For Seniors: Come, Spring! Recommended March Craft Ideas for Daycare Services
In this article, we introduce March craft ideas recommended for seniors!
When it comes to March events, there are many with a cute image, like Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day) and White Day.
Using lots of soft colors like pink and white in your crafts can put you in a gentle mood.
It’s the season when spring flowers begin to bloom, so let’s create a bright, festive atmosphere through crafting!
There are plenty of ideas you can use in senior day services and other elder care facilities, so please use them as a reference when making crafts together.
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[For Seniors] Come, Spring! Recommended March Craft Ideas for Day Service (111–120)
Full-bloom cherry blossom display
This is a display created by combining pieces of paper to evoke a cherry blossom tree, which is essential to spring in Japan.
The cherry blossoms are made simply by cutting circles into flower shapes, but adding creases to give them dimension at this stage will contribute to a fuller, more voluminous final look.
Once the flowers are finished, arrange them while considering their angles, and install them as if placing them on a tree to complete the whole piece.
Making the flowers in various colors to create a gradient will enhance the three-dimensional effect, so that approach is also recommended.
[For Seniors] Come, Spring! Recommended March Craft Ideas for Day Service (121–130)
3D strawberry
Strawberries, with their sweet and refreshing tartness, are one of spring’s seasonal delights.
Their round, plump shape is adorable, too—let’s try expressing strawberries with origami.
Start by folding a triangle, then work through the finer steps to create a three-dimensional strawberry.
If you also make and attach the calyx with origami, it will look even more like a real strawberry.
Creating strawberry crafts can help older adults feel the season as well.
You can make lots and decorate a wall, or take them home to display.
Tulip hina
Tulips are one of the essentials of spring, and the way their brightly colored flowers bloom so vigorously conveys the joy of the season.
This craft combines tulip blossoms with Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day) motifs to create a project that feels distinctly springlike.
The base is construction paper cut into a tulip shape; onto this, you add origami clothing and decorations to complete the Hinamatsuri theme.
For the two main figures, make slits and then glue them together to give them a three-dimensional look so they stand out from the rest—that’s the key point.
Finish it off with leaf parts and surrounding tulips to create an overall festive look.
Egg-shaped Hina doll
These are egg-shaped Hina dolls made using an egg-shaped Styrofoam base.
The method is super simple: just use double-sided tape to attach fabrics with colors and patterns suited for the face, hair, kimono, and collar to the base.
To create a traditional Hina-doll feel, we recommend using Japanese patterns or chirimen crepe fabrics.
After applying the fabric, finish the facial features with beads or a pen.
It’s a good idea to have a variety of fabric scraps on hand so you can craft the dolls to your taste.
Before attaching the fabric, cut the bottom flat so the doll won’t roll—this makes it stable and pretty for display.
Three-dimensional dandelion
The dandelion, which blooms with vivid yellow flowers, is a familiar flower even to older adults.
Some people may have made flower crowns with dandelions.
In this article, we introduce dandelion-themed ideas that represent spring.
Cut yellow origami paper into one-quarter width strips lengthwise.
Fold it so it becomes long and narrow, then glue two pieces together and make many small slits.
Be careful not to cut all the way through! Roll it up tightly from one end and secure it with glue to complete the flower.
Make a stem and leaves, and decorate a frame to finish.
It’s a gentle craft that lets you feel the arrival of spring.
Butterfly
One motif that evokes spring is the butterfly—how about making one with origami? Take a sheet of origami paper in your favorite color, cut it in half vertically, and start folding.
You can use the same color for both parts, or create an original look by combining different colors for the top and bottom to make a variety of colorful butterflies.
The accordion folds and the fine step of tying the two parts together with string are great for hand rehabilitation.
Since there are many nerves in the fingertips, moving them also stimulates the brain and can help prevent dementia.
Why not make lots together and brighten up the facility’s walls?
Full-bloom Sakura Calendar
Let’s make a spring-themed calendar using a design sheet with cherry blossoms.
Attach double-sided tape to the back of a transparent sheet and stick it in the center of a cherry-blossom-patterned letter paper.
Place a small calendar in the upper right, and add more flair by applying design sheets or stickers cut into cherry blossom shapes.
Rounding the four corners of the letter paper with a corner punch will give it a softer look.
A cherry blossom–themed calendar evokes the warm mood of spring and is sure to soothe you every time you look at it.