s enjoyable without strain, making it especially appealing.

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Fruit uchiwa (fruit-shaped hand fan)

How to Make a Handmade Origami Fan: Easy and Cute Summer Craft with Kids

The colorful fruit-themed paper fans are a summery craft recommended for older adults.

Fold origami paper into an accordion, then glue the pieces together to create parts that spread out into a circle.

Because this task uses the fingertips extensively, it’s perfect for fine motor exercise.

Attach the finished parts to the tip of a bamboo chopstick and connect them until they form a circle to complete the fan shape.

Using colors and patterns inspired by fruits like watermelon, orange, and kiwi makes the project visually delightful.

These fans are both decorative and practical, and they’re an ideal, safe indoor craft for the hot season.

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Four types of Tanabata decorations

[Craft] Simple and cute! Four types of Tanabata decorations 🎋✨

Tanabata, also affectionately known among young people as Summer Valentine’s Day.

No matter how old you are, it’s always delightful to write your wishes on tanzaku paper strips.

How about making a large Tanabata bamboo decoration together this year? The streamers topped with cute pom-poms are easier to make than you might think.

For the pom-pom parts, make tissue-paper flowers; for the tentacle-like streamers, accordion-fold paper and snip it with scissors.

Then just fluff everything up and assemble.

For the flying-saucer-shaped ornament, use a toilet paper roll as the core.

Using glittery colored paper will give it a more glamorous look.

It would be wonderful if everyone at the facility or day service could create a big bamboo decoration together.

Mini Aquarium

Easy, soothing mini aquarium. Materials from a 100-yen shop. Small aquarium—how to make it. Recommended. Resin. Sea, summer, fish. UV resin. Interior decor. Handmade. Mini aquarium. Stylish.

Even if you’re not that into aquariums, you can probably name quite a few: Sunshine Aquarium, Shinagawa Aquarium, Kyoto Aquarium, Osaka’s Kaiyukan, and more.

Maybe Japanese people really do love aquariums.

So how about creating your own mini aquarium to get through the hot summer? Some people even make lovely aquariums using only materials from 100-yen shops.

You can use things like UV resin, dried moss, and stickers for herbarium crafts.

Some of these might be unfamiliar, but it could be fun to try it as a summer craft project.

It’s also enjoyable to split up the tasks and make one together!

Sea photo frame

A Little Craft: Ocean Photo Frame

Since mobile phones and smartphones became widespread, we’ve had more opportunities to take photos.

Summer is a season when you’re more likely to go out with your grandchildren and family.

Why not make those memory-filled photos even more special with a sea-themed photo frame you create yourself? What you’ll need: a wooden base frame (a regular photo frame is fine), paper clay, paints, seashells and sea glass, plus optional decorations like marbles or glitter powder.

How to make it: press colored paper clay onto the wooden frame, then arrange the shells and sea glass before the clay dries.

If you make them together with friends at the daycare or with your group at the center, it will spark lots of conversation about your memories.

And if you use shells and sea glass you collected yourself, it will feel all the more meaningful!

potted morning glory

(Paper Flower) Cute! How to make a morning glory flower with origami [DIY]

Here’s an introduction to making a realistic potted morning glory using origami and craft wire.

The finished piece can be displayed in a facility or in a senior’s room! When seniors see a piece they worked hard on displayed in their room, they may grow more attached to the facility.

Through this morning glory craft, we hope they’ll feel lively and positive each day.

Of course, gifting the finished piece is wonderful as well.

There are a few fine details involved, but with staff support, please have fun making it together.

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