[For Seniors] Day service crafts: A roundup of June-themed ideas

Making a seasonal calendar

Day service Habiro. Calendar making.

Let’s all work together to bind the calendars! If you enjoy coloring pictures or doing paper-based crafts, you’ll find this really fun.

Thinking about everyone sharing a carefully and slowly made calendar makes the work feel rewarding, doesn’t it? A calendar with seasonal illustrations—wouldn’t you look forward to turning each page one by one? How lovely!

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Morning glory leaves and vines made with origami

Origami [Morning Glory Leaf and Vine] How to make Origami Morning Glory Leaf & Vine*

This project combines not only morning glory flowers but also leaves and vines.

By carefully layering parts like flowers and leaves—crafted with clever reverse folds—you can aim for a three-dimensional, soft look.

While the flowers and leaves tend to stand out, paying close attention to the length and shape of the vines will further enhance the beauty of the morning glory.

Create the flowers and leaves with reverse folds for a three-dimensional effect, then decorate them with vines made by twisting thinly cut strips of origami paper using a simple process.

It’s also recommended to consider how the vines overlap and finish them as if they’re wrapping around other decorations.

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Origami frog

[Rainy Season Origami] How to Fold Frog No. 2 with Audio Guide ☆ Origami Frog Tutorial – June Decorations

Origami frogs that look like they’re about to croak any moment.

If you decorate a facility wall with them, it will instantly bring a rainy-season, June atmosphere.

You make the face and body separately, so the result is a realistic yet cute frog.

It’s great for staff to make and display, but it’s also recommended as a craft activity for older adults.

Steps like aligning corners with your fingertips and gluing pieces provide good brain stimulation and help with cognitive prevention.

We used stickers for the eyes, but you can also cut them from origami or construction paper.

The pupils are hand-drawn, so you can create frogs with lots of different expressions!

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Nakajima Junko

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origami snail

[Rainy Season Origami] How to fold a flat snail with audio commentary ☆ Origami Snail tutorial — June decoration

When you think of snails, you picture the rainy season and June, right? Let’s fold cute snails out of origami and display them so that seniors can feel the season.

For the eyes, you can use a hole punch sold at 100-yen shops, stick on eye stickers, or simply draw them by hand.

Since each snail is made by folding a single sheet of origami paper, it should be fun to fold them together with seniors.

The fine finger movements involved—like making mountain and valley folds and unfolding the paper—stimulate the brain and can help prevent cognitive decline.

Making them together with others also fosters communication and expands social interaction.

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Nakajima Junko

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Morning glory in origami kirie (paper-cut art)

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This is a simple craft where you fold an origami sheet into a small shape, cut along a curved line, and then unfold it to reveal a morning glory shape.

For morning glories, the star-like form at the center is important, so the folding steps are key to making it appear well.

The fine reverse folds may seem tricky, but it’s just a repetition of straight folds—proceed by checking which line to align with each time.

Since the finished piece has a star-shaped hole, you might place white paper behind it to make the pattern stand out.

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