Activities perfect for July for seniors: Introducing games and recreational options

Tanabata Magic

[Elderly Care Recreation] Authentic with Simple Tricks! Tanabata Magic

For a Tanabata recreation activity, how about some Tanabata-themed magic tricks? One involves an illustration of bamboo leaves placed in an envelope that transforms, with just a snap of the fingers, into a picture of bamboo decorated with many ornaments.

This is easy to do by using a double-layered envelope and taking the picture out from the other side.

Another trick uses paper cups with Orihime and Hikoboshi drawn on them: when you pour water into the cup, the water disappears and, instead, paper streamers keep coming out.

This can be easily done by using a polymer absorbent like the kind used in disposable diapers.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Let’s draw fireworks with straws

[Easy Craft 059] Fireworks — Beautiful drawings even without artistic skill

Do you know about etegami, which is popular among seniors? It’s a simple postcard art where you draw seasonal fruits or events on a postcard and add a short message.

The charm of etegami is that the drawings don’t need to be especially skillful—if anything, the roughness gives it a nice character.

One technique used in etegami is drawing fireworks with a straw.

Even if you can’t go to a fireworks festival, you can enjoy the summer atmosphere with these straw fireworks drawings! The method is very simple: cut the tip of a straw as if you were making octopus-shaped sausages and spread the slits out.

Then dip it in your favorite colors and stamp onto black paper.

If everyone works together to complete a big picture, you’re sure to have a great time!

Tanabata Decorations: Sputtering Edition

Tanabata Decorations: Splatter Paint to Make the Milky Way | [Tanabata Craft] [100-Yen Store DIY] [Easy Craft] #100yen #DAISO #DIY #Recreation #DayService #Tanabata #ElderlyCare

It would be wonderful to incorporate spattering into Tanabata decorations.

Spattering is a technique where you create effects by flicking paint.

The problem is that paint tends to splatter everywhere, right? Here’s a simple way to spatter precisely where you need it.

Take a milk carton cut in half and make four slits.

Insert straws flattened on both ends into the slits, and you’re done.

Then move a paint-loaded brush between the paper straws to do the spattering.

Once you spatter it to look like the Milky Way, it’s complete.

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Tanabata Wreath Made with Origami

[Origami] Tanabata: How to Make a Bamboo Wreath

Let me introduce a cute Tanabata wreath you can make with origami.

Create eight identical parts from origami paper, then glue them together, connecting them to form a wreath.

Once you’ve shaped the whole wreath, fold some bamboo leaves and attach them to the wreath.

When attaching the bamboo leaves, adjust their orientation to give the wreath a more three-dimensional, dynamic look.

Adding stars or little Orihime and Hikoboshi decorations can also give it a unique, adorable touch.

Give making a Tanabata wreath a try!

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Tanabata wall decoration-making

[Craft Idea] Tanabata Star Festival Decorations (July) (Wall Decorations) (Activities for Older Adults, Occupational Therapy, Daycare, Childcare) (Eggplant, Cucumber, Watermelon, Stars, Lanterns, Shell Decorations, Paper Chains, Streamers, Bamboo Leaves, Tanzaku Wish Strips)

In July, as summer gradually comes into full swing, Tanabata arrives—a major event with a strong, romantic image of gazing up at the sky.

How about decorating your interior to evoke the starry sky of Tanabata and heighten the excitement for the occasion? The key element is the Milky Way, which is especially important in the folklore surrounding the festival.

Make an origami Milky Way the centerpiece, and then adorn the surrounding area with various motifs.

It’s fun that the choice of colors and motifs lets the creator’s personality shine through.

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The “I want to meet Princess Orihime” game

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Here’s a game themed on Hikoboshi and Orihime, who are allowed to meet only on the night of Tanabata.

Attach an illustration of Hikoboshi to a ball.

Tie a string to the ball, and also tie the other end of the string to a baton or a tube.

Wind the string around the baton or tube to reel the ball closer to yourself.

Of course, attach an illustration of Orihime to yourself.

Whoever brings the ball with Hikoboshi’s illustration to Orihime first wins.

It should be exciting as a team competition, too.

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Nakajima Junko

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Let’s make Orihime and Hikoboshi.

Tanabata Origami: How to Make Orihime and Hikoboshi – Origami Orihime and Hikoboshi Instructions

Working with one’s hands can help invigorate the minds and bodies of older adults.

By sharpening tactile senses and concentrating on the task, it provides beneficial stimulation to the brain.

Creating seasonal decorations to display in the entryway or room—and even giving them to family members—will likely be appreciated.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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