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 Crafts for Day Service (161–170)
Hishi-mochi made with origami
When it comes to offerings for Hina dolls, we often think of peach branches, shirozake (sweet white sake), and hishimochi.
This time, we’ll introduce an easy-to-make hishimochi using origami.
Start by making the initial creases and then form the shape.
The steps are simple, so try folding together with older adults who may find it challenging, and enjoy the process.
Hishimochi is made of three layers from the top: pink, white, and green.
There’s actually a deep meaning here that represents a spring scene: pink is for peach blossoms, white is for snow, and green is for fresh greenery.
Be sure to make these colorful hishimochi with origami and add a festive touch to your Hina Matsuri celebration.
Paper lantern with origami
No Hina Doll display is complete without bonbori lanterns.
They’re an essential decoration that even appears right at the start of the children’s song “Ureshii Hinamatsuri.” In the past, bonbori were reportedly used as lighting at weddings held at night in Japan.
This time, let’s fold bonbori out of origami that gently illuminate the faces of the Emperor and Empress dolls.
The steps aren’t complicated, making it an easy project for older adults as well.
For the flame part of the bonbori, try using your favorite origami in bright or soft colors.
[For Seniors] Come, Spring! Recommended March Craft Ideas for Day Service (171–180)
Plum Blossoms Made with Origami
Plum blossoms are one of the flowers that are at their best in March.
Let’s try folding an origami plum so we can enjoy the feeling of the season.
Since plum blossoms have five petals, fold the origami paper and cut it to make a pentagon.
Then fold it into the shape of plum petals and use scissors to refine the form.
There are some intricate steps, but for seniors who enjoy origami, it’s a very rewarding project.
If any seniors find it difficult, please support them by folding together, and so on.
The finished piece has many uses—you can attach it to a wreath or display it on the wall.
By the way, cherry and peach blossoms, which bloom around the same time, also have five petals, so you can adapt this plum origami to make those as well.
Peach blossom in origami
Here’s an introduction to folding a “three-dimensional peach blossom” that looks lovely displayed on a wall or attached to a wreath.
The finished piece recreates a realistic peach blossom.
While it may seem complicated, it’s made by simply creating five individual petals and assembling them.
It’s a project that older adults may also find approachable.
Origami is a recreational activity you can enjoy while chatting with those around you.
Try folding together with older adults who may find it difficult, and enjoy the conversation as you go.
These three-dimensional peach blossoms are soothing both to make and to display.
Hanging hina dolls made from origami and coloring pages
This time, let’s make a hanging Hina (tsurushi-bina) using origami and coloring pages.
Tsurushi-bina are an essential motif for the Doll Festival (Hinamatsuri) and evoke the coming of spring.
First, draw peach blossoms, then make cranes and balloons with origami.
The Hina dolls can be finished quickly by using coloring pages, so it’s easy to complete.
Finally, hang everything with strings and you can display it in your room—nice and simple.
It also adds a festive, elegant touch when decorating for Hinamatsuri events at senior facilities or day service centers.
Origami Peach Blossom Wreath
This is a “peach blossom wreath” made with origami, recommended as a wall decoration for March.
It’s a bright wreath that celebrates Girls’ Day (Hinamatsuri), so it may inspire even seniors to want to make one.
The wreath base is also folded from origami.
Make seven simple base pieces and combine them into a wreath shape.
For the peach blossoms, crease the origami, fold it into shape, and assemble.
Adding a center to each blossom makes it look even more like a real peach flower.
Attach the finished blossoms to the wreath to complete it.
Origami is a seated activity that lets you enjoy conversation with those around you.
Please have fun while you create it.
Spring floral arrangement
Here’s a frame arrangement using materials you can get at a 100-yen shop.
Display it by your front door or in a room to easily bring a sense of spring.
All you need is a frame and artificial flowers.
First, remove the back panel of the frame and check the size.
When attaching the artificial flowers to the back panel, be careful not to let them overlap the edges, or the frame won’t close.
Decide on a layout with a focal flower in the center and surrounding flowers, then trim the stems and attach them slightly inward so the back can close.
If you can close it without crushing the flowers, you’re done.
The steps are simple, making it a great activity for recreation in senior facilities as well.
