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! 10 Recommended March Craft Ideas for Day Service (181–190)
Plum wreath
Here is an idea for making a plum blossom wreath with felt that lets you enjoy a traditional Japanese atmosphere.
Cut slits into a rectangular piece of felt, then round off the ends to create petal shapes.
Thread a string through the slits and gather the felt; after trimming the string, tie it off and shape it into a flower.
Secure it firmly with glue, and decorate with metallic beads or other embellishments to complete each flower component.
Finally, arrange the flowers evenly on a wooden ring and glue them in place to finish a beautiful plum blossom wreath.
Enjoy the soft feel of felt while moving your fingers—it can also help stimulate the brain.
It’s a heartwarming craft that brings a sense of Japanese elegance to your room just by displaying it.
[For Seniors] Come, Spring! Recommended March Craft Ideas for Day Service (191–200)
Cute hanging Hina dolls made of cardboard
Tsurushi-bina are essential for the Peach Festival (Hinamatsuri).
How about making your own using only materials you have at home? All you need are scissors, cardboard, a pen, glue, and so on.
This time, let’s make tsurushi-bina out of cardboard.
First, create the dolls and dress them with origami clothes.
Next, make some flowers and leaves, thread them onto a string, and you’ll be done in no time! You can also add your own touches by including strawberries, rabbits, or dango.
Since it’s just a matter of cutting and pasting, it’s easy and quick to make, and it’s recommended for seniors as well.
Hanging ornaments made from felted wool balls
Don’t many Japanese people like cherry blossoms? Perhaps because they’re also a representative flower of Japan, cherry blossoms go well with Japanese-style crafts.
A hanging ornament made from yarn balls decorated with cherry blossoms also has a traditional Japanese feel.
Use a balled-up piece of aluminum foil as the core and wrap yarn around it and around it.
Attach strings to the top and bottom of the yarn ball.
Make cherry blossom flowers out of felt and glue them onto the yarn ball.
Adding cherry leaves will enhance the cherry-blossom look.
You can hang it indoors as is, or add hardware and use it as a keychain—both are recommended.
Balloon cherry blossoms
Not only the sight of a cherry tree in bloom, but also the way the wind blows and petals dance in the air really makes you feel the arrival of spring.
This decoration captures that scene—hot-air balloons flying amid falling cherry blossoms—with an appealing sense of depth and festivity.
To form the balloon’s rounded part, cut paper into rectangles and assemble them in layers with slight offsets; by adjusting the angles of the layers, you create a three-dimensional bulge.
Attach cherry blossoms to this piece, add a basket underneath, scatter petals around, and it’s complete.
It’s also fun to choose balloon colors that match the cherry blossom hues and to plan other accents that help the balloon stand out.
Wreath of daffodils and roses
Daffodils bloom until early spring, and roses bloom around late spring, so even though their seasons are offset, both can be said to be representative spring flowers.
This is a simple yet dimensional wreath with a glamorous look that combines daffodils and roses.
Another key point is that the wreath base and stem parts are kept flat, which helps emphasize the three-dimensionality of the daffodil and rose blossoms.
For each flower, it’s important to deliberately add fine creases, cuts, and bends, and to shape them carefully so that a sense of depth and volume comes through.
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!
Hanging hina dolls made from empty containers
Don’t you feel a little excited as Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day) approaches? Many older adults probably have cherished childhood memories of it.
Or, for seniors with children or grandchildren, it may feel even more meaningful.
This time, we’ll introduce an easy craft you can make at home: hanging Hina dolls using empty containers.
Besides plastic bottles, empty containers from lactic acid bacteria drinks work too.
First, make a hole in the container and thread a string through it.
Since making holes can be dangerous, please have staff handle this step.
Next, place washi-patterned origami inside the container to dress it like a kimono.
Draw the Hina doll’s face, hang it with the string, and in no time it’s finished!