[For Seniors] Brimming with June’s seasonal charm: A roundup of fun craft ideas

Frog and a leaf umbrella

Origami [Frog and Leaf Umbrella]

Exactly because it’s the rainy season, here’s an idea you’ll want to make: a frog with a leaf umbrella! What comes to mind when you think of the rainy season? Many people probably imagine rain and umbrellas.

This time, let’s make an adorable origami piece of a frog taking shelter from the rain under a leaf umbrella.

Here’s what you’ll need: light green origami paper, white round stickers, black round stickers, pink round stickers, a pen, green origami paper, green origami paper cut from a 7.5 cm sheet into a triangle (by halving the square), and glue.

Be sure to give it a try!

A hydrangea ball bouquet made with origami and tissue paper

Hydrangea wall decorations and ball bouquets made with origami and tissue paper / raindrops from clear files — How to make paper hydrangea wall decorations and ball bouquets

Hydrangeas made from tissue paper look very glamorous and really stand out.

Just displaying them in a room instantly brightens the space and brings a soothing presence.

First, prepare tissue paper, accordion-fold it, and secure it with a rubber band.

Then gently fluff open the tissue paper.

Even at this stage it looks like a beautiful hydrangea, but if you make small flowers from origami and attach them, it will look even prettier.

Next, prepare a clear file and cut it into raindrop shapes.

Combine everything together and you’ll have a stylish hydrangea ball bouquet.

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firefly

[Craft Idea] Fireflies – Firefly crafts (June, summer) (with template) (wall decoration) (recreation for seniors) (childcare/educational activity) (hang with thread) (moving) (origami) (insects) (creative) (OT/occupational therapy)

Fireflies are famous as a symbol of summer.

In the past, people enjoyed “hotaru-gari,” or firefly viewing, but due to environmental changes their numbers have declined in recent years, and it has become rare to see them.

How about recreating that firefly viewing as a wall decoration and sharing your memories together? It involves fine handwork—folding, cutting, and pasting origami—which stimulates the brain and can help keep it active, offering a brain-training effect.

If you blow air with a circulator, it will look as if the fireflies are flying through the night sky.

Give it a try!

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paper-cutting teru teru bozu

Teru teru bozu ☔️

The connected teru teru bozu siblings are so cute! Here are some ideas for making teru teru bozu with kirigami (papercutting).

When you think of teru teru bozu, you often picture three-dimensional decorations, right? This time, let’s make kirigami teru teru bozu that you complete by cutting paper.

You’ll need white origami or paper, a pencil, scissors, glue, and a hole punch.

When drawing your template, be careful not to make the design too detailed, or it will be difficult to cut.

You’ll end up with adorable teru teru bozu that look great anywhere!

three-dimensional snail

[Origami] How to Make a Cute Snail

A versatile creation that also works as a small storage box! Here’s a 3D snail origami idea.

How about making a snail—often seen during the rainy season—out of origami? It looks adorable paired with hydrangeas, too! You’ll need a 15 cm square of brown origami paper, a 7.5 cm square of pale orange origami paper, a white pen, scissors, glue, and so on.

The spiraled shell serves as a lid, and when you pop it open, it can be used as a small container.

Give it a try!

Making a firefly calendar

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It’s well known that cicadas have short lifespans, but in fact fireflies are also quite short-lived, and there are supposedly very few species that can survive the winter.

Creatures that emit that delicate, fleeting light being short-lived… it feels a little sad, doesn’t it? Making a calendar with a firefly motif is a stylish idea, though.

You could write the date in the glowing part of their tails or darken past days—the possibilities for creativity are endless.

If you make three-dimensional fireflies out of origami and hang them with thread, your wall will instantly look more festive.

There are plenty of ideas on video sites too, so be sure to check them out for inspiration.

Calendar of a frog and a teru teru bozu

We’re always glued to the weather forecast in June, with early-summer field trips and sports days coming up.

That’s when teru-teru bozu come into play.

Many of you probably made them in nursery school or kindergarten.

These teru-teru bozu, which even appear in ukiyo-e and haiku, seem to have already become established as a custom by the Edo period.

A teru-teru bozu calendar would be fun, too.

If you’re making them as a group, you could create 30 of them—one for each day—and give each a different expression.

A lineup of 30 three-dimensional teru-teru bozu would be quite a sight!