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

Making a calendar with hydrangeas painted in watercolors

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This is a hydrangea calendar painted with gouache, where the process itself is fun.

Prepare a calendar and paint hydrangeas on it.

Instead of just painting normally, try using various items—like a toilet paper roll or cotton swabs.

Dab paint on the tips and make small touches to recreate the hydrangea’s distinctive rounded form.

I hope you’ll enjoy the tactile sensation of tapping and watching the paint transfer to the paper.

Once it’s finished, adding origami leaves and other details could be fun too.

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Hydrangea wall decoration

[Senior Recreation] June Hydrangea Wall Decoration [Easy Craft] hydrangea

If the walls at your care home or house feel a bit bare, why not make a lovely hydrangea wall decoration? I’m sure your companions and family will be delighted.

It could be fun to make them together, too.

Even when making hydrangeas, some people might fold them with origami, others might create them as paper cutouts, and some might do patchwork.

For materials, you could use colored paper, felt, fabric, or even the pretty decorations on paper bags and empty boxes for hydrangea patterns.

It’s also a great idea for everyone to make their own hydrangeas and then combine them into a single wall hanging! Just like hydrangeas come in many colors, lining up lots of them will surely make the wall decoration lively and cheerful!

Hydrangea lampshade

Kimie Gangi: “Hydrangea Lampshade” made with tissue paper and hanshi (Japanese calligraphy paper) — hydrangea lampshade #ArtsAndCrafts #ElementarySchool #LightArt #EducationalContent #Seniors

A craft using hydrangeas that you’ll want to make during the rainy season.

This time, let’s try a hydrangea lampshade.

It may sound difficult from the name, but it’s actually very easy to make.

All you need are tissue paper and washi paper.

Cut tissue paper in colors that match hydrangeas.

Then simply paste them so they form hydrangea blossoms.

There’s no rule for the shape, so seniors can arrange the flowers however they like.

It boosts creativity and provides great stimulation for the brain.

It looks stylish as a lamp, and it’s also lovely when you stick it on a windowpane.

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Hydrangea wreath made of felt

[100-yen Felt] How to Make a Hydrangea 🌈 Wreath [No Sewing Required] DIY How to make a felt hydrangea flower wreath.

Hydrangeas that bloom in June are the perfect flowers for the rainy season, aren’t they? This time, let’s make a hydrangea wreath out of felt.

It’s great that you can get all the materials—felt, ribbon, and styrofoam—at the 100-yen shop.

Make the flowers from felt and attach them to the styrofoam.

Since this craft doesn’t even use needles, it’s designed with safety in mind.

There are many steps involved, which helps stimulate seniors’ brains.

Display it in your room and it will instantly create a bright, festive atmosphere—highly recommended!

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hanging umbrella

[Preschool/Kindergarten] How to Make Umbrella Decorations! Easy and Cute with Construction Paper!

When it rains, we tend to use umbrellas more often, don’t we? Some older adults find it difficult to go out and may have fewer chances to experience the outdoor atmosphere.

So why not hang handmade umbrellas made from colored construction paper to create a refreshing feel inside the facility? Hanging umbrellas can evoke the image of rain, help people sense the season, and maybe add a bit of variety to otherwise routine days.

They’re easy to make, and all the materials can be found at 100-yen shops.

You can cut the construction paper into circles with a circle cutter, or simply trace around any round-bottomed object and cut it out.

Enjoy June with these lovely umbrellas!

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Making picture letters

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Have you ever written an illustrated letter or picture postcard? Precisely because it’s a rainy season when it’s hard to go out, why not sit down and try handwriting one of these? June 15 is “Shōchū-mimai Day,” the day when summer greeting postcards were first released.

The period for sending shōchū-mimai is from Shōsho—the solar term that comes around when the rainy season ends, about July 7—until around August 7, when Risshū (the start of autumn) arrives.

But once the rainy season ends, you’ll want to head outside, right? So, let’s write postcards during the rainy season before then! How about sending one to someone dear to you, with colorful, seasonally themed drawings and a few warm words?

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Hydrangea wreath

[Simple ✨ Just Stick It On] How to Make a Hydrangea Wreath 💐 [Tissue Paper & Origami] June Decoration | How to make paper hydrangea wreath. Paper flower.

Let’s gather small flowers and paste them on! Here are some ideas for a hydrangea wreath.

When you think of hydrangeas, that charming round shape made up of clusters of tiny blossoms comes to mind.

This time, let’s make a hydrangea wreath using construction paper and tissue paper.

You’ll need construction paper, tissue paper, scissors, and glue.

Purple or pink tones for the materials look lovely, too.

It’s great that you can arrange the size and colors to suit the mood you want and your personal taste.

Give it a try and incorporate it into your craft time!