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

Cute translucent plastic cup aquarium

[Easy Summer Craft 🐠] Plastic Cup Aquarium / How to Make a Plastic Cup Aquarium.

These cute, cool-looking translucent plastic cup crafts are perfect for summer and are an easy idea for seniors to try.

By placing two layers of blue cellophane or transparent origami inside a clear plastic cup, you can create a water-like transparent effect.

Cut masking tape—first stuck onto baking paper—into shapes like fish or jellyfish, and stick them on the inside of a separate cup.

Finally, stack the cups, and you’ll have a clever mechanism that makes the creatures inside look like they’re moving.

It engages fine motor skills while letting you enjoy colors and shapes, stimulating creativity and offering an easy way to feel the season.

It’s also a big plus that it can be done indoors without strain, even on hot days.

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mutō

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Calendar made with transparent calendars and stamps

2024 calendar made with a transparent calendar and stamps: January–July / Calendar 2024 Jan–Jul OKAPI CRAFT HOBBY

What comes to mind when you think of July’s heat? Let’s make a calendar using stamps of whatever you imagine.

After stamping, finish it by coloring the stamped areas with pen.

Also, mask off all areas of the calendar base except where you’ve stamped and want to add color.

If you dab stamp ink onto a sponge and gently tap it onto the calendar base, it will create a lovely effect.

Using transparent sheets for the calendar dates will give it a cool, refreshing look.

It seems like older adults would enjoy making this as well.

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Nakajima Junko

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balloon goldfish

[Summer Origami] Traditional balloon goldfish – easy folding instructions with voice narration ☆ Origami Balloon Goldfish Tutorial / Tatsukuri

How about making a traditional origami balloon goldfish as a summer decoration? It’s great as an accent for your room’s interior or as a hanging ornament.

There aren’t any particularly difficult folds, so even seniors can try it with ease.

By blowing air into it at the end, it becomes three-dimensional and looks adorable! Since origami uses your fingers, it’s also perfect for finger dexterity training for seniors and for helping prevent cognitive decline.

You can add round stickers for the eyes, and using gradient or patterned origami paper would look lovely too!

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miyabi

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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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Araki Jakkan

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Wind chime decoration you can make with a clear cup

[Tanabata Decorations] A wind chime ornament you can make with clear cups ✨ [July Craft Project]

Wind chimes are said to have originated from “senfūtaku,” a practice of divination that interpreted good or bad omens based on the sound and direction of bells hung in bamboo groves.

Today, they’re a quintessential symbol of summer.

So how about making wind chimes using clear plastic cups? You’ll need a clear cup, a small bell, string, and a tanzaku (a narrow slip of paper).

First, decorate the clear cup with summery designs.

Shaved ice, watermelon, and fireworks are classics—feel free to use felt-tip pens or colored paper as you like.

After that, just thread the string through the cup and attach the bell and tanzaku.

Writing a summer haiku on the tanzaku is also recommended.

Lining up many wind chimes creates an atmosphere full of coolness and charm!

Tanabata tanzaku (wishing strip for the Star Festival)

A little twist to break the routine – Tanabata wish strips (July craft) (simple craft) (senior recreation) (seasonal craft) (wall display craft) (childcare)

Tanzaku for Tanabata where you write various wishes.

It’s common to write on rectangular pieces of origami paper, but how about changing the shape a little or adding decorations to make your tanzaku a bit different? For example, you could make a star-shaped cutout in part of the tanzaku, combine it with stars folded or cut from origami, or pair it with tissue paper or raffia tape.

There are many ways to arrange it, so create a lovely tanzaku that suits your taste!

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SAKI

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A simple star with paper cutting

On the night of Tanabata, when Orihime and Hikoboshi are said to meet only once a year, the real stars of the show are, of course, the stars themselves.

Let’s try making various star decorations out of paper.

Simply cutting colored paper into star shapes is plenty, but if you draw lines to create diagonals in a pentagon and fold along them slightly, you’ll get a three-dimensional star.

Using sparkly paper doubles the glitter effect, too.

You can also cut out a smaller star shape from inside a paper star to create a translucent-looking decoration.

Connect stars of different sizes, arrange them in a color gradient, and so on—share ideas with everyone and have fun creating.