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 (141–150)
Making an April calendar with clay crafts
Why not make a spring-like cherry blossom calendar using clay and craft bands? Use small pieces of green clay to shape leaves.
Add veins with a craft band, then fold each leaf in half.
Twist a moistened craft band to create tree branches.
Use light pink clay to form buds.
With scissors, shape them into cherry blossoms.
After softly drawing a background with pastels on construction paper (or similar), attach the branches.
Bend them to evoke real tree branches for a more lifelike look.
Apply brown clay where you’ll attach the blossoms, then add the cherry blossoms and leaves to finish.
It’s lovely to include your favorite words, such as a senryu or haiku.
Strawberry Crepe Calendar Arrangement
When it comes to fruits you want to eat in spring, many people probably think of strawberries.
Just imagining strawberry desserts or going strawberry picking is exciting, isn’t it? Let’s make a calendar themed around a crepe featuring strawberries! There are many ways to fold paper strawberries, so choose the method that suits you.
Attach three strawberries to yellow cellophane, then add a half piece of lace paper.
Fold it into a fan shape and glue it down to complete a cute crepe.
Glue the calendar onto construction paper and attach the crepe.
For extra flair, decorate with spring motifs like clovers to make it even more festive!
Making a calendar using your favorite flowers and plants
When spring arrives, older adults may have more opportunities to go outside for a walk, don’t you think? When you visit a park, try picking some flowers and leaves and turning them into a calendar.
Creating with seasonal plants might help older adults recall memories of spring days from the past.
It could also spark conversation and broaden social connections.
For those who have difficulty going out, using dried spring flowers is also recommended.
Calendars made with dried sweet peas or mimosa would be lovely, too.
[For Seniors] Spring, Come! Recommended March Craft Ideas for Day Service (151–160)
Doll-style towel hanger
Here’s a project that turns a hand towel into a cute little doll.
If the hand towel you always use at home looked like a doll, it might lift the spirits of older adults, too.
Use a foam ball to make the doll’s face, then attach craft eyes and yarn for hair.
After fixing the facial parts to a wooden clip, decorate it with ribbons and beads.
Attach a towel folded into a triangle to the wooden clip, and your doll-style towel hanger is complete.
You can make one for yourself, and it would also make a delightful gift for families of older adults.
Eraser-stamp Hina dolls
How about making a gentle-looking Hina Doll calendar using eraser stamps made from various parts? Cut out the necessary pieces: connect rectangular parts to form the tiered stand, and use circular parts for the faces, and so on.
When stamping, it’s a good idea to wipe each part stamp with kneaded eraser to keep the colors from mixing.
The parts can be shared among several people, and regardless of drawing skill, you can simply stamp away in your favorite colors—pat, pat—to create an adorable set of Hina dolls.
Give it a try!
Hina dolls
When it comes to major events in March, some older adults may think of the Peach Festival (Hinamatsuri).
Here’s a calendar featuring the Emperor and Empress dolls as a Hinamatsuri motif.
You can make hina dolls out of origami and attach them to the calendar.
Of course, you can also cut colored paper into the parts of the dolls and glue them on instead of using origami.
Creating the hina dolls might prompt some people to remember festivals they’ve spent with family.
Talking about those memories could make for lively conversation while working on the calendar.
Hina Dolls and Dandelions
We’d like to introduce a calendar craft featuring Hina dolls that’s perfect for March.
Many older adults may remember celebrating the Doll’s Festival (Hinamatsuri) by displaying Hina dolls with their families.
As you create the calendar, you might recall lively, joyful times spent celebrating with your children or grandchildren.
Alongside the Emperor and Empress dolls, adding dandelions will make the calendar feel even more springlike.
It’s a piece that conveys the atmosphere and warmth of March right from the calendar itself.