[For Seniors] Crafts to Make in March! Recommended Project Ideas
March is full of delightful motifs like peach and cherry blossoms, as well as fun events such as Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day).
In this article, we’ll introduce craft ideas recommended for seniors to enjoy in March! By mainly using soft colors like pink, white, and pale green for origami and construction paper, you can create bright, cheerful pieces—making both the crafting process and the finished display exciting.
When making origami crafts, adding patterned paper can change the atmosphere and give your work a unique touch! Feel free to use these ideas as references in care facilities such as day service centers.
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[For seniors] Crafts to make in March! Recommended project ideas (71–80)
Creating cute and chic Hina dolls for adultsNEW!
Here’s a simple way to make cute Hina dolls.
First, stick fabric tape in the center of a piece of felt, fold 3 cm from one edge, and make a 2 cm slit in the middle.
Use the slit to neatly shape the collar with a little twist, then fold the felt in half and secure it with double-sided tape.
Next, glue on a bead about 1 cm in diameter to represent the head.
After making two figures, craft small accessories from origami, thread them through a large eye bead, and attach them to the dolls to finish.
By playing with colors and accessories, you can create charming, unique Hina dolls.
The process itself is fun, so it’s highly recommended!
Origami Hina DollsNEW!
Let’s make the parts for the kimono, face, hair, hair ornament, and fan, and complete the Hina doll.
Use Japanese-pattern origami paper for the kimono.
Cut out a triangle at the center, attach the collar on the back, then fold it into a triangle.
Fold up both corners, then fold them back parallel.
Open the origami once and refold so that the bottom corner splits into two layers.
Fold the top of these two layers upward toward the back and pass it through the triangular opening to form the neck.
Next, fold in the left and right sides to make the sleeves, and fold the remaining bottom corner up to the back to finish the kimono! Make the remaining parts and complete your Hina doll.
Hinamatsuri wreath
Pom-poms for crafts, which are also sold at 100-yen shops.
Let’s make a hanging decoration using a wreath made from these pom-poms.
Use a needle and thread to connect the pom-poms into a ring.
If you press a yellow pom-pom into the center, you can create plum or peach blossoms.
You can also make three-colored dango by skewering pink, white, and green pom-poms on a toothpick, so be sure to hang them together.
Using a variety of colorful pom-poms will make it even cuter.
Older adults can enjoy making these while chatting about Hinamatsuri, which will surely liven up the conversation.
Temari hanging ornaments
Temari balls are sometimes displayed together with Hina dolls.
Let’s make a hanging decoration using small, colorful origami temari that sway cutely.
We’ll use origami with Japanese patterns and designs, along with pink, orange, and light green paper.
By alternately attaching circular pieces of patterned paper and plain paper, it will form a sphere.
While assembling, thread a string through to connect the pieces and create the hanging ornament.
Adding cherry or peach blossoms between the temari pieces will make it even more charming.
Older adults can also enjoy lively conversation while creating these warm, festive decorations for Girls’ Day.
Hina dolls with a peach blossom wreath
Let’s make a cute peach blossom wreath using a paper plate.
Cut out the center of the paper plate in a circle to make a donut shape.
Wrap pink vinyl tape around the donut-shaped plate to create a look inspired by peach blossoms.
Hang paper and origami figures of the Emperor and Empress on the paper plate wreath.
It’s already lovely as is, but decorating the wreath with origami peach blossoms will make it even cuter.
With this Hinamatsuri-themed craft, it may also help older adults reminisce about their past Doll’s Day memories.
Hina doll display
Here’s an introduction to a cute Hina doll craft.
We’ll make the Emperor and Empress using Japanese-patterned origami paper.
Some older adults may have displayed Hina dolls for their own, their children’s, or their grandchildren’s Girls’ Day celebrations.
Seeing the Emperor and Empress in this craft might bring back memories of past Girls’ Days.
Since the dolls are displayed on a paper fan, this piece can be displayed not only in facilities but elsewhere as well.
It would be lovely to take it home and decorate your own room with it.
Swaying Cherry Blossoms
Cherry blossoms swaying in the spring breeze are so charming, aren’t they? Let’s make a hanging cherry blossom decoration that will flutter even with the air moving in your room.
Roll strips of construction paper into coils and shape them into cherry blossoms.
The technique of rolling paper into coils to create artwork is called paper quilling.
With paper quilling, you can also make very detailed and delicate pieces.
Please try using it when creating other projects as well.
Looking at the cherry blossom piece you made yourself, even older adults are sure to feel the arrival of spring.