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

Hydrangea torn-paper collage

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Hydrangeas are one of the flowers that represent the rainy season.

This time, we’re introducing an idea for expressing them using chigiri-e, a collage technique where you paste finely torn pieces of paper.

There are many colors that can represent hydrangeas—blue, light blue, indigo, ultramarine, and purple.

Once you’ve prepared your preferred colors, tear them into pieces as small as possible.

If you paste them so they follow the outline and spread outward from the center, it’s easier to express the shape of the flower.

The hands contain many nerves and sensors and are often called a second brain.

The stimulation gained by using the fingers is sent to the brain and can be expected to help activate brain function.

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Popup card

[Origami] Hydrangea Pop-up Card

Let me introduce a hydrangea popup card with a beautifully unfolding flower when you open it.

Prepare seven sheets of origami paper, trim them into small squares, and fold each one into a triangle three times.

Gently round the top edge with your scissors as you cut.

When you open it, it will form a flower shape; cut off just one petal, apply glue, and overlap the edges to adhere it into a cone-like flower.

Fold the finished flowers flat and glue them back-to-back to create the popup mechanism.

Attach them to construction paper along with some leaves, and you’ll have a lovely hydrangea popup card that opens softly.

It makes a delightful message card or birthday card that recipients are sure to enjoy.

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Origami Hydrangea

How to make an origami hydrangea / Origami ajisai / June origami / Paper flower / origami hydrangea / paper hydrangea / paper flower

Hydrangeas come in a rich array of colors, making them a delight to look at.

Even on the same plant, the color can vary from year to year, offering a once-in-a-lifetime kind of beauty.

They look gorgeous when wet with rain and pair perfectly with Japan’s gently rainy monsoon season.

Even on gloomy, rainy days, their charm makes you want to go outside for a walk just to see them.

Let’s make such hydrangeas with origami! It’s highly recommended because you can finish in no time by folding a few pieces of origami and layering them together.

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Simple hydrangea

[Rainy Season Origami] Easy Hydrangea Flower Tutorial with Voice Commentary ☆ Origami Easy Hydrangea Tutorial

When you think of the rainy season, do hydrangea flowers come to mind? Let’s try making hydrangeas out of origami, blooming beautifully in a gentle, steady rain.

There are many ways to fold hydrangeas, but here we’ll introduce an easy method that combines multiple parts.

We’ll fold the cluster of flowers and the leaf pieces.

Since there aren’t many complicated folds, it may be easy for older adults to work on as well.

Once you glue the parts together, it’s complete.

You can hang it on the wall, stick it on a calendar, and more—the possibilities expand with your ideas.

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Making teru teru bozu dolls with tissue paper

[100-Yen Shop Craft] Teru Teru Bozu Made with Tissue Paper – A Seasonal Symbol of Japan’s Rainy June

Here’s a perfect rainy-season craft: making a teru-teru bozu out of tissue paper.

Prepare a toy golf ball, tissue paper, wire, felt-tip pens, and round stickers.

Create the teru-teru bozu’s face using the golf ball, adding eyes and a nose with the round stickers and felt-tip pens.

Stack several sheets of tissue paper and open them one by one, then wrap wire around the center.

For the outfit, prepare three colors of tissue paper, cut them into squares, fold them like a napkin and then in half, trace a guide with a pencil, and cut along the line with scissors.

When you open it, it will be flower-shaped.

Make the remaining two tissue papers the same way.

Thread the three flower-shaped tissue papers onto the wire, glue them together, and then thread the pre-holed face onto the wire to finish.

Adding original decorations like ribbons or stickers would make it even cuter.

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Rose wreath

[Origami] How to Make a Rose Wreath — Further Improved Rose Folding! Tsujimoto Rose – Mother's Day

Gorgeous and beautiful! Here are some ideas for rose wreaths.

Let’s make a lovely rose wreath lavishly adorned with colorful roses.

It’s a great idea for brightening up a room or for special events! This wreath is made by combining a leafy wreath base, five large rose blossoms, fifteen rose buds, and ten flower parts.

Taking your time to build it up little by little can become a daily pleasure.

For the finishing touch, adhere the pieces with glue for a clean, polished look.

Hydrangea snail made from plastic shrink film

Hydrangea Snail made with shrink plastic

Let’s create with your favorite design! Here are some Shrink Plastic ideas for hydrangea-and-snail crafts.

Shrink plastic (Puraban) is that plastic sheet you draw or color on to make accessories and small items, right? This time, let’s make a snail and hydrangea.

In the video, they shave pastel sticks to add color.

It’s great for achieving soft, gentle hues! For the finishing touch, use resin to give your piece a plump, glossy look.

Resin is a material that hardens from a liquid state, letting you set the shape and design.

Be sure to give it a try!